AC Source Eagle

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I am new to Eagle. Currently I am using the 7.7 free version on Mac. I want to make a schematic and then export its netlist so that I can use it in MacSpice. However, I can't find a voltage source that can give me a generated wave function with a desired frequency. May you help me?

Thank you in advance!

Ivan Vlaykov

autodeskguest · Answer

On 12/25/2016 04:20 AM, Ivan Vlaykov wrote: Dear Mr. Garcia, I am new to Eagle. Currently I am using the 7.7 free version on Mac. I want to make a schematic and then export its netlist so that I can use it in MacSpice. However, I can't find a voltage source that can give me a generated wave function with a desired frequency. May you help me? Thank you in advance! Ivan Vlaykov Eagle is primarily a PCB layout tool, not a generic schematic capture tool for simulation. Since there isn't a physical device like an ideal voltage source, you won't find one in the libraries. Of course there's nothing stopping you from creating such a device in your own library and adding it to a schematic.

rachaelp · Answer

reece wrote on Tue, 27 December 2016 13:41 Eagle is primarily a PCB layout tool, not a generic schematic capture tool for simulation. Since there isn't a physical device like an ideal voltage source, you won't find one in the libraries. This is true but all the big three vendors have well integrated simulation add-ons I believe and it makes sense to try to integrate simulation as closely with your actual schematics as possible rather than having to draw things out several times in different tools. CadSoft sort of integrate with LTSpice and did a better job with PCBSim (or whatever it was called) but the latter is windows only and the former doesn't yet have a fully working export ULP. I think any efforts that bring better integration of EAGLE and simulation tools (not just spice but other SI tools, thermal analysis, etc) is very worthwhile as it's one of the current weak points in my opinion. reece wrote on Tue, 27 December 2016 13:41 Of course there's nothing stopping you from creating such a device in your own library and adding it to a schematic. This is what I would do. I'd create a library especially for simulation and add all the source and measure parts into there. These can have various attributes associated with them to pass to the simulation tool. I'd also add an attribute to any parts in the library that have spice models available to specify the model and have a folder in the library to contain the models. Finally I would write ULP to export a netlist and some UI add in's to interact with MacSpice. Best Regards, Rachael -- http://www.eaglecentral.ca :: The original and best browser access to CadSoft EAGLE support forums. Supported by EAGLE licenses purchased through us :: http://www.eaglelicenses.com

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