EENG 303: Tools

CAD Tools

The main CAD Tools we will be using are SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) and MATLAB. SPICE is a circuit simulation program originally developed at UC Berkeley.

The flavor of SPICE we use is called LTspice and is developed by Linear Technology. LTspice provides free schematic capture, circuit simulator, waveform viewer and it works on Windows, MAC and Linux/Unix platforms.

For a concise introduction to SPICE read appendix of the textbook.

MATLAB (matrix laboratory) is a numerical and symbolic computing environment and programming language developed by MathWorks.

Students can buy MATLAB and Simulink at a discounted price

Download LTspice:

• LTspice homepage (Windows and MAC OS)

Useful links to learn about LTspice:

• LTspice User Manual (look up the help pages)

• LTspice Tutorials and examples by Jake Baker

• LTspice Tutorial at Laurier University

Useful links to learn about MATLAB

• Matlab Primer

• Introduction to MATLAB: course at MIT

• Matlab Tutorials