Spectre/XL embeds circuit simulation inside Microsoft Excel, so you can evaluate, develop, and optimize circuit designs. As with other Excel functions, you can combine Spectre/XL functions in formulas, use them in design calculations, organize them into tables, or chart them. From within Excel, you embed a circuit object with a SPICE-like description onto a worksheet. You then set up links between the worksheet cells and component values in the circuit. Changing the cell value -- by hand, by formula, or by programming -- automatically changes the circuit value. Spectre/XL ($695) returns DC, AC, or nonlinear frequency responses and lets you use Excel's built-in Goal Seek and Solver optimizing functions to improve designs.
BYTE Digest editors every month analyze and evaluate the best articles from Information Week, EE Times, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Network Computing, Sys Admin,
and dozens of other CMP publications—bringing
you critical news and information about wireless communication,
computer security, software development, embedded systems,
and more!
Circuit Simulation Inside Microsoft Excel
