TINA

Never have heard of that one. How much money is it?

The TI version is free. I was wondering if anyone here runs it.

I dont think so. I have not heard anyone mention it before now.

Search google's s.e.d archive. I hear it doesn't compare - I've not used it.

NT

The primary Google pages are from TI. They have tutorials, U-Tube videos, etc. Tina's website says the Industrial version is $1k.

I'm using some tiny TI synchronous switchers, and it would be prudent to sim them all, with various loads, and make sure they are stable. TI provides TINA and TINA models.

Feel free to share some screen shots with us if you get the time. Be interested to see what the gui's like.

Tina is trivial to learn. The problem is importing external models. With the TI version, you can't. With the full (paid) version, it's only a pain in the ass.

I do, mostly AC analysis.

I wanted someone else to do that for me!

I'd only use it for simulating TI parts. I assume they made that easy.

I could get one of the kids here to do it, I guess. I hate learning new software. When I switch between PADS and LT Spice, my fingers keep doing the wrong things to, say, zoom or something.

I tried to use it a few years back and did not get very far. After some digging I found I could extract text spice models from the tina models so I just plugged them into LTspice.

Sure. The parts are in there. There are also some chicklet parts in there, too, but not enough to be useful for the sorts of simulations people try to do with LTS or PS. I'm not confident enough in the models to bother with them, though.

I find zoom, scroll, and stuff like that to be pretty consistent, at least in Windows. I hear you though. I never got the hang of driving LTS. The fingers just don't go in the right places.

I used TINA for a while, and I even purchased their low end PRO version for about $40. I did not even have it installed on this computer. I installed it but it needs a PO number and activation key, which I can't find. It may be on my older computer, but it doesn't really make much difference to me. I am used to LTSPICE and now TINA seems really awkward. The only real advantage to TINA is its interactive ability where you can, for instance, click a switch or move a trimpot slider, and see meters moving and LEDs lighting. Here is a screen shot of an old design:

Paul

I have found relatively little support for general use. TI provides it for their models only. LTspice has a Yahoo group to provide support for any way you care to utilize it.

Can we get a screen shot?

Looks quite a lot like EWB. That also uses virtual instruments like the 'scope' shown in your shot.

Originated with academics in Hungary (IIRC), has been around nearly 20 year s, originally intended for student learning and had interface with lab meas urement system. The documentation is orders of magnitude better than LTSpic e- dunno who he wrote that for, Martians or something...

You do no such thing, you little fairy lightweight...wouldn't count on you to change a light bulb without f_cking it up.