I have SIMetrix Intro 4.5.
Suddenly, SIMetrix won't let me use a digital device or a block like Laplace function. It will tell me that the device is an illegal device.
The error is like:
A$xx [PIN NAMES] [MODEL NAME]
Q: What can be causing this problem?
Without more information, I don't know how much I can help. Are you placing on the schematic 'from model library', or 'from symbol library'?; are you using your own symbols/devices?; have you edited any of the properties, particularly the 'model' one? - some digital devices are subckts, which are referenced as 'X$xx' rather than 'A$xx'. I generally find the documentation sufficiently good to solve most of my problems - you just have to read diligently! Can you give more info or post a specific example? Failing that, you could try their support direct - John Warner is very good, and if he's not too busy may even help despite the fact you only have the 'intro' version.
Tim
Tim Stinchcombe stated:
Just found the reason. I had loaded a "broken" SPICE model library, which caused this.
Looks like the library redefined a few part names.
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