Just curious: Avago uses files ending on *.psp which used to be PaintShop files. But it's text files, with some weird characters added in there that SPICE will barf upon.
Anybody know why they did that and maybe an easy trick to boil them down to regular ASCII?
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Might be encrypted device models. ...Jim Thompson
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Drat. Hurumph.
That would be a sales volume reduction tool. I was able to pry the numbers out of one of the files but now have to verify it all. A lot of people would simply move on.
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googling seems to suggest that it could be Penn State Philips models?
-Lasse
Joerg, Can you send me a copy?
Encrypted models are usually 100% gobbledygook. So what you have may simply be some headers and footers inserted by some obscure text editor. ...Jim Thompson
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Done. This one was easy but on bigger RF devices that's a pain.
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But that's for LDMOS and stuff, not for diodes, and AFAIR requires an expensive special simulator:
For diodes this would be a hefty damper on sales.
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Looks like it's only one character type out of place, for whatever reason, some sort of box instead of carriage returns.
So, Avago = good company :-)
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Are you opening it in Notepad? Notepad doesn't understand encoding, try Wordpad, or another editor which does.
If you want to write a script, I'm guessing the "box character" is 0x0A, whereas Microsoft uses 0x0D, 0x0A for CR+LF. Simple find and replace will 'fix' it.
Tim
-- Deep Friar: a very philos>> Just curious: Avago uses files ending on *.psp which used to be PaintShop
Yup, that was the problem.
T'is what I ended up doing. The SPICE files run nicely, it's just coming in a raggedy format. For some reason other mfgs don't do that, their stuff opens correctly in Notepad.
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In UltraEdit, if you open such a file, it automatically pops up with, "Would you like to convert this file to DOS format?" ...Jim Thompson
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Notepad++ (free) will automatically convert UNIX line endings to DOS/Windows and vice-versa.
Nice piece of kit. Runs under wine, too.
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is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)
Notepad is what screwed up the SPICE directives in the Avago files.
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Notepad++ is NOT Notepad
I'll repeat my assertion that UltraEdit is the _best_ editor ever.
And it'll do DOS Eunuchs.
I like it because of its macro and scripting capabilities, allowing me to convert _huge_ Spice libraries, in every flavor (and mathematical format) known to man, to PSpice in hours rather than days. ...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
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character and courage by taking away people's initiative and
independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for
them, what they could and should do for themselves."
-Abraham Lincoln
No.
This is Notepad++
NOT Windows notepad
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"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)
Jim Thompson a écrit :
Uedit is the best, but Crimson editor
-- Thanks, Fred.
Aha, thanks. Maybe time to switch to that one.
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Also have a look at Crimson editor
-- Thanks, Fred.
"Known Bugs" gives a page error. Really satisfying ;-) ...Jim Thompson
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"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot
strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring
about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage
earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the
brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build
character and courage by taking away people's initiative and
independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for
them, what they could and should do for themselves."
-Abraham Lincoln
Thanks, Fred, I have bookmarked that. Although I never write code which it seems to be geared towards.
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