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--- kicad:kicad_spice_quick_guide [2014/06/01 21:58] – mithat
+++ kicad:kicad_spice_quick_guide [2015/04/17 16:06] – [What you'll need] mithat
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     * [[http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/pspice_simulation/Pages/default.aspx|PSpice]]: Windows-only, expensive, defacto standard professional solution in the USA. They also have a tradition of making available a //gratis// crippleware student version. Also has a a GUI, so ... ?
     * Any others?
-  * Component libraries with SPICE symbols
+  * Component libraries with SPICE symbols:
-    * There is a library of basic SPICE components that ships with KiCad. It's good enough for initial experimentation.
+    * There is a library of basic SPICE components that ships with KiCad. It's good enough for initial experimentation. The library isn't included in Eeschema projects by default. You'll have to add it manually if you want to use it. In Debian-based Linux, it's at ''/usr/share/kicad/library/pspice.lib''.
-      * The library isn't included in Eeschema projects by default. You'll have to add it manually if you want to use it. In Debian-based Linux, it's at ''/usr/share/kicad/library/pspice.lib''. (PSpice is a popular proprietary version of SPICE.)
     * I am developing (very slowly) [[https://bitbucket.org/mithat/kicad-spice-library|my own library]] of components based on the above with some changes and additions.