SPICE: Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis

PSpice: a SPICE tool for your Personal Computer.

PSpice is a circuit simulator for use on personal computers (the 'P'
stands for Personal Computer). You enter in the circuit, and describe
the various components and PSpice will compute the voltages and
currents at the nodes. You can have PSpice run tests such as sweeping
a voltage or current source, and PSpice will output the results.

For a book on SPICE, with detail on PSpice, SPICE2, SPICE3, try ["The
Spice Book", 1994, Andrei Vladimirescu][1], or try the other books
listed on [Archive.org][2]. All can be borrowed at no cost using an
Archive.org account.

DL#1: PSpice 5.4 (July 1993; does not contain any example files)
DL#2: PSpice 5.3 (Jan 1993)
DL#3: PSpice 5.1 (Jan 1992), as well as the word processor [Edit
II][3] v2.0.1
DL#4: PSpice 4.4 (September 1990)

All downloads on this page are "Evaluation" versions. While they
appear to be fully-functional, if you do have any of the "production"
versions that were available, please add them here.

> PSpice
>
> PSpice [6] is a circuit simulation program developed by the MicroSim
> corporation and based on the original Berkeley SPICE circuit
> simulation code. The PSpice program, however, does contains many
> features not contained in the Berkeley version of SPICE. For
> example, the PSpice package contains integrated graphics,
> preprocessing and post-processing software. The ability to display
> raw and user derived quantities interactively is a significant
> achievement. A researcher can easily calculate the total energy
> deposited in a magnetic core by simply integrating the product of
> the voltage drop across the core and the instantaneous current in
> the core - a one step process in PSpice. Another significant advance
> over the original SPICE is the inclusion of a nonlinear magnetic
> model. The device model, based on the Jiles-Atherton magnetic model
> [7], accounts for the following nonlinear effects: initial
> permeability, saturation of magnetization, hysteresis (including
> coercivity and remanence), and dynamic core losses. [?]
>
> It is often necessary to introduce user derived equations and models
> into a circuit simulation. Until recently, SCEPTRE was one of the
> only circuit simulation codes which allowed these additions. PSpice
> allows a significant amount of user control of the governing
> equations of an element. [?]
>
> A difficult and important component to model is the voltage
> controlled inductor and capacitor. Paul Tuinenga has described a
> subcircuit definition, which satisfies many of these necessary
> requirements [8]. However, the modeling of capacitors which are
> controlled by arbitrary equations involving time, current, and
> voltage is beyond the capabilities of PSpice. However, the authors
> do feel that many of the circuits now being performed with SCEPTRE,
> NET2, and SCREAMER can easily be run with PSpice.
>
> As with all simulations the researcher must exercise care and
> judgment with the results. [?] Without knowing a user can be led to
> an erroneous solution.
>
> The post-processing, as mentioned earlier, is a simple and powerful
> portion of the PSpice software. In fact, the graphics post-
> processor, called PROBE, can perform integrations, scalings, and
> discrete Fourier transforms on waveforms. Once a simulation has been
> performed the user can interrogate the data at will. This process is
> diametrically opposite to the procedure in most mainframe codes in
> which the user must specify all the outputs and calculated
> quantities desired at the time the simulation is performed. The
> ability to visualize and manipulate the data can only lead to
> greater understanding and insight into the physical problems we are
> trying to model.
>
> One final comment is warranted about the distribution of PSpice. [?]
> Recently one of the authors simulated a network with over forty
> ideal transmission lines using the evaluation copy of PSpice. The
> authors consider the existence and support of a low cost evaluation
> version of this code an enlightened attitude and commend MicroSim
> for their policy.

? [Kirbie, H C, Newton, M A, and Siemens, P D. "International magnetic
pulse compression workshop: (Proceedings)". United States: N. p.,
1991. Web.][4]

Note: Modern versions of PSpice are available from
[www.pspice.com][5].

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

Macintosh II or better. Requires an FPU/Math Co-Processor.

  [1]: https://archive.org/details/spicebook00vlad/mode/2up
  [2]: https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22SPICE+%28Computer+file%29%22
  [3]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/edit-ii
  [4]: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5640035
  [5]: http://www.pspice.com (www.pspice.com)