B2 Spice Version 2

Professional analog circuit design and simulation

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For our latest and greatest analog circuit design and simulation program for Windows see B2 Spice A/D v4.  B2 Spice 2 is our latest Macintosh offering.

 

Quick, Easy to Use, Accurate, Powerful, Simulates and Affordable

B2 Spice is a refreshing change from other difficult to use EDA programs. B2 Spice's intuitive design and comprehensive on-line help makes its operation quick and easy.

Professionals, students, and hobbyists who are familiar with our software find that B2 Spice saves them time and money. Circuits are quickly drawn and analyzed with a minimum level of effort. All this and at an affordable price!

 

Features

Powerful Simulations

SPICE 3F5 Simulation Engine: Powerful & Reliable
B2 Spice is derived from the industry standard simulation program, SPICE 3F5 which was developed at the University of California, Berkeley. B2 Spice includes a host of new devices including lossless transmission lines, lossy transmission lines, current and voltage controlled switches, arbitrary sources, MESFETs, and uniform RC models.

Available Analysis
With SPICE 3F5 as the "engine" to drive the simulation, B2 Spice is capable of providing a variety of standard analysis including DC, AC, transient, Fourier, noise, sensitivity, distortion, and small signal transfer function.

Berkeley SPICE Models

Detailed Simulation Control
Full access to Berkeley SPICE simulation control options is provided. For example, tolerances for transient convergence, set global defaults for transistor channel lengths and widths, and much more.

Device Model Library

Berkeley SPICE Model Library
B2 Spice algorithms provide accurate and flexible modeling of semiconductor devices, passive elements, and ideal switch components. The following B2 Spice models and features in the analog library are in addition to the standard models and features. These include MOSFETs, GaAs MESFETs, Resistors, capacitors, inductor models, Lossy transmission lines, Coupled transmission lines, Voltage and current-controlled switches.

Commercial Analog Model Library
Hundreds of common discrete devices are available in B2 Spice analog model library. These discrete devices include: bipolar junction transistors, Zener diodes, Schottky diodes, power MOSFETs, voltage regulators, operational amplifiers, opto-couplers, voltage comparators, voltage references, and switching-matrix connectors. Our offerings include over 3000 models created by such industry leaders as AMP, APEX, Burr-Brown, Comlinear Corporation, Elantec, Linear Technology, Maxim, Motorola and many more.

Versatile Modeling Capabilities
B2 Spice offers numerous ways to model the behavior of circuit components including simple redefinition of model parameters and creation of new device models and subcircuits.

Simulation Results Display

Graphical Waveform Analysis
Simulation results can be selectively displayed and analyzed after having paused or completed the simulation. B2 Spice's display capabilities are completely flexible allowing you to configure any number of plots, X and Y axes, and analog traces (i .e. waveforms) within the display area, as well as linear/log scales. You can also log sessions and print hard copies of the current display. You can display waveform results as they are generated. Also, cross probing allows you to select pins, wires, and devices within your schematic for automatic display of waveforms in the graph.

Cross Probing
Cross probing allows you to display waveform results by simply marking pins, wires, and devices on the circuit drawing. Monitor results while simulation in progress, then plot the results for linear or log-log scales.

Stimulus for Simulation
Sinusoidal, constant, periodic pulse, exponential, single frequency FM, and piecewise linear waveforms are available as the building blocks for stimulus waveforms.

Graphs
Analog traces may be displayed as raw voltages and current values, or further processed using arithmetic expressions, functions (e.g., derivatives, integrals, group delays, and RMS average), and Fast Fourier Transforms.
View actual plot values corresponding to the cursor position on the graph.

Schematic Editor
Whether your task is to create stand-alone circuit diagrams, or to prepare designs for simulation, B2 Spice's Windows-driven schematic capture of B2 Spice provides you with an efficient development environment for defining modular circuit designs. B2 Spice comes complete with symbol and package libraries containing over a thousand analog parts and integrated symbol editing.
Invocation of stimulus and model editing is as simple as selecting the appropriate part symbol on your schematic. Dialogs within B2 Spice allow you to enable and set up analyses, and run simulations. Cross probing allows you to select pins, wires, and de vices within your schematic to automatically display waveforms in the graph. The full featured schematic editor complete with "rubberbanding", auto-scrolling, zoom, copy/paste/undo, and rotation/flipping of parts.

Device Browser/Chooser
Choose parts from the parts database with an easy to use yet powerful parts browser. Filter the list down by part name, functional category, manufacturer, or keyword.

Parts Editor/Parts Library

Model Editor
B2 Spice includes an editor to investigate or alter any of the SPICE models or to create your own. You have complete control over all parameters of the built-in Spice models. In addition, you can directly edit the text of subcircuit based models. Use the library editor to develop libraries of customized parts that meet your own specific needs.

Models of Third Party Parts
Parts may be imported from third parties by choosing the Import Library feature from B2 Spice's library editor module.

Parts Library
B2 Spice includes an extensive analog parts library that includes models from AMP, Burr-Brown, Linear Technology, and other leading vendors.

Symbol Editor
Create or edit your own part symbols in the symbol editor. Symbols are stored in the program database. This powerful yet simple drawing program supports rotation, copy/paste, and gridlines.