What is Reddit's opinion of Micro-Cap?

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Microcap12 (recently discontinued and made free) is probably one of the better options for installing a SPICE simulator and hitting the ground running for designing the type of analog circuits that pedals use. http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm

Drawing pretty schematics in LTspice is kind of a pain, but the actual simulation functionality is great and pretty easy to get started with. It's my personal preference or at least the simulation tool I'm the most experienced/comfortable with.

MicroCap might be another option. It used to be a(n expensive) commercial simulator but the author retired and made it available for free. The downside of course is that it won't be getting maintenance or updates.

I just started using it, but maybe check out Micro-Cap 12. I haven't done any digital on it yet, but apparently it was a pretty powerful, pricey simulation software that was made free when the company shut down. I like it about as much as Multisim so far.

http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm

I'm just starting with simulation and I've been using KiCad since it seems like a great all-in-one application and it's open source. But I've seen on various message boards that Micro-Cap became free, I guess the company is out of business and just made the software available. It looks like it was pretty pricey and seems to have all kinds of advanced features (like smoke analysis and worst case analysis which seems pretty cool).

I guess my question here is are you familiar with this software? Should I bother learning this sim or should I just stick to SPICE-based programs since they're not going anywhere?

Of note, most SPICE models written for one program do not work in other programs. SPICE is a language with many derivative languages. Each with some major and minor differences in syntax and included model types. If the device you want does not have a model then you can switch to one of the free ones as well

LTspice and microcap

Also do checkout Micro-Cap 12. It was recently made free by the owner who is retiring. That tool has a lot more component models than LTSpice. Here is the link:

http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm

For spicey circuit simulation, take a look at LTSpice or Micro-Cap. Both are free. Micro-Cap was released under "no license required" terms this summer.

I don't know why Spectrum / Micro-cap doesn't get mentioned more:

http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm

I've used all the others and this is by far the easiest, most intuitive package out there.

My favorite is Micro-Cap from Spectrum Software. It has the most user-friendly interface, in my opinion. Easily switch between transient, AC and DC analyses. Allows you to set up your own library of custom devices. Even does transfer functions, which is great for system simulations like PLLs or complex filter designs.

Main drawback is that it doesn't have a useful library of existing parts (which is where LTspice really shines). Still you can approximate them fairly easily using default components.

Try it out!!!