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<p><strong>Quick Links</strong></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/FabriceSalvaire/PySpice/tree/master">Production Branch</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/FabriceSalvaire/PySpice/tree/devel">Devel Branch</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://travis-ci.com/github/FabriceSalvaire/PySpice">Travis CI</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/conda-forge/pyspice-feedstock">pyspice@conda-forge</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pyspice">conda-forge/pyspice</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/conda-forge/ngspice-feedstock">ngspice@conda-forge</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://ngspice.sourceforge.net">Ngspice</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://sourceforge.net/p/ngspice/bugs">Ngspice Bug Tracker</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://xyce.sandia.gov">Xyce of Sandia National Laboratories</a></p></li>
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<section id="update">
<h2>2024 Update</h2>
<p><strong>Disclaimer: PySpice is developed on my free time actually, so I could be busy with other tasks and less reactive.</strong></p>
<p>The free Discourse forum was closed some time ago due to a lack of activity.
A HTML backup is stored in the directory <cite>pyspice-discourse-backup</cite>.</p>
<p><strong>On Devel HEAD</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>fixed the ngspice library loading for recent cffi</p></li>
<li><p>fixed simulation aborting due to a message from newer ngspice</p></li>
<li><p>fixes for Spice parser</p></li>
<li><p>added support for Pint unit library</p></li>
<li><p>implemented SpiceLibrary</p></li>
<li><p>code cleanup but must check for typo...</p></li>
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<section id="overview">
<h2>Overview</h2>
<section id="what-is-pyspice">
<h3>What is PySpice ?</h3>
<p>PySpice is a Python module which interface <a class="reference external" href="http://python.org">Python</a> to the <a class="reference external" href="http://ngspice.sourceforge.net">Ngspice</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://xyce.sandia.gov">Xyce</a> circuit simulators.</p>
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<section id="where-is-the-documentation">
<h3>Where is the Documentation ?</h3>
<p>The documentation is available on the <a class="reference external" href="https://pyspice.fabrice-salvaire.fr">PySpice Home Page</a>.</p>
<p><em>Note: This site is hosted on my own infrastructure, if the site seems done, please create an issue to notify me.</em></p>
</section>
<section id="where-to-get-help-or-talk-about-pyspice">
<h3>Where to get help or talk about PySpice ?</h3>
<p>Thanks to <a class="reference external" href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, PySpice now has a <strong>Forum</strong> hosted at <a class="reference external" href="https://pyspice.discourse.group">https://pyspice.discourse.group</a></p>
</section>
<section id="what-are-the-main-features">
<h3>What are the main features ?</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>support Ngspice and Xyce circuit simulators</p></li>
<li><p>support <strong>Linux</strong>, <strong>Windows</strong> and Mac <strong>OS X</strong> platforms</p></li>
<li><p>licensed under <strong>GPLv3</strong> therms</p></li>
<li><p>implement an <strong>Ngspice shared library binding</strong> using CFFI which support external sources</p></li>
<li><p>implement (partial) <strong>SPICE netlist parser</strong></p></li>
<li><p>implement an <strong>Oriented Object API</strong> to define circuit</p></li>
<li><p>export simulation output to <a class="reference external" href="http://www.numpy.org">Numpy</a> arrays</p></li>
<li><p>plot using <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">Matplotlib</a></p></li>
<li><p>handle <strong>units</strong></p></li>
<li><p>work with <strong>Kicad schematic editor</strong></p></li>
<li><p>implement a <strong>documentation generator</strong></p></li>
<li><p>provides many <strong>examples</strong></p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="how-to-install-it">
<h3>How to install it ?</h3>
<p>Look at the <a class="reference external" href="https://pyspice.fabrice-salvaire.fr/releases/latest/installation.html">installation</a> section in the documentation.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="pull-request-recommendation">
<h2>Pull Request Recommendation</h2>
<p>To make it easier to merge your pull request, you should divide your PR into smaller and easier-to-verify units.</p>
<p>Please do not make a pull requests with a lot of modifications which are difficult to check. <strong>If I merge
pull requests blindly then there is a high risk this software will become a mess quickly for everybody.</strong></p>
</section>
<section id="credits">
<h2>Credits</h2>
<p>Authors: <a class="reference external" href="http://fabrice-salvaire.fr">Fabrice Salvaire</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/FabriceSalvaire/PySpice/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.md">contributors</a></p>
</section>
<section id="news">
<h2>News</h2>
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<section id="v1-6-0-development-release">
<h3>V1.6.0 (development release)</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>KiCadTools</strong> a proof of concept module to read KiCad 6
<cite>.kicad_sch</cite> schema file and compute the netlist. <em>This module can
be used to perform any kind of processings on a KiCad schema. It is
actually hosted in the source but could become a standalone
project.</em> For PySpice, it provides a very flexible way to draft a
circuit with the help of KiCad and then generate the netlist without
using the netlist export feature of KiCad. And thus leverage the
writing of fastidious cicruit.</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-5-0-production-release-2021-05-15">
<h3>V1.5.0 (production release) 2021-05-15</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Support Ngspice up to version 34</p></li>
<li><p>Renamed custom dunders "__dunder__" to "CONSTANT" or "_private" class attributes</p></li>
<li><p>Fixed typo in documentation (thanks to endolith and brollb)</p></li>
<li><p>Add DC temperature sweep support #272 (thanks to Fatsie)</p></li>
<li><p>PWL support improvements #271 (thanks to Fatsie)</p></li>
<li><p>Assign units on creation of temperature-sweep vectors #263 (thanks to ARF1)</p></li>
<li><p>Prevent memory leaks by freeing ngspice command log #260 thanks to ARF1)</p></li>
<li><p>Performance optimization: dispatch multiple alter commands jointly #259 (thanks to ARF1)</p></li>
<li><p>Added spice library support #258 (thanks to Fatsie)</p></li>
<li><p>Allow to specify DC value for PWL #257 (thanks to Fatsie)</p></li>
<li><p>Support for <cite>.nodeset</cite> type initial condition #256 (thanks to Fatsie)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix accuracy problems #254 (thanks to sotw1957)</p></li>
<li><p>Changes to make it easier to use PySpice with a large archive of SPICE models medium diff #249 (thanks to xesscorp)</p></li>
<li><p><cite>Netlist.py</cite>: Fix wrong method when joining parameters during netlist parse #245 (thanks to cyber-g)</p></li>
<li><p>Unit: add Pickle support</p></li>
<li><p>Add Parser code from #136 (thanks to jmgc) but not yet merged</p></li>
<li><p>Unit: add np.mean</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-4-3-2020-07-04">
<h3>V1.4.3 2020-07-04</h3>
<p>A huge effort, thanks to @stuarteberg Stuart Berg, has been made to make Ngspice and PySpice
available on Anaconda (conda-forge) for the Window, OSX and Linux platforms. Thanks to the
conda-forge continuous integration platform, we can now run unit tests and the examples on theses
platforms automatically. Hope this will make the software more robust and easier to run !</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>PySpice is now available on Anaconda(conda-forge) as well as a wheel on PyPI</p></li>
<li><p>Added a post installation tool to download the Ngspice DLL on Windows and to check the installation.
It should now simplify considerably the PySpice installation on Windows.</p></li>
<li><p>This tool can also download the examples and the Ngspice PDF manual.</p></li>
<li><p>On Linux and OSX, a Ngspice package is now available on Anaconda(conda-forge).
Note that theses two platforms do not download a binary from Ngspice since a compiler can easily be installed on theses platforms.</p></li>
<li><p>Updated installation documentation for Linux, the main distributions now provide a ngspice shared package.</p></li>
<li><p>Added a front-end web site so as to keep older releases documentation available on the web.</p></li>
<li><p>fixed and rebuilt all examples (but mistakes could happen ...)</p></li>
<li><p>examples are now available as Python files and Jupyter notebooks
(but some issues must be fixed, e.g. due to the way Jupyter handles Matplotlib plots)</p></li>
<li><p>support NgSpice 32 API (no change)</p></li>
<li><p>removed @substitution@ in PySpice/__init__.py, beacause it breaks pip install from git</p></li>
<li><p>fixed some logging spams</p></li>
<li><p>fixed NonLinearVoltageSource</p></li>
<li><p>fixed Unicode issue with °C (° is Extended ASCII)</p></li>
<li><p>fixed ffi_string_utf8 for UnicodeDecodeError</p></li>
<li><p>fixed logging formater for OSX (removed ANSI codes)</p></li>
<li><p>reworded "Invalid plot name" exception</p></li>
<li><p>removed diacritics in example filenames</p></li>
<li><p>cir2py has been converted to an entry point so as to work on all platforms</p></li>
<li><p>updated Matplotlib subplots in examples</p></li>
<li><p>added a unit example</p></li>
<li><p>added a NMOS example (thanks to cyber-g) cf. #221</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-4-0-2020-05-05">
<h3>V1.4.0 2020-05-05</h3>
<p>This release is yanked due to broken Windows support.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>fixed nasty issue with NgSpice shared for <cite>setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");</cite> cf. #172</p></li>
<li><p>fixed <cite>AC AC_MAG AC_PASAE SIN</cite> for new NgSpice syntax</p></li>
<li><p>fixed <cite>initial_state</cite> for <cite>VoltageControlledSwitch</cite></p></li>
<li><p>fixed <cite>LosslessTransmissionLine</cite> #169</p></li>
<li><p>fixed docstrings for element shortcut methods (thanks to Kyle Dunn) #178</p></li>
<li><p>fixed parser for leading whitespace (thanks to Matt Huszagh) #182</p></li>
<li><p>fix for PyYAML newer API</p></li>
<li><p>support NgSpice 31 API (no change)</p></li>
<li><p>added check for <cite>CoupledInductor</cite> #157</p></li>
<li><p>added <cite>check-installation</cite> tool to help to fix broken installation</p></li>
<li><p>added pole-zero, noise, distorsion, transfer-function analyses (thanks to Peter Garrone) #191</p></li>
<li><p>added <cite>.measure</cite> support (thanks to ceprio) #160</p></li>
<li><p>added <cite>log_desk</cite> parameter to <cite>CircuitSimulator</cite></p></li>
<li><p>added <cite>listing</cite> command method to <cite>NgSpiceShared</cite></p></li>
<li><p>added Xyce Mosfet nfin #177</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-3-2-2019-03-11">
<h3>V1.3.2 2019-03-11</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>support Ngspice 30 and Xyce 6.10</p></li>
<li><p>fixed NgSpice and Xyce support on Windows 10</p></li>
<li><p>bug fixes</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-2-0-2018-06-07">
<h3>V1.2.0 2018-06-07</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Initial support of the <a class="reference external" href="https://xyce.sandia.gov">Xyce</a> simulator. Xyce is an open source, SPICE-compatible,
high-performance analog circuit simulator, capable of solving extremely large circuit problems
developed at Sandia National Laboratories. Xyce will make PySpice suitable for industry and
research use.</p></li>
<li><p>Fixed OSX support</p></li>
<li><p>Splitted G device</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented partially <cite>A</cite> XSPICE device</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented missing transmission line devices</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented high level current sources
<strong>Notice: Some classes were renamed !</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Implemented node kwarg e.g. <code>circuit.Q(1, base=1, collector=2, emitter=3, model='npn')</code></p></li>
<li><p>Implemented raw spice pass through (see <a class="reference external" href="/faq.html">User FAQ</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented access to internal parameters (cf. <code>save @device[parameter]</code>)</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented check for missing ground node</p></li>
<li><p>Implemented a way to disable an element and clone netlist</p></li>
<li><p>Improved SPICE parser</p></li>
<li><p>Improved unit support:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Implemented unit prefix cast <cite>U_μV(U_mV(1))</cite> to easily convert values</p></li>
<li><p>Added <cite>U_mV</cite>, ... shortcuts</p></li>
<li><p>Added Numpy array support to unit, see <cite>UnitValues</cite> <strong>Notice: this new feature could be buggy !!!</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Rebased <cite>WaveForm</cite> to <cite>UnitValues</cite></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>Fixed node order so as to not confuse users <strong>Now PySpice matches SPICE order for two ports elements !</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Fixed device shortcuts in <cite>Netlist</cite> class</p></li>
<li><p>Fixed model kwarg for BJT <strong>Notice: it must be passed exclusively as kwarg !</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Fixed subcircuit nesting</p></li>
<li><p>Outsourced documentation generator to <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/FabriceSalvaire/Pyterate">Pyterate</a></p></li>
<li><p>Updated <cite>setup.py</cite> for wheel</p></li>
</ul>
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<section id="v1-1-0-2017-09-06">
<h3>V1.1.0 2017-09-06</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Enhanced shared mode</p></li>
<li><p>Shared mode is now set as default on Linux</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v1-0-0-2017-09-06">
<h3>V1.0.0 2017-09-06</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Bump version to v1.0.0 since it just works!</p></li>
<li><p>Support Windows platform using Ngspice shared mode</p></li>
<li><p>Fixed shared mode</p></li>
<li><p>Fixed and completed Spice parser : tested on example's libraries</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-4-2">
<h3>V0.4.2</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Fixed Spice parser for lower case device prefix.</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-4-0-2017-07-31">
<h3>V0.4.0 2017-07-31</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Git repository cleanup: filtered generated doc and useless files so as to shrink the repository size.</p></li>
<li><p>Improved documentation generator: Implemented <code>format</code> for RST content and Tikz figure.</p></li>
<li><p>Improved unit support: It implements now the International System of Units.
And we can now use unit helper like <code>u_mV</code> or compute the value of <code>1.2@u_kΩ / 2@u_mA</code>.
The relevant documentation is on this <a class="reference external" href="api/PySpice/Unit.html">page</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Added the Simulation instance to the Analysis class.</p></li>
<li><p>Refactored simulation parameters as classes.</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-3-2-2017-02-22">
<h3>V0.3.2 2017-02-22</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>fixed CCCS and CCVS</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-3-1-2017-02-22">
<h3>V0.3.1 2017-02-22</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>fixed ngspice shared</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-3-0-2015-12-08">
<h3>V0.3.0 2015-12-08</h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Added an example to show how to use the NgSpice Shared Simulation Mode.</p></li>
<li><p>Completed the Spice netlist parser and added examples, we could now use a schematic editor
to define the circuit. The program <em>cir2py</em> translates a circuit file to Python.</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="v0-2014-03-21">
<h3>V0 2014-03-21</h3>
<p>Started project</p>
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