ngspice vs SimScale

ngspice is a free, open-source simulator for electric and electronic circuits described as netlists. It handles analog, digital, and mixed-signal designs, with models for active, passive, analog, and digital elements; model parameters can come from collections, manufacturers, or foundries. Its SPICE compatibility supports PSPICE or LTSPICE device model parameters and netlists for discrete circuits. For mixed-signal co-simulation, it supports Verilog blocks compiled with Verilator and, since ngspice-44, VHDL blocks using GHDL. The OSDI/OpenVAF interface connects Verilog-A compact device models without requiring programming on the ngspice side. It can also be built as a shared library or DLL for another application to control. Listed integrations include KiCad, Autodesk Fusion, and Python interfaces such as PySpice. ngspice does not include schematic entry: input is through the command line or files. The stable download page offers source archives and Windows binaries; Linux users are directed to their distributor or source compilation, and the project's own macOS release is unavailable there.

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