spice circuit interface or integration

[richjoh]

does labview have a way to interface with the circuit simulation applications like spice. Is there a way to have a container for this of some sort???

I have a cir file I use with Spice and a labview app I would like to meld into one

regards,
richjoh

[johnsold]

I have written a VI which takes the output from a SPICE analysis and displays and manipulates the data in LV. Future plans include a "front end" program in LV which would provide a nice user interface to select SPICE commands and analyses. I am using a command line version of SPICE. Unfortunately a recent upgrade of SPICE changed the output file format and broke my program so I do not have anything working to share.

Lynn

[Nick R]

Hi richjoh,

There are several options available to you. First, there some SPICE Simulation VI's avaiable that were written for LabVIEW 7.0. I don't know what version you have, and I do not know if these VI's are compatible with the current version of LabVIEW.

Also, LabVIEW SignalExpress allows you to import SPICE data. Even the free version of SignalExpress has this functionality.

Lastly, there is a product called NI Multisim which is mainly and education product that provides integration with SPICE. If you are a student then it is very affordable.

NI Multisim

I hope this helps!

[richjoh]

Thx Nick R,

I'm using version 8.0 of labview, I'll try the version 7 VIs and let you know how they workout...