Electron wrote:
> PS: sorry, I forgot: one feature I'd appreciate much is a huge
> database of real components. MultiSim 11 has a good one, but a lot of
> real world components are still missing.

Maybe you should step back and ask why you need all this.  In my experience,
if you can't solve your circuit with a few minutes and a calculator, you
don't know what you're doing.  Personally I haven't used a circuit simulator
yet.  That's because I haven't felt the need for one.  I agree that
simulation can be a useful tool to see some details or get verification once
you already know what your circuit is doing.  I have occasionally seen
others use it for that, and that's fine.  To some extent that depends on
what you're comfortable with.

However, simulation is not a substitute for understanding a circuit, and is
not for synthesizing a design.  It also has the problem of appearing to give
a precise answer when things are +- 10% in the real circuit, making it too
easy to design a one-off that works only with components exactly like the
simulator thinks they are.


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