Quote Originally Posted by Ioannis View Post
Have you tried LTspice? It is totally free and great support either on YouTube or from forums around.

I admit, it is a bit strange if the component is not in the lib and you have somehow to add it.

Ioannis

Nope, not yet.


I spent a few minutes last night trying to get SPICE working in KiCad and ended up on google. It turns out they have some generic devices, but you're meant to download the SPICE models from the manufacturers. They mention licensing, which makes sense. They don't want to get into that and let the users download whatever model they need direct from the companies. Now I know why my first attempt at getting a LED to turn on had failed miserably.

I'm going to spend some time and give SPICE a fair shake cause I already use KiCad for my circuits, and it's free as well. SPICE is integrated in the schematic editor, so it's not like I need to learn "yet another tool". I just have to get the proper models.