Re: DC-DC converter, AC-DC inverter models

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Maynard Wright <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden; Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: DC-DC converter, AC-DC inverter models
> 
> On Thursday, December 08, 2016 06:44:08 AM Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>>  > From: Jasim Ahmed[jahmed] <address@hidden>
>>  > To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>; 
> "address@hidden"
>>  > <address@hidden> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 8:22 AM
>>  > Subject: RE: DC-DC converter, AC-DC inverter models
>>  > 
>>  > Sergei,
>>  > I was looking for Octave models of those converters. I have used 
> LTSpice.
>>  > Unfortunately, it is not flexible enough for my purposes (e.g. 
> simulating
>>  > a
>>  > battery with an open circuit voltage that varies with age -- the 
> battery
>>  > is
>>  > coupled to these converters), and therefore was looking for Octave 
> models
>>  > that I could then suitably modify.
>>  > 
>>  > Jasim
>>  > 
>>  > 
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: Sergei Steshenko [mailto:address@hidden
>>  > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 10:04 PM
>>  > To: Jasim Ahmed[jahmed]; address@hidden
>>  > Subject: Re: DC-DC converter, AC-DC inverter models
>>  > 
>>  >>  From: jasim <address@hidden>
>>  >> 
>>  >> To: address@hidden
>>  >> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:30 AM
>>  >> Subject: DC-DC converter, AC-DC inverter models
>>  >> 
>>  >> 
>>  >> Hello,
>>  >> I am looking for DC-DC converter and AC-DC inverter models. Does 
> anyone
>>  >> have any that they can share? Thanks,
>>  >> 
>>  >> Jasim
>>  > 
>>  > How is it related to Octave ?
>>  > 
>>  > If you want circuit simulation, a simple way to start is LTSpice (look 
> it
>>  > up). Though it's a Windows program, it works under Linux under 
> Wine.
>>  > 
>>  > --Sergei.
>>  > _______________________________________________
>> 
>>  Among other things LTSpice allows to provide stimuli in .wav files. So you
>>  can have whatever you want time dependent input voltage.
>> 
>>  Besides that, LTSpice is essentially GUI + SPICE, and all SPICE features 
> are
>>  still accessible through regular SPICE directives to be entered through
>>  text files. IIRC SPICE allows to specify stimuli as piecewise-linear
>>  functions, so if it's the case, you case still have time-dependent 
> input
>>  voltage without .wav files.
>> 
>>  --Sergei.
> 
> 
> 
> I use Spice Opus (http://www.spiceopus.si/) as it is available for Linux.
> 
> Maynard Wright



NGSpice (http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/ ) appears to be much newer and is also 
cross-platform.

--Sergei.