LTspice IV

Free Analog Circuit Simulator Unlimited Nodes/Nets

Fast Simulations

LTspice is a high performance SPICE simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer designed to speed the process of power supply design. LTspice adds enhancements and models to SPICE, significantly reducing simulation time compared to typical SPICE simulators, allowing one to view waveforms for most switching regulators in minutes compared to hours for other SPICE simulators.

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LTspice HotKeys
Schematic
ESC - Exit Mode F3 Draw Wire F5 Delete F6 Duplicate F7 Move F8 Drag F9 Undo Shift+F9 Redo Ctrl+Z Zoom Area Ctrl+B Zoom Back Space Zoom Fit Ctrl+G Toggle Grid U Mark Unncon. Pins A Mark Text Anchors Atl+Click - Power Ctrl+Click - Attr. Edit Ctrl+H Halt Simulation R Resistor C Capacitor L Inductor D Diode R Rectangle C Circle L Line A Arc Flag -ascii -b -encrypt -FastAccess -netlist Ctrl+E Mirror Ctrl+R Rotate -nowine -PCBnetlist -registry -Run -SOI -uninstall -wine Ctrl+W Attribute Window Ctrl+A Attribute Editor

Symbol
ESC - Exit Mode F5 Delete F6 Duplicate F7 Move F8 Drag F9 Undo Shift+F9 Redo Ctrl+Z Zoom Area Ctrl+B Zoom Back

Waveform

Netlist

Simulator Directives - Dot Commands Command Short Description

.AC .BACKANNO .DC Perform a Small Signal AC Analysis Annotate the Subcircuit Pin Names on Port currents Perform a DC Source Sweep Analysis End of Netlist End of Subcircuit Denition Compute a Fourier Component User Dened Functions Download a File Given the URL Declare Global Nodes Set Initial Conditions Include another File Include a Library Load a Previously Solved DC Solution Evaluate User-Dened Electrical Quantities Dene a SPICE Model Compute Network Parameters in a .AC Analysis Supply Hints for Initial DC Solution Perform a Noise Analysis Find the DC Operating Point Set Simulator Options User-Dened Parameters Limit the Quantity of Saved Data Save Operating Point to Disk Parameter Sweeps Dene a Subcircuit Temperature Sweeps Find the DC Small-Signal Transfer Function Do a Nonlinear Transient Analysis Write Selected Nodes to a .WAV le

Modes

F5 Delete

.END .ENDS .FOUR .FUNC

F9 Undo Shift+F9 Redo Ctrl+Z Zoom Area Ctrl+B Zoom Back Ctrl+E Zoom Extents Ctrl+G Toggle Grid 0 - Clear Ctrl+A Add Trace Ctrl+Y Vertical Autorange Ctrl+Click - Average Ctrl+H Halt Simulation

F9 Undo Shift+F9 Redo

.FERRET .GLOBAL .IC .INCLUDE .LIB

View

Ctrl+G Goto Line #

.LOADBIAS .MEASURE .MODEL

Ctrl+R Run Simulation Ctrl+H Halt Simulation

.NET .NODESET .NOISE .OP .OPTIONS .PARAM .SAVE .SAVEBIAS .STEP .SUBCKT .TEMP .TF .TRAN .WAVE

Command Line Switches

Short Description Use ASCII .raw les. (Degrades performance!) Run in batch mode. Encrypt a model library. Convert a binary .raw le to Fast Access Format. Convert a schematic to a netlist. Prevent use of WINE(Linux) workarounds. Convert a schematic to a PCB netlist. Store user preferences in the registry. Start simulating the schematic on open. Allow MOSFETs to have up to 7 nodes in subcircuit. Executes one step of the uninstallation process. Force use of WINE(Linux) workarounds.

Pl a ce

G GND S Spice Directive T Text F2 Component F4 Label Net Ctrl+E Mirror Ctrl+R Rotate T Text

-big or -max Start as a maximized window.

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Sufx
T G Meg K 1e12 1e9 1e6 1e3

Sufx
f p n u M Mil 1e-15 1e-12 1e-9 1e-6 1e-3 25.4e-6

Constants
E Pi K Q 2.7182818284590452354 3.14159265358979323846 1.3806503e-23 1.602176462e-19

TRUE 1 FALSE 0

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