LTSpice IV for Mac - Page 1
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author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 10:24:44 am
content: well... not really "for Mac" but it appears to run great under Wineinstallation was pretty much painless... i installed wine from apre-built binary, then installed ltspice from within wine and BAM! runs great! i bundled all this up into a osx .app file that doesn't even require installation, but its rather large and i didn't read eula about redistribution so it might not be legit. anywho, for those mac users who might not know, ltspice rawks on wine!i'll likely give TI's Tina a try as well. im surprised apple doesn't bundle wine with osx... so far im 2 for 2 with installing relatively obscure pc only software under wine! cheers!-sj

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 11:49:26 am
content: Naturally, it works great on linux under Wine as well.I played with a few other sims, but there's nothing with the polish of LTSpice's gui. It's a great mix with the command line spice tools available on linux that can be scripted to hell and back.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 06:25:08 pm
content: apple seem to be on a mission to "eradicate" microsoft, really I don't care for either

author: aronfrombray
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 14, 2011, 05:16:10 pm
content: HiJust joined to ask this question, sorry if its stupid.I have Lt Spice on my mac, i actually have 2 Lt Spices one from "WinOnX" and one done on "Wine".But the problem is i can't open any files with them. The files are on my college blackboard web page but i can't seem to get them to open on LT Spice.This is one of the files:Version 4SHEET 1 880 680WIRE -528 64 -592 64WIRE -336 80 -432 80WIRE -176 80 -336 80WIRE -96 80 -176 80WIRE -176 96 -176 80WIRE -96 96 -96 80WIRE -592 128 -592 64WIRE -528 160 -528 64WIRE -432 160 -432 144WIRE -432 160 -528 160WIRE -336 160 -336 144WIRE -336 160 -384 160WIRE -704 176 -976 176WIRE -176 176 -176 160WIRE -176 176 -240 176WIRE -96 176 -176 176WIRE 16 176 -96 176WIRE -176 192 -176 176WIRE 16 192 16 176WIRE -528 208 -592 208WIRE -432 208 -432 160WIRE -336 208 -336 160WIRE -592 224 -592 208WIRE -336 272 -432 272WIRE -176 272 -176 256WIRE -176 272 -336 272WIRE -96 272 -96 256WIRE -96 272 -176 272WIRE -976 288 -976 256WIRE -704 288 -704 256WIRE -704 288 -976 288WIRE -976 304 -976 288WIRE -592 336 -592 304WIRE -384 336 -384 160WIRE -384 336 -592 336WIRE -528 384 -528 208WIRE -240 384 -240 176WIRE -240 384 -528 384FLAG -976 304 0FLAG 16 192 0SYMBOL ind2 -720 160 R0SYMATTR InstName L1SYMATTR Value 5HSYMATTR Type indSYMBOL ind2 -576 224 R180WINDOW 0 36 80 Left 0WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0SYMATTR InstName L2SYMATTR Value 20mSYMATTR Type indSYMBOL ind2 -576 320 R180WINDOW 0 36 80 Left 0WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0SYMATTR InstName L3SYMATTR Value 20mSYMATTR Type indSYMBOL voltage -976 160 R0WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0WINDOW 39 24 132 Left 0SYMATTR SpiceLine Rser=0.01SYMATTR InstName V1SYMATTR Value SINE(0 325 50)SYMBOL diode -416 144 R180WINDOW 0 24 72 Left 0WINDOW 3 24 0 Left 0SYMATTR InstName D1SYMBOL diode -320 144 R180WINDOW 0 24 72 Left 0WINDOW 3 24 0 Left 0SYMATTR InstName D2SYMBOL diode -416 272 R180WINDOW 0 24 72 Left 0WINDOW 3 24 0 Left 0SYMATTR InstName D3SYMBOL diode -320 272 R180WINDOW 0 24 72 Left 0WINDOW 3 24 0 Left 0SYMATTR InstName D4SYMBOL cap -192 96 R0SYMATTR InstName C1SYMATTR Value 4700?FSYMBOL cap -192 192 R0SYMATTR InstName C2SYMATTR Value 4700?FSYMBOL res -112 80 R0SYMATTR InstName R1SYMATTR Value 1kSYMBOL res -112 160 R0SYMATTR InstName R2SYMATTR Value 1kTEXT -736 -16 Left 0 !K1 L1 L2 L3 1TEXT -1008 344 Left 0 !.tran 2 uicI was told to save that, then change the ending to ".asc" but not actually change the format.I can do it on windows with notepad and it works but won't work on windows notepad on a mac and I've no idea why or what I'm doing wrong. I really don't want to have to use bootcamp but am getting quiet close to it.Any tips at all would be greatly appreciated.Cheers

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2011, 05:30:13 pm
content: Downloading right now.Just noticed it was a page on how to install Wine. I am too tired to continue right now. After all, I have Windows XP running on a virtual machine, so I won't bother. Thanks anyway, and have fun!

author: aronfrombray
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 14, 2011, 05:48:03 pm
content: Its ok,I seem to have it now. I just have to save as plain txt (.txt) then change to .asc and choose to open with LT Spice. WHOHOOO!

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2011, 10:07:18 pm
content: Quote from: ivan747 on December 14, 2011, 05:30:13 pm"Redistribution of this software is permitted as long as it isdistributed in its entirety, with all documentation, examplefiles, symbols, and models without modification or additions."its complete, just pre-installed... so it should be ok i guess??? anywho, here ya go.LTspiceIV.zipmake sure to "sync release" as this is a few months old.-sj