Comparison between EDWinXP, PSpice, Proteus and Multi Sim

Comparison between EDWinXP, PSpice, Proteus and Multi Sim

Characteristics	EDWinXP			PSpice/ OrCAD	Proteus		Multi Sim
Version	1.90				7.7		11
SPICE
DC Operating point	Available •			Available •	Available •		Available •
DC Parameter Sweep	Available •			Available •	Available •		Available •
Temperature Sweep	Available in Mixed Mode Simulator – Part of DC Sweep Analysis			Available •	Not Available		Available •
Transient	Available •			Available •	Not Available		Available •
Fourier	Available •			Not Available •	Available •		Available •
Parameterized transient sweep	Available – Present in Transient Analysis in Mixed Mode Simulator			Available •	Not Available		Available •
AC Analysis (frequency sweep)	Available •			Available •	Not Available		Available •
Parameterized AC Sweep	Not Available			Available •	Available •		Available •
Pole Zero	Available – In EDSpice Simulator			Not Available •	Not Available •		Available •
Transfer function	Available – In EDSpice Simulator			Available •	Available •		Available •
AC Sensitivity	Available •			Not Available •	Not Available •		Available •
DC Sensitivity	Available •			Not Available •	Not Available •		Available •
Distortion	Available •			Not Available •	Available •		Available •
Noise	Available •			Not Available •	Available •		Available •
DC Operating Point Monte Carlo	Available – In Mixed Mode Simulator			Not Available •	Not Available •		Available •
DC Sweep Monte Carlo	Available			Available •	Not Available •		Available •
AC Monte Carlo	Available			Available •	Not Available •		Available •
Transient Monte Carlo	Available			Available •	Not Available •		Available •
Worst Case	Not Available			Available •	Not Available •		Available •
RF Analysis	Available •				Available		Available
Simulation Options	Available •			Available •	Available •		Available •
Circuit File Editor	Available •			Not Available •	Not Available		Available •
Truth table to diagram converter	Available •			Not Available •	Not Available •		Available •
VHDL to diagram converter	Available •			Not Available •	Not Available		Available •
Digital Logic Simulation
Fully interactive, free running digital logic simulation.	Available – Oscilloscope function the free running simulation for digital circuits				Available •		Available •
Digital probe tool	Available – In MMS/ EDS -> Tools -> Instruments -> Instant Probes			Available	Available		Available •
Wire Value Coloring	Available				Not Available		Available •
Variable simulation speed	Available – Any speed of simulation can be provided			Available	Available		Available •
Single step feature	Available				Available		Available •
Run from test vector	Not Available				Not Available		Not Available
View unlimited waveforms in a separate timing diagram	Not limited to a value				Available		Available
Programmable device in truth table format, espresso format, or state equations	Available – Truth table to diagram converter is Available				Not Available		Available
Save simulation into a test vector	Available – Simulation results can be saved as waveform				Not Available		Available
Set propagation delays globally to maximum, minimum, or typical	Available – Propogation delays can be set as required for a gate				Available		Available
Calculate power dissipation in digital mode for entire circuit	Not Available				Not Available		Not Available
Devices
# parts/ Models			27,000+	Less than 1000	10000		15000+
# symbols			1500+		1000+		1000+
Import any standard SPICE library			Available		Available		Available
Devices may be selected by category			Available		Available		Available
Devices may be selected by manufacturer			Available		Available		Available
Devices may be selected by keyword			Available		Available		Available
Part Search using wildcards			Available – Part Search can be used by Library Browser		Not Available		Not Available
Repeat placement of device			Available – in Schematic and Layout, the components can be repeated		• Available		Available
Rotation of devices in 90 degree increments			Available		• Available		Available
Auto or manual designation of devices			Available		• Available		Available
Support for BSIM & MOS 6 models			Available – Supported in EDSpice Simulator		Not Available		Not Available
Create part from circuit and store to parts database			Available – Circuits can be stored as subcircuits		Available		Not Available
Symbol editor			Available – Part of Library Editor		Available		Available
Store modified models, symbols, or complete parts to database			Available – All models can be stored		Available		Available
Wiring
Manual wire routing		Available •			Available •		Available •
Wire angle		90/any			90/any		90/any
Reposition any wire with click and drag		Available •			Available		Available
Wire "rubberbands" with device movement		Available •			Available •		Available
Bus wires may contain any number of independently numbered wires		Available – Any number of wires can be drawn to a bus			Available •		Available
Markers can be used to create virtual wire connections		Available – Virtual wire			Available •		Available
Additional Capabilities
Import SPICE netlist for simulation			Available •			Available •	Available •
Export to PCB programs			Available •			Available •	Available •
Export circuits & waveforms as graphics			Available •				Available •
Generate SPICE 3 netlist			Available •				Available •
Print Scaling, Fit to page			Available •			Available •	Available •
Undo/Redo			Yes/ 10- 30 depending upon the editors undo/redo			Available •	Available •
Cost			Low	Very high		High	High
Sufficient tools to complete electronic Design			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Price Performance ratio			Very High	High		High	High
Years of experience			27	24		20	34
Technical Support			Technical and Library Creation Support Services are included with the package	First year is provided with the package after which Maintenance cost has to be paid.		Post-sales support is available free for the life of the product, by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or letter.	Post-sales support is available
Library Creation Service			Free Library Creation Service	No Library Creation services		No Library Creation services	No Library Creation services
Simulation Model creation Service			Simulation models provided on request	No Simulation services		No Simulation services	No Simulation services
International Presence			All over the world	All over the world		All over the world	All over the world
Local presence (in Kerala)			Yes	No		No	No
Project Integration			Total automatic integration	Not applicable – modules are to be purchased separately		Not applicable – modules are to be purchased separately	Total automatic integration
Front Annotation			Yes, fully automatic	Yes but manual		Yes	Yes, fully automatic
Back annotation			Yes, fully automatic	Yes but manual		Yes but manual	Yes, fully automatic
Part information			Both Schematic and Layout information alongwith Thermal and simulation data	Only Schematic Information		Both Schematic and Layout information	Both Schematic and Layout information alongwith Thermal and simulation data
Attaching footprint			Automatic	Manual			Automatic
Library Browser – tool for fine searching			Yes	No separate tool for searching for components		Yes	Yes
Wildcard search			Yes	No		No	Yes
Field specific search			Yes	No		Yes	Yes
Find aliases (parts using same symbol / packages)			Yes	No		No	Yes
Library Explorer – tool to graphically view libraries on hard disk			Yes	No separate tool		No separate tool	Yes
Autorouter			Arizona	Specctra			Autorouter available
Simulators			EDSpice – XSPICE based simulator	PSPICE – Industry standard		PROSPICE	XSPICE based simulator
Export / Import features			Export to EDIF, DXF, Orcad PCB II Wirelist, Scicards Schematic Netlist.	Supports Schematic export to EDIF and DXF and import to PSPICE, EDIF and PDIF		Available	Export to EDIF, DXF, Orcad PCB II Wirelist, Scicards
			Import from Orcad PCB II Wirelist and VHDL	In Layout, it supports import / export to a other packages like PADS, PCAD, CADSTAR, PROTEL, TANGO etc.
Integration of different modules			Total Integration of all modules are available	Not available		Not available	Available
Access to all modules using the single menu			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
Single integrated database for Schematic and layout			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
Auto routing in Schematic Editor			Available	Not available		Available	Available
Front and Back annotation of electrical connectivity			Available	Not available		Available	Available
Display of information of particular net over different pages in the real time			Available	User has to manually select each page and view net		Available	Available
Automatic creation of the layout from schematic			Available	Not available		Available	Available
Copper Pouring			Done by just assigning vertices; fast operation, no copper is pored in layout there by reducing the file size enormously	Assignment of templates and copper pour is a very slow operation, copper is poured and displayed over entire area assigned increasing database size considerably.		Available	Available
Mixed mode Simulation with built in library of several component models			Available, this helps to verify circuit during initial stages itself	Not available		Available	Available
EDSpice Simulation ·         Time domain ·         DC, AC, Noise, BIAS point ·         Small Signal Analysis, Transfer function, Pole zero, Distortion, and Fourier Analysis			·         Available ·         Available ·         Available	·         Available ·         Available ·         Not available		Available Available	·         Available ·         Available ·         Available
Signal Integrity, Board Analyzer			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
Model generator VHDL – co simulator VHDL to spice model and to mixed mode			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
Circuit file editor			Available	Not available		Available	Available
3D board viewer			Available	Not available		Available	Available
Filter Design			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
Thermal Analysis EMI/ EMC Field Analyzer			Available	Not available		Not available	Not available
8051 Micro controller family enable editing and compilation of ‘C’ and Assembler language			Available	Not available		Available	Available
AVR Microcontroller Simulation			Available	Not available		Available	Not available
PIC Microcontroller Simulation			Available	Not available		Available	Available
Motorola Microcontroller Simulation			Available	Not available		Available	Not available
Graphic Editor			Available	Not available		Not available	Available
ODB++ Import and Export			Available	Not available		Available	Not available
Hotkey for components			Available	Not available			Not available
Multimeter			Available	Not available			Available
CRO			Available	Not available			Available
Logic Analyzer			Available	Not available			Available