I have no idea if I’m going about this the wrong way, but I am having some issues trying to get a SPICE model working for the BCM857BS (see my other thread). One of the steps I’m trying to take to troubleshoot this issue is by editing the code manually. Basically by copy pasting text from the SPICE file and seeing what works, a couple of lines at a time (I think the SPICE model Nexperia uses is pspice and uses incompatible syntax).
The issue I am having is pretty simple: Any changes I make to my symbol in the ‘Code’ tab of the the simulation menu do not stick. I move from ‘Code’ to ‘Parameters’ and back and it does not save. It resets as if I haven’t typed anything. I’ve tried clicking OK in an attempt to save the changes, but that only works if the ‘Built-in SPICE model’ is set to ‘Raw SPICE element’.
It isn’t though. It’s right beside the ‘Parameters’ tab, which you can freely edit and save and also have the changes reflected in the ‘Code’ tab. You can type changes into the ‘Code’ tab, but KiCad will discard them without telling you.
Yes the GUI is a bit badly designed and bult (but you should have seen the previous one). As far as i can tell its not really supposed to work as a text editor. I think this is the case as each time they update they remove more and more things that would make sense only if its not supposed to be edited. Though it can.
Developers of kicad do not seem to have a GUI strategy. So things tend to be all over the place.
I have to disagree with that. Both schematic and PCB editors are very comfortable to work with.
But the simulation inserface always sucked, under 5.1, 6.0, 7.0 and today 8.0.
As I said in another post, it’s a stepchild. No one cares about stepchildren.
