I know as it says on the tin, that KiCAD is principally an electronics CAD design package. Non-the-less KiCAD does sport a simulation section. Whilst I am perfectly fine with the CAD aspect of KiCAD, simulation has always eluded me.
I started, as a mature student, studying electronics almost a year ago, and at the time I thought KiCAD would be the divine product to help me develop the tutorial projects set to me. I then extolled the virtues of KiCAD to my fellow students. Oops.
As it has turned out in all except the most basic circumstances I have never managed to get KiCAD to simulate my calculations so that I can confidently return my work to my tutor with confidence that I had calculated, simulated and confidently completed my assignments.
I, like my fellow students, (to my eternal embarrassment) have had to resort to plan ‘B’ which is; calculate, simulate (with LTSpice) then draw up with KiCAD.
Even many of the included pspice and simulation symbols don’t work for me. And even if I do include external spice models, many of them don’t work either.
I am thus enormously jealous of those that claim to have simulated various circuits successfully, whilst I cannot get anywhere near without resorting to doing the same job thrice over; i.e. draw on paper, simulate in LTSpice, then design in KiCAD. I’m too old for this in 2020.
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