[AlexDanger]

Perhaps someone could comment on simulation software, particularly on the simple/beginner side of things?

For instance, recently I got some supercapacitors and had a few ideas for a simple circuit (consisting of resistors, diodes and capacitors). I did an EE unit when I was at school a long time ago but wanted to get a better understanding of how my circuit would behave, particularly voltage levels and discharge rates over time.

I was expecting there would be some software which would allow me to draw a simple circuit, specify input voltages and press 'play', allowing me to see how the circuit acted as a live simulation and see charts of voltage at particular nodes over time.

However, despite googling around, I couldnt find such software geared towards visualisation of simple analog circuits...

Happy to look at OSS or propriety software, I was expecting to find something used in academia but no such luck.

Any recommendations?

[ximeng]

Have you looked at https://www.circuitlab.com/editor/

[AlexDanger]

Wow, thanks - I played with it for hours and promptly signed up for the paid version. Great tool.

[nitrogen]

MITx's 6.002x hax an online circuit sim. There's also QUCS for the desktop.

[AlexDanger]

Circuitlab is keeping me busy at the moment but thanks I'll check this out.