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RECIA: Software for the use of simulators in introductory circuit‐theory courses
Author(s) -
Ballesteros J. L.,
BáezLópez D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.6180020103
Subject(s) - schematic , computer science , circuit diagram , software , spice , simulation software , voltage , electronic circuit simulation , circuit design , simulation , computer engineering , electronic circuit , electrical engineering , embedded system , programming language , engineering
Circuit simulators play an important role in circuit design. However, their sintaxis is usually not friendly for students having their first exposure to this technology, causing reluctance toward the use of these kind of software aids. This fact was a driving force for the authors to propose a system called RECIA, by means of which the student could have access to a circuit simulator without having any knowledge about the sintaxis of it. In addition, input/output to the system is in a graphic environment. In this way, the student only has to specify as input the schematic diagram of his/her circuit and obtain as the output plots of the desired voltages and currents. The simulator chosen in this work can be anyone belonging to the family of SPICE simulators. RECIA is a shareware package available on request from the authors. One of the most important aspects of RECIA is that it does not need previous extensive training to be readily used by students and yet, a simulation run can be done in the very first minutes of use. This is an advantage over other simulators with schematic capture which require some time to learn the sintaxis.