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Carson, CA (December
1, 2008)
-- Intusoft announced today the release of its ICAP/4 8.x.11 Build 3435
SPICE-simulation tool suite for analog, mixed-signal and mixed-system
design. Enhancements have been added to the 11th-generation software from
its former Build 3247, running on Windows Vista and 64-bit operating systems.
The "x" in 8.x.11 deciphers Intusoft's scalable solutions, which
extend up to its premiere ICAP/4 Professional and Test Designer products.
New DSP Designer:
ICAP/4 Build
3435 features its recently announced "DSP Designer," included
in four of Intusoft's high-end scalable packages. DSP Designer uses the
ICAP/4 tool suite to make an integrated simulation/DSP workbench. Software
enables digital control algorithms to be simulated using special device
models to create Z transformations and corresponding DSP programming instructions,
including hidden parameters not accessible within usual DSP design. Results
are viewed as waveforms and Bode plots, enabling the designer to grasp
a correlation of the DSP's micro-code and design performance in a visual
format. DSP Designer includes a firmware plug-in that enables signals
from Tektronix series 1000 and 2000 oscilloscopes to be viewed directly
in ICAP/4's "IntuScope" waveform viewing tool. Design examples
and technical DSP articles are accessible from: www.intusoft.com
and http://www.intusoft.com/newsletters.htm
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New Features:
Build 3435 features
other new capability such as a direct differential cross-probe from any
device or two nodes on a schematic to view differential signals in the
IntuScope waveform-viewing tool. Other enhancements added to IntuScope
include more room when viewing a significant amount of signals, easier
new signal identification for updating existing waveform views, several
unique Monte Carlo waveform scripts for automatically displaying a multitude
of electrical properties from a waveform family, selectable display of
operating point and noise analysis numerical values, and exportation of
linearized waveform data to a text file.
145 new device models
were added to the ICAP/4 simulation library, now exceeding 23,800 parts,
the largest SPICE library offering in the industry. More on ICAP/4 and
Test Designer features can be found at: http://www.intusoft.com/featurechanges.htm.
Product Backgrounder:
ICAP/4 8.x.11 Build 3435 is a fully integrated design simulation tool
suite consisting of design entry and library management tools; analog
and mixed-signal simulation; full-featured design debug and verification
capability; fault synthesis; and automated export to the Bartels AutoEngineer®
PCB system. The scalable product line starts at $995 US, with all product
offerings based on Intusoft's IsSpice4, 4th-generation SPICE technology.
ICAP/4 is built on significantly enhanced SPICE 3F5 and XSPICE. Depending
on the offering, features include a full scripting language to optionally
modify or create special simulation and waveform-processing functions;
schematic-less device parametric variation; 30 SMPS schematic templates;
dedicated power-electronic and RF simulation libraries; magnetic design
& synthesis option; fully integrated waveform viewer and signal processor
that includes random cross-probing to schematic; pole/zero and 2-port
analyses; circuit optimization; Smith & Nyquist charts; automated
assignment and charting of electrical measurements including out-of-limit
alarms; IBIS2SPICE converter through version 3.2; optional automated test
diagnosis; and a configurable design and debug windows environment.
Company:
Established
in 1985, Intusoft designs, develops and markets award-winning electronic
design automation software to electronics industries worldwide. Its headquarters
are in Carson, California, including a worldwide network of resellers.
Intusoft's products target a breadth of applications across all industrial,
technological, military and consumer industries, by providing leading
tools for analog and mixed-signal design of boards and ICs, plus automated
test synthesis.
Information on Intusoft
and its products is provided at www.intusoft.com.
For Further Information
Contact:
Tim Ghazaleh
Director of Marketing, Intusoft
Direct (925) 425-9833
Phone: 310-952- 0657 Fax: 310-952-5468
Email: tim@intusoft.com
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