DesignSpark Circuit Simulator - Changelog

DesignSpark Circuit Simulator is a cloud-hosted and browser-based software. Users benefit from an always up-to-date software without the need to download anything. These frequent updates add new features and improve user experience. The following changelog summarises the updates on a monthly basis.

Changelog

November 2024:

• Improved auto-naming of components and nets
• All registered users can export and import designs and components
• Fixed: Connecting digital bus pins and wire segments

October 2024:

• Improvements to “Export to Xpedition Flow”:- Support for Spice and VHDL model libraries- Support for Designer colour schemes- Support for global parameters
• New instructional document for the ”Export to Xpedition Flow” option
• Customize the sort order of models in a model library- Based on model order in the Library Editor
• New tooltips when displaying a list of swappable parts
• More vertical space in the Manual Options section of the simulation settings flyout
• Scrollbars on the toolbar flyouts
• Improved messaging regarding import and export of designs and components
• Fixed: occasional hanging when interrupting a simulation
• Fixed: Removed the extra probe line on small waveboxes
• Fixed: issue uploading a model’s textIO file

September 2024:

• Export design and its components to the Xpedition flow
• Import design previously exported as JSON data
• Export and import components as JSON data
• Improved component tooltips (better placement, added scrollbar)
• New help for simulation log window
• Improved wavebox probe line placement
• Removed waveform legends in wavebox
• Fixed: waveform database table was full, causing the simulator to fail
• Fixed: model parsing error related to port keyword
• Fixed: one use case resulted in frozen waveboxes during app load
• Fixed: wavebox "View All" option didn’t always view all

July 2024:

• Downloading one or more waveforms after zooming in will result in a csv file that includes just the visible x range of data.

June 2024:

• Export a design as JSON data (accessible via the “Export Design” button in the top menu)
• Download a design’s netlist (accessible by opening the Simulation Log window and clicking the “Download Netlist” button)
• In the waveform viewer or a wavebox, users can change a cursor’s y-value by double-clicking its y-value flag
• Deleting a component now prevents it from appearing in the component browser, but keeps it available for existing designs that use it
• The centre point for the symbol of a user-created component can now be modified
• Fixed: when attaching a probe, further mouse clicks while downloading data resulted in duplicate waveforms

May 2024:

• Moderated groups available with a DesignSpark Engineer subscription. Ideal for companies or project teams to keep their designs and discussions private: How to create and manage moderated groups