CASPOC FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Caspoc Frequently Asked Questions and Answers can be found here as a PDF document

• What is new in Caspoc 2001?
• Is everything in one window?
• I changed the color of the waveform, but this did not change it in the scope?
• How can I change the time scale in the scope?
• What extensions to use for include files?
• Where to store the include *.mod files?
• Can I store Scope-data, HTML-data, commands, options or include files in an exported *.LIB file?
• Where can I store my library (*.lib) files?
• Can I zoom the schematic with the cursor keys?
• Can I scroll the schematic with the keyboard?

 

• The animated object has a distorted color?
• It seems that the arrows in the SCOPE and some animated objects are not nicely redrawn, when I continue the simulation?
• How can I speed-up the animation?
• Are there any shortcuts?
• The schematic in the exported HTML or EMF file is not looking so nice?
• Is there a variable time step?
• Why are there no Spice models?
• Why is not every nodal voltage and component current stored in data-files during simulation?
• Are there standard models for semiconductors?
• Can parameters for semiconductors be defined?

 

• Can Model parameters be used for any type of model?
• How to model mechanical systems like drive-chains?
• Are there models for State Machines?
• Can State-Space equations be included as the model?
• Why is there no script language for definition of functions?
• Is there a replay function of the simulation results?
• What if the step size is not matching with the switch intervals, such as with PFM?
• Is there some post processing in the Scope?
• Can I rotate a component while dragging it on the screen?
• Get help on the buttons in the button bar?

 

• Get help on the menu items?
• Switch the language of the user interface to German?
• Start Caspoc from the desktop?
• Rotate a circuit component?
• Perform auto scaling at the end of the screen?
• Zoom in a Scope window?
• Open the dialog box for scope input properties?
• Open the dialog box for scale properties?
• Connect the input of a scope?
• Move a selected part of the schematic?

 

• Make special purpose components?
• Export a library block?
• Importing a library block?
• View simulation results numerically?
• Open a Caspoc file (*.csi) from the explorer?
• Make a voltage source dependent on a block-diagram value?
• Connect a switch?
• Define constant values for inputs of a block-diagram component?
• Couple inductors?
• Connect nodes without wires?