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Ngspice-44.2, January 11th, 2025
============
- Bug fix release, no new features
Ngspice-44, December 29th, 2024
============
- New features:
+ Add function ngSpice_Reset(void) to completely reset shared ngspice.
+ Bail out when state file is not found.
+ Define 1e-12 as a minimum resistor value.
+ Update VBIC model.
+ d_cosim supports Icarus Verilog.
+ Extend bsim4 operating point info list.
+ Make several error messages more verbose by
adding source file name (and line number).
+ Command 'let' will handle V(/nname).
+ Enable using fftw3 as a build option of shared ngspice on Windows.
+ Set lower case for variables or vectors names in command 'echo'.
+ Add optional series resistance or junction capacitance for diode
model, if none is defined in the .model statement.
+ Allow plotting a single point in an ascii plot.
+ Bail out when the number of s parameter ports is less than 2.
+ Add function ngSpice_nospiceinit(void) if you don't want to
read .spiceinit (shared ngspice only).
+ Reorder and renovate timer functions.
+ Enhance sensitivity analysis with an option to choose the parameters
to be varied. Shell-style wildcards ("*?") are supported.
+ Enable strings as parameters across subckt boundaries.
+ Replace all BOOLEAN, BOOL, _Bool by bool.
Ngspice-43, July 14th, 2024
============
- New features:
+ Compile on Apple M2
+ Update to VBIC model: Enable self-heating in AC sim, enable nqs.
+ Enable single terminal n devices (Verilog-A modules)
+ Add path or filepath (without file name) to variable sourcepath,
when calling command 'source'
+ B source pwl, enable monotonic negative growth of abscissa values.
+ Enable coupling of more than 2 inductots in a single line:
K1 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 0.99
+ Enable reading library search paths from env. variables like
.lib "$ENVS1/$ENVS2/libraries/sky130_fd_pr/latest/models/sky130.lib.spice" tt
+ Add '.save nosub' to suppress storing the node vectors from inside
of subcircuits.
+ Transform nested braces {{}} into {()} also in .param statements
+ Save path to .include file, add it to the search paths
for loading the next .include file.
+ In ./configure, the following options are now standard:
non-debug, osdi, xspice, readline, klu, openmp
+ in case of netlist errors, try identifying the file and line number
of its origin.
+ Add diode model parameters, Level 3, for diode breakdown voltage
as used in sky130 PDK
+ New environmental variable NGSPICE_OSDI_DIR may contain
a path for *.osdi files (compiled Verilog-A models)
+ optran 0 0 0 0 0 uic may be used to load initial conditions (.ic=xxx
statements) without starting an op iteration.
+ Add variable ps_scan_gates_optimize (default 1). If < 1, then turn off
the optimizations in scan_gates.
+ new exported function ngSpice_nospinit() to set variable no_spinit
+ Update to JFET model (add emission coefficient)
+ MOS models 1...3: updated noise code
+ Update to fft window functions, scaling etc.
+ Add transformer model with params on the .subckt line
+ timing .model statements at the global level for subckts with U* instances
+ variable 'rsdiode' sets RS of a diode, if not given in the .model line.
+ Update the AM voltage/current sources: enable amplitude
modulation, carrier suppression.
+ Remove some ADMS remnants.
Ngspice-42, Dec 24th, 2023
============
- New features:
+ New optional matrix solver KLU (select by 'option klu')
+ improve error messages (more verbose, user centric)
+ Add variable wr_onspace to allow printing the vector name with
one space delimiter
+ Re-write of the code model PWM generator
+ Linked list modtab has been enhanced by a hash table
modtabhash
+ Add a code model function cm_cexit(const int exitcode).
+ PSP103 model pspnqs103va is now standard
+ Add Isotel d_process xspice digital model (enable C models).
+ OSDI interface allows small signal noise simulation in Verilog-A
compact models compiled by current OpenVAF.
+ Add series resistance 1e-4 Ohms to diode model, if RS is not given
+ Generate seed numbers from a microseconds clock, not a seconds clock
+ Add functions ngSpice_LockRealloc and ngSpice_UnlockRealloc
+ Add new code model function cm_irreversible().
+ Add XSPICE code model d_cosim, a generic adaptor for digital cosimulation.
+ Script 'vlnggen' may be used with Verilator and d_cosim to create
XSPICE code models controlled by HDL code.
+ New interpreter commands strstr, strslice, fopen, fread and fclose.
+ Recognise *ng_script_with_params
+ Add a predefined variable 'skywaterpdk' to speed up circuit
loading and parsing.
+ Add scripts for running the paranoia tests in parallel on Linux with valgrind.
Ngspice-41, Aug 13th, 2023
============
- New features:
+ Add support for PSpice DLYLINE
+ eprvcd [-a] [-t timescale] node node ..., new options
+ Completely renew XSPICE d_osc code model
+ Read Touchstone file for S parameter simulation
+ Analog node changes in VCD file output
+ Add variable "csnumprec" to allow setting the precision of vectors
and variables
+ option nginfo to enable a status report during simulation (MS Windows GUI)
+ Returned status of the "shell" command available as interpreter
variable "shellstatus"
+ New default colors for Linux, macOS plot windows.
+ Update to commands setscale and compose
+ New function cvector for creating complex vectors
+ Add an option FREQ to the E- and G-sources
+ Improve error messages: More verbose, better user information
+ iplot: new option -w to set width for the window, and -d to set
starting of the plot
+ New dot command .libsave to save a parsed PDK for speeding up
later usage.
+ Speed up parsing of large PDKs (e.g. Skywater)
+ Update VBIC device model
+ Prepare noise capability of XSPICE code models
+ Command 'listing': new extension 'listing r' writes parsed netlist
without further formatting, ready to be be loaded and run again.
- Bug fixes:
+ Several crash bugs (double delete, access NULL pointer etc) removed
which have occurred mostly due to incomplete or faulty inputs.
+ Memory leaks for CIDER removed
Ngspice-40, Mar 31st, 2023
============
- New features:
+ VBIC: Add optional parameters for determining the operation region
+ VBIC: Add bvbe, bvbc, bvce, bvsub as SOA parameters
+ Add inertial delay to all basic digital code models, make it available
for U devices
+ VDMOS default parameters are now similar to IRF540 IRF9540
+ Add function atanh to .control section
+ Add a scale factor 'a' (atto, 1e-18)
- Bug fixes:
+ ngspice-40 is mostly a bug-fix release. In conjunction with KiCad and
shared ngspice, inappropriate user inputs have led to crashing ngspice.
+ bugs no. 331, 619, 620, 624 have been fixed
+ 9 crash bugs (double delete, access NULL pointer etc) removed which have
occurred mostly due to incomplete or faulty inputs.
+ Memory leaks removed
Ngspice-39, Jan 31st, 2023
============
- New features:
+ OSDI interface integrated to read und simulate with
OpenVAF-compiled Verilog-A compact models delivers
access to open CMC models and many others.
+ Visual Studio 2022 is required.
+ ADMS is declared deprecated.
+ Extended support of digital U devices with f_logicexp and f_pindly,
ngspice now fully simulates 74xx ICs.
+ BSIM4 updated to 4.8.2
+ Examples for Laplace model x_fer added
+ String-valued parameters enabled
+ Add --enable-shortcheck as configure option to reduce check time
+ Add a function ddt (derivative versus time) to the B-source
+ The 8th parameter on a voltage or current source now is 'number of pulses'
+ Add a new compatibility mode xs (for XSPICE legacy behavior)
+ Add new functions for operators x**y or x^y
+ Add a user definable variable enable_noisy_r (for .spiceinit)
+ Replace obscure warning "singular matrix: check nodes mymode1 and mynode1"
by "singular matrix: check node mynode1", if both node names are equal.
+ Preprocessor flag PREDICTOR is enabled
+ Search path for *.osdi lib files extended: current, inputdir, relative
to executable
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 608 and up)
+ making error messages more verbose
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-38, Oct 30th, 2022
============
- New features:
+ Add multiplier flag 'm' to behavioral capacitor and inductor.
+ Re-enable dc sweep after transient sim.
+ When plotting the phase, standard now is "Radiant".
+ Add Lundin's geometry correction to the inductance formula.
+ New variable keep#branch to write the current to raw file
in the old fashion 1 v1#branch current
+ Translate PSPICE U instances into equivaalent XSPICE code models.
+ New configure flag --enable-shortcheck to enable a shortened make check
(only BSIM3 and BSIM4).
+ B source will accept parameters in statistical functions like agauss.
+ WinGUI: Add a button 'Stop' to stop a simulation in intercative
or control mode.
+ Update to the .probe p (power measurement) and .probe alli commands.
+ Update to XSPICE aswitch and pswitch.
+ Make FROM/TO work in TRIG/TARG and WHEN variants of .meas/meas command.
+ Limits to exp function, allow 0 for log (returning -1e99), used
when starting iterations.
+ Insert XSPICE bridging devices automatically when an analogue node
has the same name as an XSPICE event node.
+ New options savecurrents_bsim3, savecurrents_bsim4, savecurrents_mos1.
+ pwlts: a pwl v/i source with time input, smoothing and limiting
functions.
+ New functions to the Code Model Library: cm_get_node_name()
and cm_probe_node().
+ XSPICE: Add bidirectional digital/analog bridge.
+ Search for .spiceinit firstly in a user defined directory named in env
SPICE_USERINIT_DIR, then in the current directory, then in HOME, then
in USERPROFILE.
+ If compatmode is lt, change the pow(x,y) and x**y functions:
If x < 0, output only if y is integer number, otherwise output 0.
+ Add a limit of 0.999 to bipolar parameters mje, mjc, and mjs.
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 583 and up)
+ making error messages more verbose
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-37, May 22nd, 2022
============
- New features:
+ Reduce XSPICE memory consumption dramatically
(> factor of 10).
+ Add source stepping to B source
+ Add 'esave' command to save only specific event nodes.
+ Accept '.temp=125' or .temp='param'.
+ Enable output redirection for meas command.
+ Use total current for diffcap calculation in diode model.
+ Speed output and reduces file size when plotting large
result vectors (Windows).
+ Enable RKM notation also for inductors (e.g. 1u2 for 1.2u).
+ Add S parameter simulation (command '.sp').
+ Add new flag 'digitop' for the 'plot' command.
+ Add a flag 'alle' (all event nodes) to the plot command.
+ New code model d_pwm: hybrid oscillator (analg control in,
digital out) with PWM.
+ Make "nogrid" plotting option work.
+ Add current measurement for all nodes of a device,
e.g. .probe i(Q1) will measure Ic, Ib, Ie (and Is).
+ .probe P(dev): Add measurement of power dissipation in a device.
+ Add new flags -type and -flags to command devhelp.
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 557 and up)
+ making error messages more verbose
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-36, January 1st, 2022
============
- New features:
+ Add function 'integ' to control language.
+ New dot command .probe
for current and differential voltage measurements.
+ Allow math characters in node names.
+ Enable x/y contour plots for 2d Cider using gnuplot.
+ Update to bipolar model, incl. IBE and IBC parameters.
+ Add garbage collector to cpl code to remove any mem leakage.
+ Enable .save within subcircuits.
+ New compile scripts for macOS, for Apple clang and Homebrew gcc.
gcc allows compiling a fully featured ngspice (incl. OpenMP) on MAC.
+ Add RKM notation (e.g. 4k7) if compat mode LT.
+ Add 'µ' as special character in netlists.
+ Add parameter 'r' to command 'listing' for (runable).
+ Fix several issues with CIDER.
+ New command 'wrnodev' to print matrix RHS in form of .ic = V(node_xx).
+ Transient operating pointadded to gmin and source stepping.
+ More SOA parameters on more devices (V, I, T, P).
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 557 and up)
+ making error messages more verbose
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-35, August 8th, 2021
============
- New features:
+ Libtool version info for shared ngspice
+ Version info in sharedspice.h.
+ Replace double braces {{...}} by {(...)} in netlist (PSLT mode).
+ Add plotting of graphics in SVG format.
+ Setting variable 'nounits' allows suppressing the unit in a graph.
+ Update of macOS configure script.
+ In sharedspice API, convert all boolean variables to type integer
for C++ compatibility.
+ Add geometry scaling to diode device model (level 3).
+ In PS mode exp function is limited to exp(14).
+ Speed enhancement for using SkyWater PDK under Linux.
+ Add option Cshunt which adds a capacitor to each circuit voltage node.
+ Diode device model now has a self heating option.
+ Allow opening files with names containing ANSI special characters.
+ Enable using parameters in .options lines.
+ For C and R devices enable value tokens like 4k7 or 1u2
in addition to 4.7k and 1.2u.
+ New XSPICE pswitch for internally replacing the vswitch.
+ Within a single run, allow multiple PS or SVG plots with different names.
+ Don't replace a device model name by a parameter,
if both have the same names.
+ Analog delay code model 'delay'.
+ B source (ASRC) will acknowledge temp and dtemp instance parameters.
+ In CIDER printing of either ASCII or binary is supported.
+ PSP models now support NMOS and PMOS, update to parameters and examples.
+ E and G source TABLE function replaces by a B source pwl.
+ re-enable making the old help system for Linux/Cygwin
by --enable-help --enable-oldapps.
+ Enable the m parameter in E, G, B, R behavioral source/devices.
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 539 and up)
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-34, Jan 31st, 2021
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- New features:
+ Improved VBIC model
+ Get the vector type automatically, if db, ph, cph are applied.
+ Enable finding 'spinit' if its path contains spaces.
+ Increase buffer size for command 'listing' to 4096 bytes.
+ Add compatibility modes for EAGLE (ea) and Spectre (spe).
+ Add parameter 'plain' to 'plot' command.
+ Add variables 'plainplot', 'plainwrite', 'plainlet'
+ Add RF bipolar model HICUM 2.4 to the ngspice C sources.
+ Add charge formulation for non-linear capacitors.
+ Remove outdated code from contrib and unsupported directories.
+ When installing ngspice executable, do not install the headers.
+ Add support for tc1, tc2, and m for behavioral resistors,
which use the B source internally.
+ Add supporting E_constant Vconst 0 TABLE {Max(V(DP)-V(GN),0)}=((20,120)).
+ Remove the XSPICE limitation of the current source flag "current".
+ Remove the XSPICE dependency of the phase parameter for the
independent current source.
+ Drastically reduce the memory requirements if there is a PDK with
a lot of binning models (e.g. the SkyWater PDK).
+ Update to admst: Enhance the Verilog A compatibility.
+ Add most recent PSP102, Mextram504, BSIMBULK, and BSIMCMG models
to the ngspice adms sources.
+ Model checking for BSIM4.5 will only write to file if an excursion
is detected (still to be added to the other BSIM models)
+ Many code updates not visible to the user, but enhancing stability
and efficiency
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 523 and up)
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-33, Oct 18th, 2020
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- New features:
+ try first storing the temporary file in user directory,
only then in current directory.
+ Add adding the ngspice icon to the MINGW executable.
+ Do not print transient initial conditions, if uic is selected.
+ Enable node names with special characters like '/'.
+ Do not print "Units" on a graph, if unknown type or settype notype is given.
+ Unify batch mode and control mode raw file output.
+ Make PPerror message more verbose.
+ Make the pwl parameter r adjustable by .param.
+ Enable flags xdelta, ydelta for 'gnuplot' command.
+ Enable special characters for cpl model names and parameters.
+ New command 'cutout': Cut out part of each vector of the current tran plot
and copy into a new plot
+ Compatibility switches KiCad 'ki', and Spectre 'spe'
+ Remove vceo= and icrating= from bjt model cards.
+ The tests of cmaths function will be done only on request.
+ Add alternative temperature model for certain jfet parameters.
+ Add BJT Kull Quasi-Saturation model.
+ Improve self heating tempaerature handling in VDMOS model.
+ Use W/nf for selecting binning model.
+ Add wnflag as an instance parameter.
+ Add PSPICE compatible ISWITCH.
+ Add a limit capability to the code model aswitch.
+ Add a new code model pswitch.
+ Many conde updates not visible to the user, but enhancing stability
and efficiency
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 484 and up)
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-32, Apr 25th, 2020
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- New features:
+ Add resource info on memory used and available for macOS
+ redesign of memory monitoring
+ Replace B source pwl by XSPICE PWL Controlled Source that has smooth rounded and
stepless differentiable corners.
+ Get a variable directly from an input file with i/o redirection
+ Make 64 bit compilation the standard
+ On Windows VisualStudio compilation we support only VS2019
+ Add function 'conj'
+ Improved error messages for 'meas' command
+ Improved PSPICE compatibility
+ VDMOS model now allows electro-thermal simulation
Optionally (instance flag 'thermal') 2 thermal nodes tj and tcase are added
to the device instance
+ Enable utf-8 and UNICODE for string handling (maybe switch off by --disable-utf8)
+ Vastly redisigned plotting capability: vertical text for labeling y axis,
independent color selection for background, grid/text and graphs,
independent width selection for grid and graph, access to UNICODE fonts,
characters may become ticmarks (variable 'ticchar'), RGB color tables included,
variable 'nolegend' switches off the legend
+ Add variables 'oscompiled'
+ Command 'let' to allow default low and high indices
+ Upon calculating the operating point, true gmin stepping added
+ Free the internal control structure memory by sending ngSpice_Command(NULL)
+ No interrupt handling (SIGINT) in shared ngspice
+ Limit the exp function to exp(14)
+ Event simulation output data may be selected by command 'setplot'
+ Many code updates not directly visible to the user, enhancing stability
and efficiency
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (see bugs 427 and up)
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-31, Sep 22nd, 2019
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- New features:
+ if a subcircuit is defined more than once, only read the first one and discard the others
+ vbic model implementation including self-heating effect
+ Enable the file input as additional search path for .include files also for non-Windows OSs
+ add scope to decks and subcircuits (not yet fully implemented)
+ enable 'res' as valid resistor model identifier
+ Add variable 'nostepsizelimit' to relieve step size limit defined by TSTEP of the .tran command
+ Windows GUI: make GUI more responsive
+ if the comaptibility mode is PS, LTPS or LTPSA, '$' is treated as a valid character, not as
end-of-line comment delimiter
+ allow very short version information with new options -v and -d to 'version' command
+ the PSPICE area token for a device instance may be not only a number, but also a parametrized
token like {tok}
+ Windows GUI: New history buffering
+ Windows GUI: Added scrolling to input window
+ update to hicum version 2.40
+ allow " around netnames for .plot and .print commands
+ command 'setcs': like command 'set' but case sensitive
+ linearized cutout of an original vector by defining the vectors lin-tstart, lin-tstop,
and lin-tstep before sending the 'linearize' command
+ new examples: inverters and ring oscillator using SOI
+ 'option norefvalue' to suppress printing the reference value
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed and code improvements (patches 33 - 64, bug tracker nos. 390,
394, 395, 403, 404, 408)
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-30, Jan 1st, 2019
============
- New features:
+ VDMOS device model has been overhauled extensively
+ Making the manual is now much more flexible and comfortable,
xhtml manual added.
+ Add pre-defined variable controlswait to enable running .control sections
after the simulation has finished (shared ngspice only)
+ Add an icon to the MS Windows GUI build
+ Enable more reliable memory usage data
+ Support libtinfo
+ add rotation angle to text output, vertcally aligned text for Postscript
and Windows y-axis plot labels
+ enable postscript output for extended ascii. Currently only Western
European latin-1 (ISO/IEC 8859-1) encoding is supported
+ Ancient Xgraph code removed
- Bug fixes:
+ many bugs fixed (bug tracker nos. 253, 332, 337, 368, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378,
379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386)
+ ancient bug removed that led to spurious heap corruption of shared ngspice
under (very sensitive) Windows 10
+ memory leaks removed
Ngspice-29, Sept 30th, 2018
============
- New features:
+ new variable no_auto_gnd. If set, the automatic replacing of gnd by 0
is disabled
+ new compatibility modes for 'set behavior=??'. ps sets PSPICE, lt sets
LTSPICE compatibility, ltps is both for a file added by .include command,
psa, lta, and ltpsa are the same for the whole netlist
+ .if, .elseif, .endif is now evaluated recursively, nested .if are thus
enabled
+ new code model sidiode, that is a simple diode, linear breakdown, reverse
and forward regions with smooth overlapp, and optional current limits
+ configure flag --with-fftw3. If set to 'no', internal fast fourier is used
instead of fftw
+ command setseed to set the seed value for the random number generator
+ option seed=[val|random]
+ variable inputdir to remeber and retrieve the last input file directory
+ example directory 'digital' with analog, behavioral and digital example input files
+ new XSPICE filesource, d_source, and state-machine examples
+ + or - maybe part of instance name
+ Quasi-saturation VDMOS example
+ add environmental variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to allow reproducible executables
+ new parameters to command setplot: setplot next, setplot previous
+ updates to commands cd, rusage, print
+ introduce diode recombination current part (ISR, NR)
+ update to bipolar and diode temperature equations
- Bug fixes:
+ several bug fixes
+ lots of memory leaks removed, especially when XSPICE circuits are called several
times in a loop.
Ngspice-28, May 27th, 2018
============
- New features:
+ Licenses for ngspice distribution are DFSG compatible
+ VDMOS power MOS model added
+ if 'set ngbehavior=ps' is given in .spiceinit, device libraries loaded
via .include may have PSPICE syntax
+ --enable-oldapps configure flag to compile the old, seldom used apps
ngnutmeg, ngmakeidx, ngmultidec, ngproc2mod, ngsconvert
+ add command mc_source to internally re-load the circuit
+ add command alterparam to alter the value of a parameter xxx given in .param xxx=value
+ add the function i(xyz) to measure the current in node 1 of device xyz, to be
used in behavioral models.
+ new label 'noretraceplot' for the 'plot' command, if graphs in a plot show unwanted
retracing lines.
+ The hyphen '-' is a valid character in model, device and subcircuit names
+ add noise for behavioral resistor
+ add a new vector type "temperature"
+ support instance parameter defaults on .model lines
+ New functions for XSPICE event node data export from shared ngspice:
ngGet_Evt_NodeInfo(char*) and ngSpice_AllEvtNodes(void)
+ 'edisplay' command now showing node name, node type and number of events per node
+ add flag 'none' to the 'save' command for shared ngspice.
Output data will not be stored, but are available via callback function ng_data.
+ add a function cm_get_circuit to allow accessing the circuit structure ckt
from within an XSPICE code model.
+ add variable 'sim_status' to indicate if a simulation has been aborted
+ add pkg-config file
- Bug fixes:
+ many, many ... as always
Ngspice-27, Aug 28th, 2017
============
- New features:
+ check for correct inductor coefficients
+ add variable 'win_console'
+ --enable-relpath configure flag to set preprocessor flag HAS_RELPATH
+ sets search path for spinit relativ to current directory
+ The search path for .spiceinit is: current dir, HOME dir, USERPROFILE dir
+ new function stddev to calculate the standard deviation of all elements of a vector
+ xspice digital n-input x m-output look-up table gate
+ xspice digital model d_lut (digital n-input look-up table gate)
+ add variable $sharedmode (if shared ngspice is running), to be used in scripts
+ enable msys2 for mingw compilation
+ OMP support for bsim3v3.24 model
+ bsim3v3.24: add model parameter lmlt (Channel length scaling)
+ OMP support for BSIM4.5 model
+ update and extension of command 'wrdata'
+ option xmu to set damping in trapezoid integration
+ command 'linearize' will take time data from transient analysis vector if no circuit is loaded
+ two new commands: edisplay and eprvcd
+ 'edisplay' will show a list of all event nodes
+ 'eprvcd' will print all event nodes in vcd format
+ XSPICE 2D and 3D table models
+ add variable 'batchmode' which is set when command line option `-b' is active
+ enable backquote substitution for Visual Studio console apps
+ update how-to-ngspice-vstudio.txt
+ update visualc directory and project files, add XSPICE code model generation by VS2015
+ allow access to 4 GB memory of 32 bit ngspice on 64 bit Windows, 8 TB for 64 bit ngspice
+ new variable `interactive'
+ xspice, introduce cm_message_printf()
+ add variable `width' to command "print line ..."
+ support msys2
+ favor exponential temperatur equation if all parameters tc1, tc2 and tce are given for R
+ move libfftw3 sideways out of the ngspice tree
+ remove visual studio 2008 .vcproj files
+ visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj, updated and migrated with visual studio 2015
+ `E..table {expr} {pairs}', `G..', allow an optional `=' after `table'
+ `E..value=', `G..value=', allow `=' being optional
+ introduce TCE, exponential temperature coefficient for R
+ allow `temper' to be recognised when preceded by '='
+ allow cross-compilation, especially for MinGW-w64
+ allow "plot xlog ylog" (equiv to "plot loglog")
+ extend qa test to hisimhv version 2
+ update hisimhv model to version 2.2.0
+ update hisim model to version 2.8.0
+ .control variable "sqrnoise" to deliver noise data in squared representation
+ noise analysis, deliver results in V/sqrt(Hz) and A/sqrt(Hz)
+ add delvt0 for bsim4 models
+ bug fixes for diode model
+ allow a xspice circuit with exclusively xspice event nodes
+ man pages for cmpp ngmakeidx and ngproc2mod
+ implement `nint()'
+ everywhere: ln to the base e, log to the base e, log10 to the base 10
+ allow an optional '=' in ".func foo() = {expr}"
+ bsim4, update to version 4.8
+ update hisimhv to version 1.2.4
+ cmc quality check for bsim3 model
+ nested indexing for vectors
+ option savecurrents to save current through all devices
+ option interp to plot interpolated raw file data
+ MS VS 2010 project file added for compatibility
+ XSPICE: new callback function cm_get_path
- Bug fixes:
+ many, many ... as always
Ngspice-26, Jan 4th, 2014
============
- New features:
+ fft command may (optionally) use fftw3 library
+ add nint() rounding function
+ usage of 'temper' in behavioral devices
+ check for soa (safe operating area) in several device models
+ library processing rewritten completely to enhance ngspice
compatibility (.lib)
+ include file processing rewritten to allow nesting and various
absolute and relative path names (.inc)
+ asinh, acosh, atanh functions
+ shared ngspice option added: ngspice optionally compiles as
a shared object or dynamic link library
+ use a hash table to massively speed up parsing the netlist
+ implement a very basic .if/.else block
+ implement a signed power function `pwr' for controlled sources
+ implement multiplier `m' in F, G source
+ apply Area Calculation Method (ACM) to the bsim3v3.3 model
+ implement `tc1', `tc2' instance parameters
- Bug fixes:
+ many, many ... please see
http://sourceforge.net/p/ngspice/ngspice/ci/master/tree/
and check the 'history' button on the upper right.
+ removed memory leaks
Ngspice-25, Jan 4th, 2013
============
- New features:
+ add temperature coefficients for B source
+ commands "mdump", "mrdump" to dump matrix to file
+ allow `time', `temper', and `hertz' in expressions with behavioral R, L, C
+ Enable ctrl-c to interrupt a simulation also for Windows GUI
+ tests/bsim4: use the standard CMC model qa check
+ implement exit code for command "quit"
+ .nodeset all = value
+ memristor code model in extradev
+ new scalable diode model including tunnel component
+ variable xtrtol may override the XSPICE reduction of trtol
+ XSPICE example: delta-sigma converter
+ XSPICE: new d_source model
+ new option noopac
+ bsim3: make additonal parameters accessible with @mxx[par]
+ enable Mac OS X compilation
+ option reseries = val
+ commands "snsave", "snload"
+ update hisim to version 2.7.0, new qa tests
+ hisimhv update to version 1.2.3, new qa tests
+ allow Ctrl-d to quit
+ jfet model temperature extension, tcv and bex parameter
+ speed up vector handling by hash table for vector address storage and retrieval
+ update PSS code
- Bug fixes:
+ many, many ... please see
http://ngspice.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=ngspice/ngspice;a=shortlog;pg=0
+ remove memory leaks
+ update tclspice for MS Windows
+ adms3 removed due to licensing issues
Ngspice-24, Jan 29th, 2012
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- New features:
+ .csparam allows to tranfer a param into a vector in .control ... .endc
+ functions floor and ceil
+ syntax Gxxx n1 n2 TABLE {expression} = (x0, y0) (x1, y1) (x2, y2)
+ syntax Gxxx n1 n2 value={equation} or Exxx n1 n2 value={equation}
+ variable strict_errorhandling to exit ngspice with exit code 1
if any error occurs during circuit parsing
+ command altermod allows reading from file
+ command "devhelp" to show available devices and describe device parameters
+ command "inventory" to print the number of istances of each device.
+ function cph(vec) delivers phase from a vector without jumps at +-PI
+ enable 64 bit compilation in MS Visual Studio
+ --adms3 flag to compile with (experimental) adms code
+ still very experimental pss code
+ command 'remcirc' to remove a circuit from the list
+ command 'wrdata' aknowledges appendwrite and prints complex variables
+ allow comment lines inside of command files
+ path variable NGSPICE_INPUT
+ 'Filesource' code model
- Bug fixes:
+ More on prototypes, type casts, reordering of functions, compiler warnings
+ fix a numerical problem in the hisim2 and hisimhv models
+ plot i(vdd) from a loaded rawfile
+ fix the guard for device generated internal nodes (via CKTmkVolt())
+ reduce memory leaks for command 'reset'
+ parameter processing for nested .subckt
+ bsim4/b4noi.c: correct init the correlated noise slot in noiseDens and lnNdens vector
+ Many small bugs
Ngspice-23, June 5th, 2011
============
- New features:
+ Reduction of trtol to 1 only if 'A' devices in the circuit and xspice is enabled
+ command wrs2p to write a s-parameter file using Touchstone vers. 1 format
+ d_source d_state d_ram, test cases for those xspice codemodels
+ transient noise simulation added to independent voltage and current sources
+ Random telegraph noise added to independent voltage and current sources
+ 'time = nnn' in stop command added
+ random voltage generator option trrandom to independent voltage and current sources
+ ngspice build possible in a separate directory (e.g. in ng-spice-rework/release)
+ update FIND .. WHEN measurements
+ diode & bjt temperature model update with tlev and tlevc
+ merge bsim3v1a code with bsim3v0 and bsim3v1s code with bsim3v1
+ bjt2: removed - all GP extensions of this model are now in the bjt model
+ HiSIM_HV model vers. 1.2.1 added
+ bsim3v32: delvto and mulu0 as instance parameters
+ Replace HiSIM1 by HiSIM_2.5.1_Release_20110407
- Bug fixes:
+ More on prototypes, type casts, reordering of functions, compiler warnings
+ allow models like 2N2904 or 2SK136 also in subcircuits
+ fix sensitvity calculation (for the dc-2+.cir testcase)
+ allow multiple call to setup w/ correct node collapsing
+ Many small bugs
Ngspice-22, Sept 26th, 2010
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- New features:
+ OpenMP multicore support for BSIM3, BSIM4, and BSIMSOI4
+ reinstate {$var} expansion in interactive interpreter
+ .TITLE line added
+ update to 'spectrum' script
+ par('expression') in .four, .plot, .print, .meas, .save commands
+ command 'option' for use in spinit, .spiceinit, and in scripts
+ adms procedure updated
+ new random number generator, random functions sunif() and sgauss()
+ ngspice manual updated
- Bug fixes:
+ Major code cleanup to reduce compiler/linker warnings: ansi function prototypes,
void/char pointers to named pointers, explicit type casts and many more
+ Many small bugs
Ng-spice-rework-21, Jun3, 13th 2010
============
- Updated Devices: BSIMSOI 4.3.1
- New features:
+ Compatibility: C, L, R, devices and E, G sources with expressions
Variables HERTZ, TIME, TEMPER added
+ E, G sources with pwl function
+ New manual
+ Plotting with Gnuplot,
+ Writing wrdata for simple text table to file
+ .measure improved
+ transmission line models improved
- Bug fixes:
+ Many small bugs, memory leaks, memory overflows
Ng-spice-rework-20, November, 16th 2009
============
Ngspice release 20 is the second release of the simulator in 2009.
- Fixes: model names starting with a number (1n4001) are now correctly parsed.
The .global command has been reinstated (it was previously disabled) and
error messages now display the corresponding line numberin the input deck.
- New Features: .measure command for transient, ac and dc analyses (still not
complete, e.g. DERIV is missing).
- Devices: Updated BISM4 model to revision 4.6.5. Added PWL (PieceWise Linear)
functionality for B (arbitrary generator) sources.
Ng-spice-rework-19, April, 23rd 2009
============
Ngspice release 19 came early after release 18. It reveals an important work
in compile scripts, many bug fixes in memory management, interface, and work in device models.
- Compile scripts: tclspice and ADMS compiling fixes. Architecture compiling
fixes for SunOS, MS Visual Studio, MINGW, Cygwin.
- Memory management: fixed memory leaks, modifies memory management for
MS Windows, integration of espice bugfixes and enhancements, bug fixes in
plots and cli interface.
- Rework of BSim models, integration of EPFL-EKV model V2.63, ADMS models
mextram, hicum0, hicum2.
Ng-spice-rework-18
============
Rework-18 is introduces several new features into ngspice. This is a major
release that comes after more than three years. During the silent years
ngspice developers worked in CVS to stabilize and introduce new features
into the simulator.
- Tclspice simulator library has been merged with ngspice. Now you can
compile ngapice or tclspice by asserting a configure switch. See README.tcl
- New options have been introduced: brief, listing, autostop and scale
- Support for .lib file has been introduced. This allows the use of
third party model libraries in ngspice.
- .measure statements: avg, integ, rms, max, min, delay, param
- .global statements t support for global nodes whose name is not expanded
when flattening the netlist.
- .func macros for inlining functions into netlists.
- Improved the numparam library to support fully parametrized netlists.
- BSIM model binning.
- new multi-input gate VCVS using XSPICE extensions.
Ng-spice-rework-17
============
This is a bug fix release. Previous release tarball did not included
an include file necessary for compiling numparam library.
Ng-spice-rework-16
============
Rework-16 comes out after almost one year of CVS development (from
15-fixedRC3). This release improves ngspice in three ways:
- Bug fixing: most of the bugs that affected rework-15 have been fixed,
thus ngspice is more stable, especially the xspice extension, the
subcircuit (X devices) handling and the numparam library.
- New features: netlist syntax has been expandend allowing for end-of-line
comments. A ".global" card has beed added to define global nodes, i.e.
nodes that are not expanded in subcircuits. It is possible to define TC
for resistors on the instance line. The editline library can be used
instead of readline (no more GPL license violation).
- Porting: ngspice now works (with xspice extension) on Windows using
MINGW/MSYS.
Ng-spice-rework-15
============
Rework-15 release is a giant leap forward for ngspice. It incorporates
many (read most) of the improvements implemented in tclspice during the
two years long "sleep" of ngspice and adds many others. The incomplete
list of new features incorporated are:
- Xspice simulator (with codemodel dynamic loading support):
a mixed signal simulator built upon spice3.
- Cider simulator:
a mixed level simulator built upon spice3.
- Numparam library:
a library that allows for parameter substitution at netlist level.
- Improved models:
Diode model includes periphery effects and high level of injection effects,
BJT and BJT2 enhanced.
BSIM3 now includes ACM.
BSIM4 implementation corrected.
-New models:
VBIC (3 Terminals, no excess phase and thermal network),
HiSIM.
- Frontend leaks closed.
Now frontend works as it should.
- Many new example file.
- Xgraph plotting program included.
Ng-spice-rework-14
============
This is a major release in terms of bug-fixes. Some enhancements
have been included: BSIM4 model and support for EKV model. The
source code for the latter must be obtained from EKV web site
(see DEVICE for more info). To enable EKV support you have
to obtain the code first and then use the configure switch
"--enable-ekv".
The spice code contains an option to debug frontend code, now
this is available in configure as "--enable-ftedebug".
Ng-spice-rework-13
============
This is a major release in terms of fixes and enhancements.
A garbage collector support has been added. If the configuration
script detects that you have installed GC (Bohem-Weiser conservative
garbage collector), it will use it. Some memory leaks have been
fixed too.
Enhancements to the code comes from Alan's contribute code, a
description of improvements follows (extracted form Alan's mail):
Output File Format Changes -
(NOTE: Do not rely on this, we may revert to the old format
in the next release).
Text mode .OP results even though "rawfile" written.
Internal device nodes are not saved to "rawfile" (reduces
file size). Optionally, these internal nodes can be replaced
by device currents and saved.
DC Convergence Enhancements -
"Source-Stepping" algorithm modified with a "Dynamic" step size.
After each successful step, the node voltages are saved, the
source-factor is increased by the step-factor, and the step-factor
is increased (for the next step). If the step fails, i.e. the
circuit does not converge, the source-factor is set to the value
from the previous successful step, the previously stored node
voltages are restored, the step-factor is reduced, the source
factor is increased by this smaller step-factor, and convergence
is attempted again.
Same thing done for "Gmin-stepping" algorithm.
"Gshunt" option added. This sets the "diagGmin" variable used in
the gmin-stepping algorithm to a non-zero value for the final
solution. (Normally this is set to zero for the final solution).
This helps for circuits with floating nodes (and for some others
too).
The Gmin implementation across the substrate diodes of MOS1, MOS2,
MOS3, MOS6 and BSIM3 devices, and across BJT base-emitter and
base-collector diodes, was incorrect. Correcting this dramatically
improved DC convergence. (I think this also affects BSIM1 and 2
but I haven't fixed them yet !)
The gm, gmb and gds calculations in the MOS3 model were all wrong.
The device equations were fixed, leading to much improved
convergence.
The Vcrit value used for diode voltage limiting was calculated
without taking into account the device area (and in some cases
without using the temperature corrected saturation current).
This could cause floating point overflows, especially in device
models designed to be scaled by a small area, e.g. 2u by 2u diodes
(area=4e-12). This is now fixed for Diode, BJT, MOS1, MOS2, and
MOS3 models.
The diode voltage limiting was modified to add negative voltage
limiting. Negative diode voltages are now limited to 3*Vdp-10,
where Vdp is the voltage from the previous iteration. If Vdp is
positive, then the voltage is limited to -10V. This prevents some
more floating point overflows. (Actually, I'm still playing with
the best values for this).
The Spice3 "fix" for the MOS3 gds discontinuity between the
linear and saturated regions only works if the VMAX parameter
is non-zero. A "tweak" has been added for the VMAX=0 case.
Transient Convergence Enhancements -
Temperature correction of various diode capacitances was implemented
slightly incorrectly, leading to capacitance discontinuities in
simulations at temperatures other than nominal. This affected the
Diode and MOS3 models.
A mistake in the implementation of the MOS3 source-bulk capacitance
model resulted in a charge storage discontinuity. This has been fixed.
The level 2 MOSFET model seems to calculate Von and Vth values for
the threshold and subthreshold values respectively, but then uses
Vbin to calculate the Vdsat voltage used to find the drain current.
However, a jump statement uses Von to decide that the device is in
the "cutoff" region, which means that when this jump allows the