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  • Re: Raspberry Pi killing competition (Was: Spice Simulators - ngspice v

    From Dan Purgert@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Fri Dec 22 15:07:48 2023
    On 2023-12-22, John Larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:10:08 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
    wrote:
    On 2023-12-21, JM wrote:
    [..]
    Use Spectrum Software's Micro-Cap (latest version is 12.2.05) instead
    of either of the above. Although popular, unless you want to simulate
    Linear Technology's controller IC's, I cannot see any reason why
    anyone with any sense would use it.

    Seems this one's abandoned now? Which I guess isn't necessarily a
    problem, unless the "download" links at archive.org don't work...

    Thanks for the alternative suggestion too!

    Certainly LT Spice has killed a lot of other simulation software, and companies.

    I mean, "Micro-Cap" was only killed off in the last year or two from
    what Wikipedia says (otherwise having lasted 40 years). It almost seems
    that the company was rather small and the owner(s) just closed up shop.


    I wonder if Raspberry Pi is doing something similar.


    In what sense? I mean, there are a few handfuls of single-board PC
    makers out there now all chasing the "XYZPi" name since "Raspberry Pi"
    got big.




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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 22 08:04:34 2023
    On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:07:48 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
    wrote:

    On 2023-12-22, John Larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:10:08 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
    wrote:
    On 2023-12-21, JM wrote:
    [..]
    Use Spectrum Software's Micro-Cap (latest version is 12.2.05) instead
    of either of the above. Although popular, unless you want to simulate >>>> Linear Technology's controller IC's, I cannot see any reason why
    anyone with any sense would use it.

    Seems this one's abandoned now? Which I guess isn't necessarily a >>>problem, unless the "download" links at archive.org don't work...

    Thanks for the alternative suggestion too!

    Certainly LT Spice has killed a lot of other simulation software, and
    companies.

    I mean, "Micro-Cap" was only killed off in the last year or two from
    what Wikipedia says (otherwise having lasted 40 years). It almost seems
    that the company was rather small and the owner(s) just closed up shop.


    I wonder if Raspberry Pi is doing something similar.


    In what sense? I mean, there are a few handfuls of single-board PC
    makers out there now all chasing the "XYZPi" name since "Raspberry Pi"
    got big.

    A dual-core CPU chip for 60 cents, RP2040, with 20 years of guaranteed
    supply, and a $70 dev+debug system is hard to compete with. A
    generation of kids will design around Pi chips.

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  • From Dan Purgert@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Sat Dec 23 02:58:39 2023
    On 2023-12-22, John Larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:07:48 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
    wrote:

    On 2023-12-22, John Larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:10:08 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
    wrote:
    On 2023-12-21, JM wrote:
    [..]
    Use Spectrum Software's Micro-Cap (latest version is 12.2.05) instead >>>>> of either of the above. Although popular, unless you want to simulate >>>>> Linear Technology's controller IC's, I cannot see any reason why
    anyone with any sense would use it.

    Seems this one's abandoned now? Which I guess isn't necessarily a >>>>problem, unless the "download" links at archive.org don't work...

    Thanks for the alternative suggestion too!

    Certainly LT Spice has killed a lot of other simulation software, and
    companies.

    I mean, "Micro-Cap" was only killed off in the last year or two from
    what Wikipedia says (otherwise having lasted 40 years). It almost seems >>that the company was rather small and the owner(s) just closed up shop.


    I wonder if Raspberry Pi is doing something similar.


    In what sense? I mean, there are a few handfuls of single-board PC
    makers out there now all chasing the "XYZPi" name since "Raspberry Pi"
    got big.

    A dual-core CPU chip for 60 cents, RP2040, with 20 years of guaranteed supply, and a $70 dev+debug system is hard to compete with. A
    generation of kids will design around Pi chips.

    Oh, you were talking about "Raspberry Pi" the company, not the
    product(s) they offer... makes a lot more sense now :)



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