PS2SP(1)

NAME

ps2sp - Netlist preprocessor

perl ps2sp.pl [OPTION] infile > outfile

This utility is a SPICE netlist preprocessor.

It converts netlists in PSPICE syntax to an equivalent SPICE3/XSPICE netlist syntax.

Recognized are nearly all PSPICE features like:

* local and global parameter (expression) definition (.PARAM)

* parameter (expression) passing to subcircuits (PARAMS:)

* local and global function definition (.FUNC)

* E and G-device VALUE=f(V,I), TABLE and POLY lines

* E and G-device functions like IDT(), DDT(), LIMIT(), PWRS(), PWR(),: IF(), MAX(), MIN(), relational ops, ...
* R-device VALUE=f(V,I), L-device FLUX=f(V,I) and C-device Q=f(V,I)
* spice2 like C and L-device POLY expressions
* pspice VSWITCH and ISWITCH models
* pspice .PROBE lines (also with expressions)
* R-device lines with temperature coefficients like TC=tc1,tc2
* pspice .STEP PARAM lines (not yet tested on GNU/Linux)
* pspice .LIB and .INC(lude) lines (not yet tested on GNU/Linux)

-h, --help displays the help screen

-v, --version: display version information and exit
-sp3 switch means conversion of pspice table to spice 3 b-source: instead of xspice core model (default)
-ltspice: switch means conversion of ^ spice 3 power to ** ltspice power and addition of tripdv=1 tripdt=1 in b-lines
-debug for debugging all .param .func and .pfunc definitions (default: is nodebug)
-tosub only output subckt expansions
-fromsub: inputfile is a sub.tmp file
-tolib only output lib expansions
-fromlib: inputfile is a lib.tmp file
-check determine the same count of open and closed paranthesis in: b-lines (default is nocheck)
-notinylines: produces longer b-lines for some functions (default is tinylines = shorter b-lines)
-xornot: allows ^ and ~ operators in the netfile (don't mix with ^ as power operator) use the ** operator as power instead

Report bugs to Friedrich Schmidt <frie.schmidt@aon.at>

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.