Introduction to SPICE

An introduction to SPICE, and how you can easily get started. If you don't want the intro, then skip to the demo of the SPICE github repo.

00:00 A bit of fumbling
00:47 History
02:00 Today
02:35 Usage
03:30 Corners
08:00 Indepedent sources
09:30 Resistors and Capacitors
09:50 Transistors
13:30 Transistor Models
14:10 Finding transistor sizes
20:05 gm/Id and example transistors
23:50 More information and analog design
25:30 Demo of the SPICE github repo
28:00 SPICE file
31:28 Github Action
33:15 Viewing simulation results
35:25 Fork it!

[tiagonfig]

Great video! I like the philosophical comments in those videos. BTW, that Antenna book (If I saw correctly on the shelf), by Balanis, is excelent (along with his book on advanced electromagnetics) !

[ozgurdt]

Analog design professional here! Just created a channel to comment how incredible this lecture is.. Thanks professor..

[rezapapi]

Simply the best content you can find on YouTube. Just to let you know how much this content is appreciated, I used your favorite OTA in my current tapeout.

[tykokavaak]

What spectacular timing, I just started diving into what is involved in developing SPICE models as my group will likely be requiring a novel DAC for a specific use in a cryogenic environment in the next few years. It's unlikely I will play a role in this, given my lack of education and skills in this domain, but my curiosity compels me.
Thank you so much for the educational content and material you provide!

[onurates]

Amazing videos. Thanks alot for your time.

[carloshenriquecraveiroaqui]

Incredible video, I loved both the review of SPICE and Analog Design, and especially the GitHub Actions workflow with NGSpice, I'm wanting to do something similar for mixed signal simulation as a T.A for a course at my university, I'll definitely use this repository for inspiration.

[brucemuller]

I was doing some analog design with skywater and one of the fets has got width of near 0.35, which can only contain one contact. Should I redesign the ckt or is it ok?

[優さん-nm]

I thought this was going to be about Dune. Dune is all about Spice you know.

[mikehibbett]

Amazing how similar your design decisions are too PCB design decisions, except yours are based on Quantum theory, whereas PCB are based on Maxwell's equations :)