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ADE Explorer Real time tuning with schematic DC annotations

MatthewLove

When you run a DC analysis you can annotate the voltages and currents on the schematic.

Is there any way to use this with ADE Explorer's real time tuning?

ADE Explorer won't let the mode run without an output and if I supply one then the annotations disappear and the annotation options are greyed out.

  • Andrew Beckett

    Matthew,

    Which subversion are you using? You're right that an output is needed (I just added an output expression of VDC("/out") for example and that was sufficient). I can then go into Real Time Tuning mode and then hit the green Play button (green arrow) to run the initial simulation. Then I can annotate the operating points (ADE Explorer->Results->Annotate->DC Node Voltages or DC Operating Points). If I then use the sliders or enter a new point in the tuning mode, the annotations update.

    Ah, I think I know what you've done - I suspect you tried to access the menu after having gone into tuning mode but before having run the first simulation; there's no results yet, so you can't annotate the results until you've run that initial simulation.

    If that's not it, please let me know which subversion you're using (Help->About in the ADE window or CIW).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • MatthewLove
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    The instructions in your first paragraph got it working. I think it was as you said: I hadn't explicitly run an initial simulation and was just moving the slider about for no reason.

    Many thanks,

    Matthew

    (Though you don't need it now, I'm on IC6.1.7-64b.500.4)

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