Mac version of MultiSim or a similar Mac alternative?

[kristoffel]

MultiSim on Mac via VirtualBox

Running MultiSim on Mac via VirtualBox/Windows

1. Download & Install VirtualBox. It's free.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Follow instructions. Choose some form of Windows 7.
When it asks you to actually install the OS...

2. Get a Windows 7 ISO. I used the 64 Bit version obtained via
http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links/
Point the VirtualBox installer to the ISO you downloaded and continue VirtualBox installation.

3. Having fully setup the virtual machine, now install MultiSim inside VirtualBox.
a. Get a copy of MultiSim. Mine came on a CD. You can download a trial version from
https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/us/academicevalmultisim/content.xhtml
b. You may need to change the CDRom drive that VirtualBox reads from

Enjoy!

 

[nothingworks23]

I first installed MI-SUGAR quite a while back. Couldn't really get it to work, so I kind of forgot about it and just continued to use PSpice on my PC. I revisited MI-SUGAR a couple months back and actually spent an hour or so figuring it out, and I've grown to really like it. It can definitely be improved, but right now its only version 0.57, and for being relatively unfinished, it's very impressive. Haven't tried QUCS, I just found out about it the other day.

I'm actually just starting to learn Objective-C and planning to learn Cocoa once I get Objective-C down OK. The thing that motivated me to do that is a desire to improve MI-SUGAR (besides having wanted to learn to program for a long time).

If you're looking for Verilog software, there's a program out there called IVIonOSX or something similar. It's really not well finished, but I have successfully used it in combination with the Icarus open source command line Verilog compiler to simulate somewhat complex Verilog designs. I haven't found a schematic->Verilog app like you can get for the PC, but I really don't feel that such a thing is particularly useful. Verilog is only really powerful when you write it in text form like you'd write a program.

can u send the link to me please? we have finals this week and my multisim trial is up.. please help..thanks

 

[mduser63]

can u send the link to me please? we have finals this week and my multisim trial is up.. please help..thanks

Sorry, didn't see this until just now (I still lurk these forums, but not as actively as I used to). Anyway, I don't have MI-Sugar anymore. I did indeed learn Objective-C/Cocoa (and now make my living that way, not hardware engineering), but I never worked on MI-Sugar in favor of my own projects. I'm not sure if it still works on newer versions of OS X or not. Sorry!