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RFC/RFE: integrate transmission line simulator from AlterPCB? #726

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eqvinox opened this issue Jun 18, 2023 · 0 comments
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RFC/RFE: integrate transmission line simulator from AlterPCB? #726

eqvinox opened this issue Jun 18, 2023 · 0 comments

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eqvinox commented Jun 18, 2023

Just a random idea: AlterPCB (which seems to be dead, last activity in 2018) has a pretty nice transmission line simulator

https://github.com/MaartenBaert/alterpcb-tlinesim
https://www.maartenbaert.be/alterpcb/tlinesim/

It's a 2D FEM solver for calculating impedance and propagation velocity of PCB traces. (There's a screenshot on the webpage above.) It's licensed under GPLv3, written in C++ and provides a Qt GUI.

It might be worth rewriting this to use Gtk and integrate into Horizon, maybe as some type of optional add-on? The stackup editor could track some additional data (εᵣ most prominently) and the rules for traces/net classes could integrate a simulation option?

(This is really just throwing the idea around…)

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