The latest version of EDWinXP can be downloaded from our website http://www.visionics.a.se/html/edwindemoform.html. This is an evaluation version of EDWinXP. For downloading, please fill up the form given there and submit it. The downloaded file will be in compressed zip format.

Testimonials of various EDWinXP users are provided here.

The feature comparison of different modules in different version of EDWinXP

EDWinXP 1.71 runs under Windows Vista operating system.To install EDWinXP on vista machine please download EDWinXP 1.71 from www.visionics.a.se, if your EDWinXP CD shows error starting setup program.

EDWinXP is equipped with two different simulation engines. First, we have Mixed-Mode simulator that has been developed by Visionics. The other is EDSpice simulator based on Berkeley SPICE3 with a number of extensions and improvements. Both allow analysis of circuits containing digital and analog elements.

EDWinXP is equipped with several export and output routines. Through export, certain categories of data in project database may be extracted and stored in formats that are readable by other CAM/CAD software or directly by machinery used in manufacturing and testing of printed circuit board. Imports are intended for transferring projects from other, similar to EDWinXP software packages, reverse engineering or as source for creating simulation models.

Graphic imports and Reconstruct from graphics are two features of Fabrication Manager allowing for reverse engineering of printed circuit boards from artworks in Gerber ASCII formats.

Part 1 of this article described first of two methods that may be used for reconstructing components in projects reverse engineered from graphics imported from artworks in Gerber ASCII format. This procedure utilizes graphic elements in certain imported categories only as template for placing components that first have to be created in Layout Editor. In tutorial kit NWSTUTOR.ZIP , you will find sample project database NWSTUT_IMP1.epb that already includes all necessary imports – those categories that are mandatory for complete reverse-engineering of a board when above component reconstruction method is applied. The actual components have been created by importing EDWinXP format wire list. NWSTUT.WRL that is also included in the kit. This project is intended for user who would like to try this procedure on a simple example.

Among data formats that EDWinXP can import we have .DXF, two-dimensional output from AutoCAD. This import is included as an option of Graphic Imports and Reconstruct from Graphics features accessible from Fabrication Manager.

The description for the design of the models in XSPICE (Georgia Institute of Technology) is available from the link.

SPICE is a general-purpose circuit simulation program for nonlinear dc, nonlinear transient, and linear ac analyses. In EDWinXP, it inherits EDSpice Simulator for the simulation of SPICE programs.