Adding SPICE simulation for netlist

[cluesang]

Has there been any thought on adding a SPICE simulation feature? Some quick thoughts are to use Ngspice on the netlist and report the output in a simulation tab.

This could open the door for additional AI integration with RL learning on simulation outcomes.

If there hasn't been discussion on this, I'd love to investigate and draft/propose an implementation.

[Anshgrover23]

@seveibar your thoughts on this, i think this is a good idea.

[seveibar]

Yes we are absolutely thinking about this @cluesang! there are several remaining items:

• Do initial implementation of converting circuit json to SPICE netlists https://github.com/tscircuit/circuit-json-to-spice
• Add download option for SPICE on CLI and tscircuit.com
• Integrate ngspice WASM https://github.com/danchitnis/ngspice
• Build a basic UI for viewing Spice in a simulation tab inside RunFrame https://github.com/tscircuit/runframe

[Anshgrover23]

@seveibar can i give it try?

[ianzone]

Are you guys building Proteus？

[seveibar]

Not familiar with proteus!

[ianzone]

Wondering if tscircuit can integrate with renode to make MCU modules.

[seveibar]

Hey @ianzone , MCU modules are definitely possible using <group /> and creating packages on the registry. What MCU do you have in mind?

[ianzone]

I'm thinking about STM32F1 series, but from my understanding, tscircuit packages are only UIs, no simulation ability, that's why I'm wondering if we could use renode under the hood.