We will be using the demo version of Spectrum Software's Micro-Cap SPICE program. The College of Engineering's Computer System Support (CSS) will install the software on their computers. Additionally, the company has agreed that students can download a copy and install it on their own computer. Note that CSS has a much more powerful suite of SPICE simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout software available on their computers.

The student version of Micro-Cap SPICE has a limited number of parts, and many of the these parts are obsolete and hard to find. This makes it difficult to select part numbers for a particular design. The following spreadsheet summarizes a subset of the transistors and op-amps included in Micro-Cap SPICE (there are several worksheets in the document): Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.