DesignScope

Author: Bob Diamond
Publisher: BrainPower, Inc.
Category: Electronics , Simulation
Shared by: MR
On: 2014-04-14 23:27:51
Updated by: Amid
On: 2023-07-14 11:43:20
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What is DesignScope?

There was a time, in the deep dark past of humankind, that electronic circuit design was a cumbersome task. Circuits could be mapped with pencil and paper and component values estimated, but the circuit almost always had to be assembled (a task known as breadboarding) and tested before actual values could be known. Many was the time that a circuit had to be torn up and rebuilt from scratch because it just didn't work as planned. While there were computer programs that could simulate circuits, they tended to run on mini and mainframe computers, and weren't at all intuitive or graphically oriented. Then came Macintosh, a collection of sophisticated electronic circuitry, and DesignScope, software that utilizes the power of Macintosh circuits to simplify the design of electronic circuits.

DesignScope is an interactive tool that lets you plan a circuit as a block diagram, placing components on the Mac screen in their respective positions without having to know their values. Values can then be estimated and a simulation run to test the circuit. The resulting waveforms are viewed on-screen. If the simulation produces the desired result, the circuit can quickly be designed. If not, just tinker with the values or change the design and run the simulation again. DesignScope's output Storage Scope can store up to four simulations at a time. Once a circuit is working it can be saved as a module and incorporated into other, larger circuits.

DesignScope has a large collection of components just a menu selection away, including amplifiers, comparators, filters, switches, integrators, differentiators, logical AND, NAND, OR, NOR, and XORs, noise generators, phase-locked loops, etc. Double-clicking opens dialog boxes that hold the values you want to experiment with. To establish connections simply draw lines between components. When a circuit is complete, run a simulation over time and the program will plot the waveform generated. To check the value at any given point, move the cursor over the plot. Two boxes appear below the plot with precise measurements of voltage and time.

DesignScope is intended to be a tool for engineers, advanced students of electronics or serious hobbyists. This program is not really for newcomers to electronic circuit design or very casual tinkerers. However, it is very easy to use if you understand electronics and circuit design. Both the manual and the program assume a thorough knowledge of the subject.

Wesley, Michael D. (November 1986). DesignScope. MacUser. (pg. 43).
 


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Architecture


Motorola 68K



System Requirements

From Mac OS 2.1 up to Mac OS 7.6





Compatibility notes

  • Macintosh 512K or later


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