Qucs-S 24.1.0

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Qucs-S 24.1.0

Important notes

• Versioning switched to CalVer. The first digit means year, the second digit means the release number,
  the third digit means patch number Switch versioning to CalVer #328
• Qucs-S is now on Telegram. Join https://t.me/qucs_s to ask questions and get news

New features

• Added 3-pin RCD devices Modify SPICE RCLDQ devices to provide support for microelectronics PDKs #349 to improve support of microelectronics PDKs
• Improvements of Ngspice support; allowed multiple simulation of the same type FFT and AC are not allowed on the same schematic #463 by @ivandi69
• Automatic extraction of THD from FOURIER simulation Extract THD % from FOUR simulation #525 @ivandi69
• Nutmeg equations improvements; implemented simulation selection from drop-down list FFT and AC are not allowed on the same schematic #463 Implement simulation selection list for Nutmeg equaiton #519
• Improvements of Nutmeg script simulation type; implemented custom prefixes for plots Nutmeg script dialog improvements #476 Add parser for printed scalars output #435 @ivandi69
• Export DC OP simulation data to dataset FFT and AC are not allowed on the same schematic #463 Making user libraries #140 @ivandi69
• Implemented zoom by selection on the rectangular plots Zoom rectangle for rectangular diagrams #305
• Implemeted potentiometer device Add potentiometer component #122
• Switched digital simulation from FreeHDL to GHDL Replace FreeHDL by GHDL #395 @iwbnwif
• Status bar improvements Statusbar improvements #493

RF simulation features

• Added RCLG device support for SPICE Add RLCG device support for Ngspice #564
• Added YLIN device support for XYCE .OPTIONS Section XYCE ? #451
• Fixed touchstone simulation issues for Ngspice touchstone file not working. #392
• Added BiasT device support for SPICE BiasT to lumped components #374
• Added option to disable transient model for RF port Provide an option to disable transient model for RF port #410

Libraries

• Fixed different issues related to creating libraries Qucs-S creating corrupt libraries #432
• Added audio IC library
• Added loudspeaker library Loudspeaker model for Qucs-S #421
• Added comparators library New Voltage Comparator Library #436
• Modified voltage regulators library Regulators.lib modified #433
• Added voltage references library Add voltage references library #439
• Added thermistor library Added thermistor library #538
• Fixed ideal library Checking some ideal functions blocks #258 Fix ideal.lib; fixes #258 #428
• Fixed transformers library TransformerPS1S2 Issue #362
• Added new devices in SpiceOpamp library How could we pull the operational amplifier models from OpAmp.lib for other simulators? #501

General improvements

• Fixed different tuner issues
• Schematic zooming improvements Refactor schematic's mouse wheel events handler #502
• Different improvements on schematic look and control
• Added schematic pan mode with the middle mouse button Add "pan with mouse" feature #488
• Many HiDPI support improvements including grid rendering
• Fixed schematic glitches using Wayland Schematic glitches fedora 37 [Qt6] #227
• Added text document zoom and font setting Implement mouse wheel zoom of text documents #534

Documentation

• Added new examples
• Added Ngspice templates Templates for ngspice #441
• The readthdocs documentantion is a candidate for deprecation Rewrite documentation  #554

Localization

• Added Chinese translation Add Chinese translation #453 by @hvwyl

Thanks @wawuwo and @iwbnwif for providing refactoring PRs! Many thanks to @tomhajjar for providing libraries, examples and testing.

Installation guide

Source code

Download the source code file qucs-s-24.1.0.tar.gz and build it with cmake to try new Qucs-S.

Linux

• DEB and RPM packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE generated with OBS. Find the repository and installation instructions for your distribution here: https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Ara3xdh&package=qucs-s
• The package for Arch is available in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qucs-s
• AppImage for non-mentioned Linux distributions; use this download link: https://github.com/ra3xdh/qucs_s/actions/runs/7930807015/artifacts/1251168005

Windows installer

Windows installer contains both Qucs-S and Ngspice binaries. Launch the exe and follow instructions to install Qucs-S.

• qucs_s_24_1_0_setup.exe 64-bit (x86_64) Windows installer including Ngspice

Windows portable

Windows portable package could be downloaded as zipped distribution. Unpack and launch qucs-s.exe from bin subdirectory. Ngspice requires a separate installation.

• qucs_s_win64_portable_24_1_0.zip 64-bit (x86_64) portable Windows version;

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