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Circuit simulators and design tools, and the software this site is built with.

Every resource listed here is in English.

Resources, with their type, level, tags and the date each link was retrieved
ResourceTypeLevelTagsRetrieved
LTspice
Analog Devices
A free SPICE simulator from Analog Devices.
ToolIntroductorysimulation, spice, ltspice2026-09-24
ngspice
the ngspice project
An open-source SPICE simulator; the site's simulator is cross-checked against it in CI.
ToolIntermediatesimulation, spice, ngspice2026-09-24
Ngspice User's Manual
the ngspice team
The reference for every netlist line: the .tran and .meas statements, and the .options that set the integration method and the tolerances.
ToolIntermediatesimulation, spice, ngspice2026-09-25
SymPy: Solve Equations
the SymPy development team
How SymPy solves an equation or a system for a symbol, as the site's derivation scripts solve the balance equations.
ToolIntroductorypython, sympy, derivations2026-09-25
CircuitJS1 circuit simulator
P. Falstad (the original Java applet), I. Sharp (the port to the browser)
A circuit simulator in the browser that animates the currents; good for a first look at a converter.
ToolIntroductorysimulation, browser2026-09-24
CircuitJS1 source code
P. Falstad, I. Sharp
The simulator's source: how it steps in time, and how it models its inductors, transformers and diodes in each step.
ToolAdvancedsimulation, browser2026-09-25
Circuit Simulator JavaScript Interface Documentation
the CircuitJS1 project
How a web page runs the simulator from JavaScript and reads its node voltages and currents after every step, as the site's CI does to check the library's circuits.
ToolIntermediatesimulation, browser2026-09-25
Ferrite Magnetic Design Tool
TDK Electronics
The manufacturer's ferrite material data as curves: permeability, power loss against frequency, flux density and temperature, and core calculations.
ToolIntermediatemagnetics, core-loss, ferrite2026-09-24
KaTeX
Khan Academy and contributors
The math typesetting library that renders every equation on this site, in strict mode at build time.
ToolIntroductorysite, math2026-09-24
Starlight
the Astro project
The documentation theme for Astro this site is built with.
ToolIntroductorysite2026-09-24

The numbers in the examples, presets and exercises on this site are synthetic: round teaching values, not data from any real design.