Third Beta Release of IntuScope5 Waveform Viewer Adds More Features to Boost Productivity.Business/Technology Editors SAN PEDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Intusoft today released a third beta package for its Intuscope5 waveform The shape of a signal. See wavelength, sine wave and square wave. viewer. The sophisticated waveform viewer is part of ICAP/4Windows, Intusoft's flagship analog and mixed-signal circuit simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. . ICAP/4Windows features SpiceNet, an integrated schematic capture schematic capture - The process of entering the logical design of an electronic circuit into a CAE system by creating a schematic representation of components and interconnections. program; IsSpice4, the only Spice simulation engine with true interactive features; and extensive model libraries, along with IntuScope5. The company plans to release the new Intuscope5 component of ICAPS ICAPS Interactive Computer-Aided Provisioning System ICAPS Interactive Computer Aided Provisioning System ICAPS Internal Control Audit Planning Summary ICAPS Integrated Command Antisubmarine Warfare Prediction System ICAPS Integrated Carrier Acoustic/ASW Prediction System during the second quarter of 2000. Current ICAPS users can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the new IntuScope 5 version 8 beta software Noun 1. beta software - software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it" from http://www.intusoft.com/support.htm#Intuscope5. Note that users must have ICAPS version 8.x.7 running to install the new IntuScope 5 software, since the latest ICAPS version allows IntuScope5 to get data from IsSpice using its common object model (COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. ) interface. "We could have released the product instead of another beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. , but this demonstrates just how much we want to get feedback from ICAP/4 users on the new functions we have designed before we go final," said Larry Meares, founder and president of Intusoft, San Pedro-based designer of circuit simulation and test software. "A third beta release See beta version. speaks to the considerable thought and time we put into the design of this product." The single most important change to the software is a complete reworking of the calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. menu which now includes the ability to calculate and scale Bode plots A Bode plot, named after Hendrik Wade Bode, is usually a combination of a Bode magnitude plot and Bode phase plot: A Bode magnitude plot is a graph of log magnitude versus frequency, plotted with a log-frequency axis, to show the transfer function or frequency , with gain and phase margin, group delay, and Nyquist curve functions with a single keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke .These specific features and functions are new to the IntuScope 5 version 8 beta:
-- Using the redesigned Calculator, users can write their own
specialized scripts and assign hot keys to them to eliminate
repetitive design tasks.
-- Users also have the ability to write equations in the Command
window of the Calculator. The same equations can be used to define
measurements in the SpiceNet database.
-- The Build submenu contains functions that allow you to construct
and alter graphs. Within the Build function of the Calculator,
several new functions were added. A new Pulse function computes
functions of 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% of the x axis.
-- In the Build menu, users will find a Black Body curve. This
theoretical curve displays active simulation results and is a good
descriptor of the power of script files in place of the limited,
static calculator capability in the old Scope4 version. The
commands below the separator line on the Calculator Menu actually
runs the script(s) contained in the .scr file with the identified
name in the Script subdirectory (i.e., the
Calculator>Build>Blkbody function will run the "Blkbody.scr" file
contained in the >Script>Build subdirectory). If you add a script
file or directory to the Script subdirectory, they will also
display within this menu.
-- In the Calculator's Complex submenu contains functions that
perform Fast Fourier Transform (.fft) (time to real and
imaginary), and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (real and imaginary
to time). Rectangular to polar (real and imaginary to magnitude
and phase) and polar to rectangular (magnitude and phase to real
and imaginary) conversions are also available.
-- A Wavelet Filter function, also placed in the Calculator's Menu to
enable wavelet transformation, removes values with magnitude, at
rates more effective than Fourier.
-- The Control Systems command menu contains scripts that perform
some of the most common control systems functions. Under the
Control Systems submenu of the Calculator, users can now calculate
the Bandwidth for waveforms.
-- The Functions submenu of the Calculator provides new filter,
polynomial, and PWL constructs.
The Intuscope5 program, planned for release in summer 2000, was completely redesigned from the ground up to enhance waveform selection, manipulation, scaling, viewing and math operations. IntuScope also expanded its menu of features for advanced users. Powerful interactive features, which require communication with the SPICE simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. and the SpiceNet schematic capture program, have also been added. The new IntuScope5 version is Windows 2000 compatible. Established in 1985, Intusoft designs develops and markets award-winning software applications and tools for analog and mixed-signal circuit design, analysis and test automation to electronics industries worldwide. More information on Intusoft and its products is available on the company's Web site at http://www.intusoft.com. Note to Editors: Screen shots showing the Pan and Scale Scrollbar Feature of the New Scope 5 Beta Software are available at http://www.intusoft.com/pr/artforscope5beta3.pdf |
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