Mast(ID:7526/)Continuous simulations languageProgramming language for the Saber electronics simulation package. Task oriented rather than circuit oriented like SPICE References: The single most limiting factor of this new macro-model is that, for Spice compatibility, the model must be written in the form of a net list with real circuit elements. Some new simulators (such as Saber, from Analogy Inc) allow you to define models in a specialized programming language that eliminates circuit-type constructs. The Saber modeling language, known as Mast, is very similar to C and allows powerful manipulation of internal variables. This feature would allow the output stage of the new macromodel, for example, to be completely described mathematically. A Saber model simply would not need all of the diodes and additional sources that the Spice model requires for output-stage current correction. The defining equations for the output stage would directly take into account any load current that was being drawn from the model's output terminal. It is very likely that the new macromodel will be implemented in Saber at some time in the near future. |