Introduction

QSapecNG is a Qt-based program for symbolic analysis of linear analog circuits.
In fact, it consists of two indipendent parts: the SapecNG framework engine and the application gui QSapecNG.
It is an open source, multi-platform project, continuously enhanced by students and researchers of Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the University of Florence.
It comes as continuation of SapWin for Windows, in order to give to the project a full compatibility on other platforms.
Through SapecNG/QSapecNG users can draw, solve and analyze analog circuits as well as manage them. Since version 2.0.0beta1 there is also the full support for sub-circuits that can be created, saved, reopened and added as part of other circuits.

SapecNG/QSapecNG is freely available on SourceForge.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/qsapecng/).
A previous version of SapecNG is available too, on SourceForge.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/sapec-ng/).
Pre-compiled packages will be also available from projects related pages.

QSapecNG means portability

SapecNG and QSapecNG are based on the portable framework Boost C++ (http://www.boost.org/) and on the Qt toolkit by Nokia (http://qt.nokia.com/).
Qwt - Qt Widgets for Technical Applications (http://qwt.sourceforge.net/) and Qt Property Browser shipped with the toolkit from Qt Solutions have been used too.
Moreover code is platform indipendent and it's based on the build system CMake (http://www.cmake.org/), which is a cross-platform, open-source set of tools.
Hence users can compile, use and join the software, and cooperate to the development of SapecNG/QSapecNG, regardless of the operating system in use.

QSapecNG means open-source

SapecNG and QSapecNG are developed using open-source frameworks and toolkits. The code is freely available and any help or suggestion is appreciated.
Since the result of a degree thesis depicts not only a destination but a starting point, developers' aim is to carry out the project as long as possible.
SapecNG/QSapecNG can be thought as a young project that looks to the future, like a new generation family of multi-purpose symbolic analysis program.

QSapecNG means easy to use

SapecNG and QSapecNG are designed to be easy to use. But easy who for?
SapecNG framework engine aims to offer a wide range set of services to the developers, so everyone can develop a fully personalized interface.
Fully personalized interface means low-level interaction program as well as graphical user interface based on different toolkits (i.e. GTK+ on http://www.gtk.org/).
QSapecNG is the high level part of the application and attempts to make easy the design and the resolution of electric circuits, as well as their analysis.
Despite to the complexity of the underlying framework, the GUI leads both new and experienced users through a carefully and user-friendly designed interface.

Contact us

Project coordinators are Prof. S. Manetti (who developed last version of SapWin) and Prof. A. Luchetta (luchetta@unifi.it).
Chef developer of SapecNG and QSapecNG is M. Caini (michele.caini@gmail.com).
Debian packager and maintainer S. Rossetto (simros85@gmail.com).

Please feel free to contact us for informations about the projects, or if you wish to work with us.

Note

Documentation is not complete, that's a work in progress. Please be patient. :-)