Qucs-S 24.2.0

[ra3xdh]

Qucs-S 24.2.0

New features

• QucsatorRF is now a part of the package; No need to compile and install qucsator manually Integrate qucsator_rf as Git submodule #370
• Qucs-RFLayout tool could be launched from Tools menu Integrate Qucs-RFLayout with Qucs-S #465; this tool must be installed separately: https://github.com/thomaslepoix/Qucs-RFlayout
• Redesign of the Qucsconv GUI Add GUI for Qucsconv #647
• Improved matching tool backported from Qucs-0.0.20 Update Matching Tool to Qucs 0.0.20 Version #401
• Added RF devices group; backported different RF devices for Qucsator RF component library #607

General imporvements and fixes

• Fixed parameter sweep step issues Parameter sweep issues #186 @ivandi69
• Fixed SPICE devices bounding box Spice resistor oddities #590 Spice components oddities #637
• Fixed netlist export from CLI Exporting netlist from CLI fails #639
• Fixed parameter sweep simulation with Xyce Regression Xyce parametric sweep #624
• Revert explicit WITH_QT6 compile flag because of cmake bug Configure picks Qt6 over Qt5 when both arfe available #592
• Fixed tuner issues for German locale Qucs-S 24.1-7df03e9 - Yet Another Tuner Slider Bug #416
• Refactoring in schematic editor Refactor coordinates transforming in Schematic #626 Refactor: decouple Component::entireBody from Schematic #618 @wawuwo

Localization

• Russian translation update

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 below for file Qucs-S-x86_64-Linux.AppImage.zip; unzip and run AppImage;

Windows installer

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

• qucs_s_24_2_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_2_0.zip 64-bit (x86_64) portable Windows version;

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This discussion was created from the release Qucs-S 24.2.0.

[Rmano]

Thank you! Just a small question: is this qucsator_rf a special version of https://github.com/Qucs/qucsator, or is it the same simulator? I am using qucs-s with a self-compiled qucsator for my legacy projects (not RF); if this is the full thing, I consider myself doubly happy...

[ra3xdh]

Yes, qucsator_rf is a fork of qucsator. It contains some small improvements for RF simulation: https://github.com/ra3xdh/qucsator_rf/releases/tag/v1.0.0 It has ADMS models disabled because of ADMS deprecation everywhere and difficulties to compile ADMS on some platforms.