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Anyone tried SysCalc? - RF Cafe Forums
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Post subject: Anyone tried SysCalc?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:09 am
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I'm looking at SysCalc by Arden Systems and have
the trial version. Looks kind of lame for what they
want for it. Maybe the full version is better Any
opinions out there? M. Ingram
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:22 am
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Never heard of it, who makes it
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 11:36 am
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Zeke wrote:
Never heard of it, who makes it
I'm looking at SysCalc by
Arden Systems...
God, is it me or is there an unusually high
level of people who can't read posting here lately?
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:51 am
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Sorry, I should have included this before:
https://www.ardentech.com/syscalc.asp
They want $995 for a new license. Seems a little
steep to me. What you you think? You can download
a demo. M. Ingram (Ming)
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kpainter |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:45 am
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I haven't downloaded it (just don't have the time)
but I looked at the screenshots. Looks pretty cool
But for $995? Hmmm, I don't know. I guess you have
to ask yourself how much will you use it? Once or
twice and I don't think it would be worth it. Where
I am at, an engineer's time costs about $1000/day.
So, I would ask myself how much time (i.e. money)
would it save if I had this tool vs. not and having
to use homebrewed spreadsheets (that are prone to
self-inflicted errors). Personally, I really
like Kirt's offerings: RF Workbench and RF Cascade
Workbook. I have found them both to be very useful
over the years. And the price is a LOT more attractive.
True, not all of SysCalc's features are present
but again, how much time will it save?
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:02 pm
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kpainter wrote:
Personally, I really like Kirt's offerings:
RF Workbench and RF Cascade Workbook. I have
found them both to be very useful over the years.
I swear I didn't pay kpainter to write that...but
thanks
I am trying to decide whether writing a
more extensive and more automated version of RF
Cascade Wookbook is worth the trouble. As with writing
stand-alone software, there's a lot of work involved
in designing and testing it. The nice thing about
a spreadsheet format is that the user is free to
add or subtract anything he/she needs for his/her
particular application. It also accommodates portability
between Office applications. There's a lot
of work involved for $35/copy - it doesn't pay the
bills, that's for sure! I must be doing it for personal
satisfaction.
- Kirt Blattenberger
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Ming |
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Post subject: Still looking for an objective opinion
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:17 pm
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Hi I appreciate the dialog, but I still really
would like to get someone's opinion that has used
SysCalc. Thanks. M. Ingram
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:55 pm
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Doesn't look like anyone here has used it. So why
don't you download the demo and report back what
YOU think about it?
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Ming |
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:49 pm
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kpainter wrote:
Doesn't look like anyone here has used it. So
why don't you download the demo and report back
what YOU think about it?
Hello kpainter: Well it turns out
the downloadable software is the full version but
it has some of the features disabled. It looks like
it has a fair amount of functionality, but without
being able to explore it all, it's hard to tell.
That is why I was hoping for an opinion from a fellow
who purchased the software and has access to everything.
So I was not being lazy, just cautious. Don't really
want to spend $1k without some insider perspective.
They do have a satisfactions guarantee, but we all
know how hard that can be to collect on.
Ming
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:49 am
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I have used it and I am not impressed! Personally
I think it stinks and you would have been better
off paying an additional 10 dollars and purchased
Kirts RF Cafe, in my opinion it is just as good.
Why do think they charge $25 for a trial? They never
did before! I will tell you why, because when people
who were evaluatng it for free determined that it
stunk and did not purchase it! You will be foolish
to pay 1K for it.
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kpainter |
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:53 am
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Wow, they charge to evaluate it??!!! That definitely
says POS to me.
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Post subject: Syscalc
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:12 am
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I've used that software for designing low noise
amplifiers. It's convenient but can easily be
replaced using the RF Cascade spreadsheet available
at RF cafe. However, the interface is nice and
makes for good presentation which is important.
The freeware version I beleive has been purchased
by a company and is no longer offering it for free.
If I remember the freeware version had a problem
with calculating P1dB anyway. Good software
to have, but I wouldn't buy it out of my own money
that's for sure.
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