Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
KiCad is an open source schematic capture and PCB (printed circuit board) design software application. It also comes packaged with a SPICE simulator to give the user a graphical interface to ngspice. The simulator in KiCad does not support the .op statement to get the DC operating point of a circuit. In a lot of cases, this is fine and you can just use a .tran statement to get the operating point. This video walks through how to do this with a very simple circuit.
For more about circuits, including more about SPICE simulators, check out:
electronx.ca
which includes introductory circuits courses based around the free and open source text book - Lessons in Electric Circuits by Tony Kuphaldt.
KiCad is an open source schematic capture and PCB (printed circuit board) design software application. It also comes packaged with a SPICE simulator to give the user a graphical interface to ngspice. The simulator in KiCad does not support the .op statement to get the DC operating point of a circuit. In a lot of cases, this is fine and you can just use a .tran statement to get the operating point. This video walks through how to do this with a very simple circuit.
For more about circuits, including more about SPICE simulators, check out:
electronx.ca
which includes introductory circuits courses based around the free and open source text book - Lessons in Electric Circuits by Tony Kuphaldt.
