Toolkit for Interactive Network Analysis (TINA) is a SPICE-based electronics design and training software by DesignSoft of

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. Its features include analog, digital, and mixed circuit simulations, and

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History

TINA was created and developed by DesignSoft, a Hungarian company in Budapest. The first

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version was released in 1993 as TINA 4.0 for analog, digital, and mixed circuits. TINA 9.0 also includes microcontroller (MCU) simulation, RF network analysis, optimization, and printed circuit board design. TINA development was at version 10, released in 2013, and is at major version 11 since 2016. Since 2004, TINA-TI is a free limited version for the support of integrated circuits and applications licensed by Texas Instruments.

Versions

TINA software is available in installable and cloud-based versions. Feature versions exist for use in industry John Ric
"Accelerating Power-Supply Compliance to Specification"
Texas Instruments, Power Supply Design Seminar, SEM2000, Topic 6, 2013 and for educational use. TINA allows simulation, design, and real-time testing of hardware description language (HDL), such as VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-A, and Verilog-AMS, and for microcontroller (MCU) circuits, as well as mixed electronic circuits including switched-mode power supply, RF, communication, and optoelectronics circuits. With the integrated and third-party

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tools, generation and debugging of MCU code is also possible both in digital and mixed circuit environments. TINA Design Suite includes an integrated layout module for designing multilayer PCB's with split power plane layers, auto-placement & auto-

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, rip-up and reroute, manual and "follow-me" trace placement, DRC, forward and back annotation, pin and gate swapping, keep-in and keep-out areas,

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, fan-out, 3D view of the PCB design, Gerber file, and CNC ( G-code) output. TINA is available on many platforms with multiple versions of the software including TINA-TI, a complimentary limited version of TINA for the support of TI integrated circuits and applications licensed by Texas Instruments since 2004. TINACloud is the cloud based, multi-language, online version of TINA.Hegyesi,
"Education of electronics in University by TINACloud"
Intelligent Systems and Informatics (SISY), 2013 IEEE 11th International Symposium, 26-28 Sept. 2013, pp.385-389. It is running in main browsers without installation through the Internet. TINACloud runs on most operating systems and computers. Since 2014, TINACloud is also used by Infineon Technologies as the engine of Infineon Designer for online prototyping with A/D simulation.

Awards

*2006: TINA 7 Design Suite: Worlddidac Award, Worlddidac Association *2014: TINACloud: Worlddidac Award, Worlddidac AssociationWorlddidac Award
2014

References

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External links

TINA websiteTINA USA website
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