Software Packages

The user has access to all SW packages that will be displayed as icons from the Start Menu Programs installed applications groups The students will be advised by their lecturer about which SW packages to use at each stage. All the packages have On-line help and tutorials.

Main Electrical and Information Engineering SW Packages installed are the followings:

• MSOFFICE2000

  Is a collection of applications that work alike and work together as if they were a single program.
  The applications in Microsoft Office have standardized toolbars and consistent menus, commands and dialog boxes. Once you learn one application , it’s easy to learn the others.

  Tell me more about MSOFFICE.

• PSpice A/D

  Is a powerful software system for Circuit Analysis in Windows environment.

• Electronics Workbench

  is much like a real workbench for electronics with everything you need to build and test circuits.
  For more information choose Help from Wokbench Digital or Workbench Analogue.
  Use Probe from Design Tools Windows to view simulation results in graphical form. Use Schematics to draw and view your schematics.

• MATLAB

  Is an interactive program that serves as a convenient “laboratory” for computations involving matrices.
  The capabilities range from standard tasks such as solving simultaneous linear equations and inverting matrices, through symmetric and nonsymmetric eigenvalue problems, to fairly sophisticated matrix tools such as the singular value decomposition.
  It should be useful in introductory courses in applied linear algebra, as well as more advanced courses in numerical analysis, matrix theory , statistics and applications of matrices.
  For more information click on Matlab Help Icon from Matlab Window.

• TurboCAD and AutoCAD

  Is a powerful CAD (Computer Aided Design) program for preparing two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models. It provides a full range of drafting tools that lets you create accurate, realistic images to meet the ANSI standard of drafting. These tools allow you to complete all phases of design projects, from concept through delivery, as efficiently as possible.
  
  TurboCAD is to be used firstly as it is easier than AutoCAD.
  For both packages there is an Online Help ,but a User Manual is strongly recommended.

• Protel

  Is a full featured Printed Circuit Board design program for Windows environment .
  For more information choose the Online Help Menu and scroll through the help topics.

• LabView (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench)

  Is a powerful and flexible instrumentation and analysis software system.It integrates data acquisition,analysis and presentation in one system.
  The LabView system consists of the LabView application and a number of associated files.
  For more information choose the online Help.

This concludes this lesson of PC Computing. Please return to the PC Index and continue with the next lesson.