labview/equivalent mobo electrical simulation?

[Fizzy Coca-Cola]

Anyone know how motherboard are fully electrically simulated in software?

I expect its multisim or labview, or a proprietary solution...

I'm still a junior in BSEE but i'd like to learn more about designing motherboards, i thought I should start with simulating.

 

[freeskier93]

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis). There are some freeware platforms you could mess around with but usually it's done in the big boy PCB design programs like Altium.

 

[Hitman928]

Define fully electrically simulated and exactly what you want to simulate. Are you looking for circuit level stuff or more full EM simulations?

 

[videogames101]

Motherboard design is PCB design and uses specific EDA tools - look up Altium, Allegro, Eagle, etc.

I would recommend the free version of Eagle, or maybe your school has licenses for the bigger fancier stuff.

Most are based on various SPICE models. I don't think anyone does Full EM on a motherboard sized PCB? Although I'm coming from an IC perspective, so I could be wrong. Maybe for DDR channels they might do it? The eye's on those get pretty small afaik.

 

[Hitman928]

Motherboard design is PCB design and uses specific EDA tools - look up Altium, Allegro, Eagle, etc.

I would recommend the free version of Eagle, or maybe your school has licenses for the bigger fancier stuff.

Most are based on various SPICE models. I don't think anyone does Full EM on a motherboard sized PCB? Although I'm coming from an IC perspective, so I could be wrong. Maybe for DDR channels they might do it? The eye's on those get pretty small afaik.

No, and you don't really need to. As a learning project you could take this in a lot of directions and I just wanted a little clarification as to what he was trying to accomplish.

Multisim is a good place to start to learn, but as videogames101 said, if you are actually wanting to design and fab a motherboard, you'll need more specific pcb software.