====== LTspice Simulation of PV Cells and Modules ======

:-) Download software: http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#LTspice

:-) Download Spice models developed in lecture: {{:et:pv_spice_modelling.zip|}}

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===== LTSpice manuals and tutorials =====

  * :-) {{:et:scad3.pdf|Switcher CAD 3 manual}}, the last official manual by Linear Technology of the LTSpice IV predecessor. 

  * :-) [[http://www.gunthard-kraus.de/LTSwitcherCAD/SwitcherCAD-Tutorial_English/pdf-File/LTspice_4_e2.pdf|Great tutorial]] by Gunthard Kraus, e.g. lossy transmission lines, S-parameters, filters, ...

  * [[http://www.gunthard-kraus.de/LTSwitcherCAD/SwitcherCAD-Tutorial_English/pdf-File/RF_English_01_final.pdf|RF Special Edition: Complete Simulation of a 137MHz Weather Satellite Converter using LTspice IV]] by Gunthard Kraus

  * [[http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/ltspice/LTspiceGettingStartedGuide.pdf|Tspice IV Getting Started Guide]], Linear Technology presentation
===== Additional Links =====

  * Comprehensive list of PV simulation software: [[http://photovoltaics.sandia.gov/Pubs_2010/PV%20Website%20Publications%20Folder_09/Klise%20and%20Stein_SAND09-8258.pdf|Geoffrey T. Klise and Joshua S. Stein: Models Used to Assess the Performance of Photovoltaic Systems SANDIA REPORT, SAND2009-8258, December 2009]]

  * [[http://pvpmc.org/|Sandia National Lab PV Performance Collaborative]], MATLAB libraries for PV

  * [[http://photovoltaics.sandia.gov/|Photovoltaics at Sandia National Lab]]

  * [[http://www.htw-berlin.de/documents/Presse_Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/Veranstaltungen/Energie_und_Umwelt/Simulationsprogramme.pdf|Quaschning: Im Praxistest - Simulationsprogramme für Photovoltaik-Anlagen]] (pdf)
 
  * [[http://ltwiki.org/?title=Undocumented_LTspice|Undocumented LTspice]]