AutoAmp : An Open-Source Analog Amplifier Design Tool - For Classroom and Lab Purposes

TL;DR

AutoAmp is an open-source tool that simplifies the design and simulation of various electronic amplifiers, aiding undergraduate education and laboratory work by providing an integrated design and simulation platform.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive, open-source software for designing and simulating multiple types of electronic amplifiers, enhancing teaching and practical learning.

Findings

Supports design of common-emitter, operational, and power amplifiers

Includes integrated SPICE simulation for performance analysis

Facilitates hands-on learning in electronics laboratories

Abstract

This correspondence presents an open-source tool AutoAmp developed at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. It is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/autoamp-iitg/ This tool helps the user to design different types of electronic amplifiers, using solid state devices, for a given specification. It can handle several types of designs namely common-emitter BJT amplifier (single and two-stage), operational amplifiers (inverting and non-inverting) and power amplifier. Not only does it design the amplifier, it also simulates the designed amplifier using SPICE simulator and displays the performance curves. This tool is deemed to prove invaluable in undergraduate teaching and labs. Especially in electronics-design related laboratories, the student need not design the amplifiers which are mostly the heart of many electronic designs.