Student Experience with Interactive Computer Programs for Linear Circuit Design

Computer programs which allow interactionbetweenthe user and the machine in the design of linear circuits have been used by students of a graduate course in computer-aided circuit design. These programs, which enable the determination of circuit element nominal values to realize responses within specified constraints, have been operated both with batch processing and on-line through commercial time sharing utilities. Student experience with each mode of operation is described, including student reaction, relative gains through each type of operation, problems encountered, and exportability of this work to other schools and machines. Use of a typical interactive program for on-line design of an ac circuit is described in detail.