Hi not1xor1,
And how about experience...
Spice tells you its OK, and then you wil build it, "what te Fu.." a lot off time you put in Spice is going out off the window
I can only say, do not use Spice as a shortcut to learn electronics, its a tool.
And yes, i use all kinds of electronic tools to make my live easier.
You have to learn bij real bulding that a resistor has also a inductens and also behave as a capacitor all depending on witch frequency you are using.
And then we also have all de paracitics of the way you build the circuit, yes! electronic is coplicated.
Try to see it as this, you can study all you want on say Youtube, about skateboarding...
The first time you wil step on the skateboard you realise that you didn't build/learn any muscle memory
Take my power supply design, it is FAST!!!! and because of that, i have to follow the the rules of HF design for the wiring...
A lot of wiring is twisted to keep the induction and EMC down.
The same with probing the electronics, are you doing it the wright way, is the nasti spike you see realy in the circuit, or is it the wire to the power section that is radiating its field to the probing point.
I can go on the whole morning like this
Iám absolutely NOT against Spice, but wath i see on this forum and the Dutch forum circuitsonline don't make's me happy.
Most user can't even draw a schematic and trust there Spice, because Computers don't lie...
The Spice user forgets they are lying to them self *grin*
Sorry for the lousy Ingles...
Kind regards,
Bram