Customisation

With Circuit Wizard you can cus-

tomise the way the product looks
and behaves and save the settings
to a template for later use. This
capability is very useful as it allows
you to tightly focus Circuit Wizard to
the course youre teaching.
Ready-to-go PCBs
By combining circuit design and
PCB design in one fully integrated
package, weve been able to make it
even easier to create PCBs. All you
have to do is simply point to a cir-
cuit, click on Convert to PCB and
then leave Circuit Wizard to do the
rest. A ready-to-go PCB is produced
in a matter of moments.
Circuit designing
The simple, direct user interface in
Circuit Wizard helps you design cir-
cuits quickly and easily. Just grab
the components you need and con-
nect them together using Circuit
Wizards follow me wiring tool.
Make any final adjustments
Circuit Wizard will preserve all con-
nections and re-route the circuit as
necessary and then press the
play button to begin simulation.
Realistic simulation
Circuit Wizard features a new simu-
lation engine based on Berkeley
SPICE. This industry-standard tech-
nology is the most advanced in the
world, so you can be confident that
the results it delivers will be very
fast and accurate.
Circuit Wizard, our flag-
ship product, is a revolu-
tionary new system that
combines circuit design,
PCB design, simulation and
CAD/CAM manufacture in
one complete package.
By integrating the entire
design process, Circuit
Wizard provides you with
all the tools necessary to
produce an electronics proj-
ect from start to finish
even including on-screen
testing of the PCB prior to
construction!
Simulate your entire design by connecting
up electromechanical components
Elementary components add a fun
aspect to introductory circuit design

It is the simulation of a
designed PCB together with
the off-board components that
has stunned teachers on my
ECT course. This feature will
compel the majority of PCB
Wizard users to upgrade.
Paul Gardiner, Head of Electronics,
Finham Park School, Coventry

Magic! To be able to test your

PCB before making it in real-
life is amazing.
Mrs A Tyrrell, Head of Technology,
St. Bedes School, Redhill
PCB modellinga world first!
Have you ever designed a PCB only to find that it doesnt work when you
come to make it? Well, with Circuit Wizard that's a thing of the past as you
can now simulate PCBs on screen prior to manufacture. And dont worry,
unlike our competitors product which claims to offer the same, Circuit
Wizard actually simulates all of the tracks, pads and components to give you
very accurate results every time.
Virtual instruments
Circuit Wizard provides you with 7
virtual instruments for circuit analy-
sis including an oscilloscope, multi-
meter (analogue and digital), logic
analyser, wattmeter, function gener-
ator and word generator. In addition,
there are 4 virtual instruments for
use with PCB simulation. These
look and operate just like their real-
world counterparts and include a
digital multimeter, oscilloscope,
function generator and DC power
supply.

We recently purchased and are

now using Circuit Wizard. It's a
great piece of software and we
are pleased that we decided to
purchase it instead of continuing
to subscribe to your well known
rival [Crocodile Technology +
real-PCB].
Andy MacTavish, Electronics Department,
Ashby Grammar School, Leicestershire
Test your PCBs on-screen and
connect up instruments that
behave like the real thing. Watch
current flowing around the PCB.
Life-like components
Circuit Wizard comes with a com-
prehensive set of 3D components
that look just like the real thing. As
well as being able to use them as
off-board PCB components, you
can also wire them up to replace tra-
ditional circuit symbolsideal for
helping students at an introductory
level make the leap between under-
standing schematic diagrams and
real circuits.

PCB simulation is a real

bonus!! Having had students
frequently make mistakes in
manually converting circuits
to PCB layouts (and having
missed these errors myself
under the pressure of working
with groups of students on
different circuits) I believe
that this is without doubt the
most useful feature in Circuit
Wizard. It is also something
that I am not aware of in any
other software.
Mr. R. A. Handley, Head of
Technology, Darlaston Community
Science College, Wednesbury

I think Circuit Wizard repre-

sents the biggest step forward
in electronics since Crocodile
Clips v2 and PCB Wizard v2
came onto the scene nearly a
decade ago.
Andrew Booker, Technology
teacher, Kirk Hallam Technology
College, Ilkeston
More components for you to use
Livewire boasts a library containing
over 600 simulated components,
ranging from a simple resistor
through to a sophisticated LM3914
bargraph driver. For each one
theres a choice of either an ideal
model for teaching basic concepts
or a real-world model (similar to
those found in data books) for
designing circuits.
Staying connected
Designing circuits is much easier
with Livewire as wires stay connect-
ed when you move components.
Livewires intelligent wiring tool
means that you can make adjust-
ments to your circuit and it will pre-
serve all connections and re-route
the circuit as necessary.
Livewire contains an extensive
library of components that animate
Investigate circuits by seeing voltages
and currents animating on-screen
Livewire is a powerful
package for designing and
simulating circuits. It repre-
sents a significant step for-
ward over rival software,
offering more components
to use in your designs,
improved simulation accu-
racy, wires that don't break
when you move compo-
nents and a super-fast, fully
automated link to PCB
Wizard 3.5. Livewire is
now used in over 1,500 UK
schools and colleges.
Results you can rely on
Powered by a highly accurate
physics engine, Livewire is able to
model precisely the characteristics
of a circuit. It can simulate big and
complex circuits, and in tests, is up
to 15 times faster than the perform-
ance of software from rival compa-
nies.
Keeping an eye on things
For recording circuit measurements,
Livewire provides you with a wide
range of virtual instruments to
experiment with. Theres an oscillo-
scope, a digital multimeter, an ana-
logue multimeter, a logic analyser, a
wattmeter, a signal generator and a
digital word generator.
Express PCBs
Livewire is tightly integrated with
PCB Wizard 3.5. This means that
when youve drawn and simulated a
circuit you can transfer it straight to
PCB Wizard 3.5 with the simple
click of a button.

Whats the verdict? As you

may have gathered from
reading this review, Im sold.
I particularly like the look of
Livewire and the ease with
which it can be used.
IEE Electronics Education review
Designing with ease
PCB Wizard 3.5 shares its drawing
tools with Livewire meaning that
youre guaranteed the same ease-
of-use and flexibility. And once
you've finished designing your cir-
cuit, you can translate it into reality
with the simple press of a button.
Straightforward translation
With PCB Wizard 3.5, we've greatly
improved the translation from circuit
design to PCB. You can now speci-
fy a board size and shape and leave
the software to handle any digital
power supply. PCB Wizard 3.5 also
transfers component numbers,
making it easier to trace faults.
Improved automatic routing
PCB Wizard 3.5 achieves better
results than ever before with its
enhanced automatic router. You
can now expect more tracks to be
routed successfully, even on com-
plex multi-layer PCBs involving sev-
eral ICs.
Smaller, better looking PCBs
Have you ever wanted to generate
smaller and more compact PCBs?
Well, with PCB Wizard 3.5 you can
because the new version calculates
an optimum board size for you and
intelligently positions components in
preparation for automatic routing.
Keeping down the costs
PCB Wizard 3.5 features a powerful
new copper pour system that's been
designed to help you save on your
manufacturing costs. It works by
adding areas of solid copper to all
the unused parts of a circuit, thus
minimizing the amount of etching
required.
Styles are useful when assembling
and soldering PCBs
PCB Wizard 3.5 can generate
spreadsheets containing costs
related to a circuit
PCB Wizard 3.5 is a high-
ly innovative package for
producing PCBs. Offering
unrivalled productivity
through powerful design
tools and an ultra-friendly
user interface, PCB Wizard
3.5 is the ideal choice for all
your school project work.
Add to that seamless inte-
gration with Bright Spark,
Control Studio 2 and
Livewire, and PCB Wizard
3.5 is hard to beat. Over
20,000 registered users
around the world cant be
wrong!

As a department resource it is
excellent value and looks des-
tined to become the automat-
ic first choice of design and
technology departments.
Design and Technology Association
Resource Guide
Innovative animation
Bright Spark uses advanced com-
puter-modelling techniques to show
what happens inside components
and connecting wires when elec-
trons flow around a circuit. This
means you can see voltage, current
and charge in action for the first
time, making these notoriously diffi-
cult concepts easier to grasp.
Simulation thats realistic
Bright Spark has over 40 superbly
animated components to investigate
as well as a comprehensive suite of
test instruments. There are no limits
to what you can build and you dont
need to worry about loose connec-
tions or faulty components. Though
bewareif the maximum ratings for
any components are exceeded,
theyll explode!
Designing your own circuits
Its quick and easy to design circuits
in Bright Spark. Just grab the com-
ponents you need, wire them
together and youre ready to begin
simulation. Because it's so straight-
forward, students can experiment
and explore freely at their own pace
without supervision.
Courseware
An important element of Bright
Spark is its courseware, which has
been designed to help you gain an
appreciation of the underlying sci-
ence of electronics. The courseware
contains a high level of animation
and interactivity and encourages
understanding through practical
investigation. A comprehensive
range of topics is covered including
electric charge, current, voltage,
conductance, resistance, capaci-
tance, Ohms law, Kirchoffs laws,
series circuits and parallel circuits.

I recently purchased Bright

Spark and have had great suc-
cess using it for presentations
in my classroom. I teach elec-
tronics at the community col-
lege level and find the circuit
animations very useful in
demonstrating complicated
subjects.
Bruce Lampe, Electronics teacher, Pearl
River Community College, MS, USA
Courseware encourages understanding
through practical investigation
Animation shows what happens
inside components and wires
Bright Spark is a fun cir-
cuit simulation package for
exploring the world of elec-
tronics. Combining on-
screen animation with real-
istic simulation, Bright
Spark aids understanding
by bringing circuits to life.
It assumes no prior knowl-
edge and comes with built-
in courseware and a wide
choice of components for
building your own circuits.
Why take the systems route?
The systems approach takes an
alternative route to the component
approach, considering instead the
functions of electronic circuits rather
than analysis of their constituent
parts. This makes it ideal for ele-
mentary courses where theres less
reliance on mathematical ability. As
a result, the systems approach is
recommended by exam boards as
being the best method of introduc-
ing electronics in Design
Technology courses.
Rapid prototyping
Control Studio 2 provides a rapid
method of developing circuit ideas,
allowing you to consider different
what if ? scenarios before arriving
at a final design solution. And
because Control Studio 2 is compat-
ible with Circuit Wizard, Livewire
and PCB Wizard 3.5, its easy to
automatically generate a circuit dia-
gram.
Designing the systems way
Designing circuits with Control
Studio 2 couldnt be easier. Simply
drag and drop subsystem blocks
from the parts gallery onto your doc-
ument (theres over 50 to choose
from), link them together and then
begin simulating your circuit.
Free textbook
Control Studio 2 now comes with a
free copy of the popular textbook,
Electronic Systems with Control
Studio. Designed to help you exploit
the full interactive learning potential
of Control Studio 2, Electronic
Systems with Control Studio exam-
ines a wide range of topics includ-
ing: sensing and input subsystems,
comparator circuits, counting and
timing, logic, actuators/output sub-
systems as well as real-world prob-
lem solving.
Free book to help you get the
most out of Control Studio 2
Ideal for combining systems
with component approach
Control Studio 2 is a simu-
lation package for model-
ling electronic systems. It
consists of a range of ani-
mated subsystem blocks
that can be connected
together in different ways
to solve real-life prob-
lems. Control Studio 2 is an
ideal vehicle for introduc-
ing electronics into the
classroom for the first time
and also provides a unique
way of quickly modelling
circuit ideas during the
early stages of a project.

Control Studio combined with

PCB Wizard is truly outstand-
ing. It may not be for the
purists, but if you are a
teacher who wants quick
results with minimal fuss then
this is what you need.
Phil Smout, Technology teacher,
Lymm High School, Lymm
Technical support
Were committed to producing high quality software
for education. As part of this commitment, we offer
lifetime support for all our software. If you experience
problems, or just require general help, simply call our
technical support hotline or e-mail support@new-
wave-concepts.com.
Software costs
When you purchase our software, you can expect a
typical life cycle of 3 to 5 years. During this period all
updates are provided free of charge. Contrast this
with the subscription service offered by many of our
rivals, where youll have to pay every year in order to
keep your software up to date.
Support material
Comprehensive support material is provided with all
our software. This includes a user guide, worked
tutorials, examples files and videos that show you
how to get the most out of a product. Additional
courseware is also available through our website at
www.new-wave-concepts.com/courseware.html.
Training
Customers who want to know more about using our
products or teachers who are interested in finding out
about the latest innovation in Design Technology can
attend one of our UK workshops. We offer a range of
fun, informal courses to suit a variety of different
requirements. For more information, please e-mail
training@new-wave-concepts.com.
Minimum requirements
IBM-compatible PC with a Pentium class proces-
sor (Pentium II 400 processor recommended)
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0 (SP6),
2000, XP, Vista or later Operating System
64MB RAM minimum (128MB recommended)
20MB of available hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive
VGA or higher resolution monitor
Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
For more information, please visit our website at www.new-wave-concepts.com
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