Hey DIYAudio community,
I'm excited to introduce Valvalyzer—a dream come true for anyone passionate about vacuum tube circuit simulation. If you’ve been searching for a tool that lets you dive deep into tube circuit behavior without the complexities or limitations of SPICE, look no further.
Valvalyzer brings together classic tube-era theory and cutting-edge computation in one free, interactive package. It lets you visualize, tweak, and understand every nuance of your circuits and transformer designs with precision and real-time feedback. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just starting out on your DIYAudio journey, Valvalyzer is designed to empower you to innovate, experiment, and truly make your mark.
Check it out, download it, and let’s revolutionize tube circuit simulation together. I’d love to hear your thoughts and see what you create!
— Jim Reese, AmpCad.com
I'm excited to introduce Valvalyzer—a dream come true for anyone passionate about vacuum tube circuit simulation. If you’ve been searching for a tool that lets you dive deep into tube circuit behavior without the complexities or limitations of SPICE, look no further.
Valvalyzer brings together classic tube-era theory and cutting-edge computation in one free, interactive package. It lets you visualize, tweak, and understand every nuance of your circuits and transformer designs with precision and real-time feedback. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just starting out on your DIYAudio journey, Valvalyzer is designed to empower you to innovate, experiment, and truly make your mark.
Check it out, download it, and let’s revolutionize tube circuit simulation together. I’d love to hear your thoughts and see what you create!
— Jim Reese, AmpCad.com
Unfortunately, effectively I am not able to run it on my Lenovo Thinkpad P17 gen 1 laptop (AKA work station replacement) with 1920 x 1080 screen . There appear to be areas I cannot access. I don't think any of my lab monitors have more than 1080 vertical resolution. Until I retire from my day job my home office monitors are tied up by other hardware, and dock hardware too ancient to use with this machine. I am not sure they have the required vertical resolution either. (They might be 1440)
Installation wasn't a problem as I already had .net 4.8.1 installed on my machine. The license requirement was a bit of a surprise, and the fact that it won't accept my legacy email addresses during the registration process is unfortunate. (Some email addresses from decades ago have hyphens and periods in them.) I was glad to see that the email address and organization dialogs are not mandatory.
I recommend making the window resizable in a future release to cater to people who are running your software on slightly older machines.
Installation wasn't a problem as I already had .net 4.8.1 installed on my machine. The license requirement was a bit of a surprise, and the fact that it won't accept my legacy email addresses during the registration process is unfortunate. (Some email addresses from decades ago have hyphens and periods in them.) I was glad to see that the email address and organization dialogs are not mandatory.
I recommend making the window resizable in a future release to cater to people who are running your software on slightly older machines.
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Hi Kevinkr, I saw your download yesterday on my admin app. - and I completely feel your pain. I started writing this app 10 years ago assuming that an Acer laptop could do the job, but out of necessity I migrated to a regular 1200 line workstation display for development, which for reasons that are hard to explain, is the minimum resolution Valvalyzer can run on now. I ran Valvalyzer on a 1080 display and got the same heartburn you have. But you know what bro? Microsoft is deprecating Windows 10 in a few months, so WE ARE ALL going to have to buy new computers. I'm thinking of getting one of those cool wide curved gaming displays. Then my app will be like navigating around on a postcard!
P.S. The email address is only symbolic, something to help you retrieve your password if you forget it. I will never use SMTP to send you a message.
P.S. The email address is only symbolic, something to help you retrieve your password if you forget it. I will never use SMTP to send you a message.
All of my machines are running windows 11, so hardware compatibility will continue to be a big problem I think. This machine in particular is a work station replacement and has a 6 core i7 and 64GB of ram. It can run 4 external monitors, unfortunately for the moment I am stuck with its native display.
Can't you maximize the window and get to see it all? I have a similar issue at times with KiCAD when I switch from an external monitor to my laptop screen even though both monitors are 4K. That's on a Mac, though. I don't know if the maximizing trick will work on Windoze but it's easy to try.
Tom
Tom
Unfortunately the program window is 1200 pixels vertical and this software doesn't seem to support resizing so I am not able to do anything with it at the moment.
...we're all gonna buy new computers? fk that.
I'm gonna go linux and spend the $$ on Hashimotos.
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I'm gonna go linux and spend the $$ on Hashimotos.
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I tried dpi scaling override, but the 1200 requirement is insurmountable and I have only 1080 vertical pixels, and scaling overrides cannot go lower than 100%, my default is 125% so that I can see icons and text comfortably, everything else scales as needed, but this program doesn't.
I am also not a fan of the fact that the updater seems to be the main program executable and it does not remember login credentials. I don't like the fact that it phones home every time you log in. It looks like an interesting program, but it is incompatible with the available displays here.
When it is ready for prime time I will be back, as it stands it is not going to be compatible with most commonly used displays in laptops and smaller desktop monitors. If you want significant uptake you will need to compromise on the required vertical resolution.
As I have indicated all of my hardware is recent enough to run windows 11 and will not be replaced anytime soon.
I am also not a fan of the fact that the updater seems to be the main program executable and it does not remember login credentials. I don't like the fact that it phones home every time you log in. It looks like an interesting program, but it is incompatible with the available displays here.
When it is ready for prime time I will be back, as it stands it is not going to be compatible with most commonly used displays in laptops and smaller desktop monitors. If you want significant uptake you will need to compromise on the required vertical resolution.
As I have indicated all of my hardware is recent enough to run windows 11 and will not be replaced anytime soon.
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I've uninstalled the Valvalyzer updater. Should a version become available that runs with available video displays let me know and I will try again.
I run LTSpice, Qorvo QSpice, KiCad, and FreeCad without any issues on this screen. I do all of my PCB layout on this machine without a second monitor.
I run LTSpice, Qorvo QSpice, KiCad, and FreeCad without any issues on this screen. I do all of my PCB layout on this machine without a second monitor.
A windows 11 capable machine should have a 1200 plus pixels setting in display settings control panel.
Why would it when the native display does not support it? The highest (and native resolution) is 1920 x 1080 pixels on this laptop display - lots of lower resolutions are supported but nothing higher. That is determined by the video driver and hardware. There might be some external bit of software (video scaler) that will do the job. I don't think that is the correct answer in any event. This program uses a fixed window size which cannot be scaled within the application as would usually be the case.
If I had a very specific need for this software I would go out and purchase a monitor that would be compatible with it, that is not the case here although I was really interested.
If I had a very specific need for this software I would go out and purchase a monitor that would be compatible with it, that is not the case here although I was really interested.
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