Request for an extra IC

#1 · December 31, 2025, 2:27 am

There are many components and IC's to use in Simulide which is a great job, thank you. Recently I noticed that the CD4046 or its equivalent 74HC4046 is not present. These IC's contain a phase-locked-loop circuit and I wonder why they are not present in the list of IC's?

#2 · January 9, 2026, 6:23 pm

From the old website : https://simulide.forumotion.com/t1185-equivalent-to-cd4046-phase-locked-loop

#3 · January 11, 2026, 6:24 am

Thank you and the other members at that topic for sharing what it takes to create this IC. Although I do not intend to try to make such a package myself it does point out some useful steps in the process of building a custom device.

#4 · April 11, 2026, 5:29 am

Do you mean this one?

CD4606 Do you mean this one ?

KerimF has reacted to this post.

#5 · April 12, 2026, 2:26 am

@firefox66
Yes, indeed, that is the one. Very well made, thank you. It has been quite a while since I looked into that chip and moved my attention elsewhere but certainly I will come across this PLL-subject once more.
This is its datasheet, from Fairchild because it is much better readable than from TI.
CD4046 Datasheet

I saw something new in your simulation, first of all the version which seems to be 2.0.0 while I have 1.1.0-SR2 and as far as I know that is the most recent version. Another thing is your clock with an unconnected VCO_Bias potentiometer attached to it?
I tried it but nothing changes when I turn the pot:

#6 · April 12, 2026, 2:39 am

I've been developing, but I'm honestly not sure how to package and share it properly.

For context: I'm working on a self-built version of SimulIDE (cloned from GitHub) where I've added some new components and features from scratch. Since this isn't an official release, I haven't figured out the proper workflow to export or distribute a custom component for others to use.

Could anyone point me in the right direction? Specifically, I'd love to know:

How to export a custom component from a self-compiled SimulIDE build
The recommended way to share it so another user can import it on their end

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

KerimF has reacted to this post.

#7 · April 12, 2026, 9:14 am

Hi, I had the same issue a few years ago and I used to make files available by linking to my Github depository, for example:

AVR-MicroController-Examples/AVR 30-44 completed.simu at main · Alectus/AVR-MicroController-Examples

This does not download immidiately, which in my opinion is an advantage.

KerimF has reacted to this post.