Method for creating, modifying, and simulating electrical circuits over the ...

1. A method for modifying a schematic over an Internet, comprising:

establishing a connection between a client and a server;

automatically determining components for a circuit that is based on circuit requirements obtained from a user interface on the client; wherein thermally enabled components are identified as thermally enabled when presented on the client;

generating the schematic for the circuit based on a selection of at least one of the determined components;

displaying the schematic on the client; wherein the schematic includes components that comprise wire components and electrical components that are movable within the schematic; wherein the wires are selectable within the schematic and wherein each endpoint of the wire is independently movable;

choosing a component to modify;

modifying the component within the schematic; and

analyzing the modified schematic using an electrical simulation and a thermal simulation; wherein the thermal simulation and the electrical simulation are performed on a computer that is different from the client.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the component within the schematic comprises selecting a wire component; determining an endpoint of the wire component to move; and moving the end point of the wire component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein choosing a component further comprises providing a palette of choices to a user from which to select at least one from a component and a block.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the component is selected from a wire component, an electrical component, a simulation component and a block.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying the component within the schematic further comprises adjusting one of a wire location, a component location, and a block symbol location.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying the component within the schematic further comprises providing a grid to aid placement of the component within the schematic.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating a netlist in response to the modification of the schematic.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating a component connectivity list which is used to generate a simulation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising scaling the schematic to provide a different level of detail.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing user controlled panning and scanning for the schematic on the client.

11. A computer-readable medium that includes computer executable instructions for modifying a schematic over an Internet, comprising:

establishing a connection between a client and a server;

automatically determining components for a circuit that is based on circuit requirements obtained from a user interface on the client; wherein thermally enabled components are identified as thermally enabled when presented on the client;

generating the schematic for the circuit based on a selection of at least one of the determined components;

displaying the schematic within a web page on the client; wherein the schematic includes components that comprise wire components and electrical components that are movable within the schematic; wherein the wires are selectable within the schematic and wherein each endpoint of the wire is independently movable;

choosing a component to modify within the web page;

modifying the component in the schematic within the web page; wherein modifying the component comprises: moving an endpoint of a wire component and removing the component from the schematic within the web page; and

analyzing the modified schematic using an electrical simulation and a thermal simulation wherein the thermal simulation and the electrical simulation are performed on a computer that is different from the client.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising generating a block symbol to represent at least a portion of the schematic.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the component is chosen from a wire component, an electrical component, and a simulation component.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein modifying the component in the schematic further comprises adjusting one of a wire location, a component location, and a block symbol location.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising generating a netlist on the client in response to the modification of the schematic.

16. A system for modifying a schematic over a network, comprising:

a client having a client network connection device, the client network connection device operative to connect the client and a user to the network;

a server having a server network connection device, the server network connection device operative to connect the server to the network; and

a schematic modification device, operative to perform actions, including:

automatically determining components for a circuit that is based on circuit requirements obtained from a user interface on the client; wherein thermally enabled components are identified as thermally enabled when presented on the client;

generating the schematic for the circuit based on a selection of at least one of the determined components;

displaying the schematic within a web page on the client; wherein the schematic includes components that comprise wire components and electrical components that are movable within the schematic; wherein the wires are selectable within the schematic and wherein each endpoint of the wire is independently movable;

choosing a component to modify within the web page; and

modifying the component in the schematic within the web page; and

analyzing the modified schematic using an electrical simulation and a thermal simulation wherein the thermal simulation and the electrical simulation are performed on a computer that is different from the client.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the schematic modification device further comprises actions to generate a block symbol to represent at least a portion of the schematic.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the schematic modification device further comprises actions to choose a component from a wire component, an electrical component, and a simulation component.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein modifying the component in the schematic further comprises adjusting at least one of one of a wire location, a component location, and a block symbol location.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising generating a netlist in response to the modification of the schematic.

21. The system of claim 16, further comprising generating a component connectivity list which is used to generate a simulation.

22. An apparatus for modifying a schematic over an Internet, comprising:

means for establishing a connection between a client and a server;

means for automatically determining components for a circuit that is based on circuit requirements obtained from a user interface on the client; wherein thermally enabled components are identified as thermally enabled when presented on the client;

means for generating the schematic for the circuit based on a selection of at least one of the determined components;

means for displaying the schematic within a web page on the client; wherein the schematic includes components that comprise wire components and electrical components that are movable within the schematic; wherein the wires are selectable within the schematic and wherein each endpoint of the wire is independently movable;

means for choosing a component to modify within the web page; and

means for modifying the component in the schematic within the web page; and

means for analyzing the modified schematic using an electrical simulation tool and a thermal simulation tool wherein a thermal simulation and the an electrical simulation are performed on a computer that is different from the client.