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Feedback form for eSim Workshop

Dear Participant,
We thank you for attending the Electronic Circuit Simulation using eSim from 11-13 February 2021. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly select the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.
Thank you for your time!

Total number of responses : 80

1A. Your area

Count of 'Faculty in a College' :	15
Count of 'Research Scholars/PhD Student' :	2
Count of 'Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc/Any other bachelor's degree)' :	44
Count of 'Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/Any other Master's degree)' :	3
Count of 'Working Professional' :	14
Count of 'Other' :	2

1B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

I am a student of B.tech in EEE.

Student (Diploma)

working in HCL

Questions related to eSim background

2A. Do you use/Have you used any circuit simulation software other than eSim in your College/Institute/Organization?

Count of 'Yes' :	69
Count of 'No' :	11

2.B If the answer to the above question is Yes, please let us know the name of the software that is used in your college/organization. (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

Count of 'PSpice' :	30
Count of 'Proteus' :	22
Count of 'Eagle' :	10
Count of 'LTSpice' :	20
Count of 'Never used before' :	7
Count of 'Other' :	22

2C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

MATLAB SIMULINK

Cadence Virtuoso, TINA TI Spice, Multisim

I can't made circuit simulation because I am attend this workshop in my college systems but that are not supported with esim.

NI Multisim, Intel Quartus, Altium Designer

TINA, SIMULINK, LABVIEW

Kicad, Multisim, MATLAB, TI Tina, Fritzing, EasyEDA, Altium

KiCad

ORCAD

LabVIEW

Multisim

multisim software

NI MULTISIM

NI multisim

Multi sim

Multisim

NI multiSim

Multisim

3. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned circuit simulation software? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

Count of 'Never used before' :	11
Count of 'less than 1 year' :	44
Count of 'less than 3 years' :	17
Count of 'less than 5 years' :	7
Count of 'more than 5 years' :	1

4A. Do you already use eSim in your College/Institute/Organisation?

Count of 'Yes' :	3
Count of 'No' :	73
Count of 'Not sure' :	4

4B. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, in what way do you use? Please select all the relevant options.

Count of 'Course work - class or lab' :	4
Count of 'Research' :	1
Count of 'Consultancy' :	0
Count of 'Lab migration' :	0
Count of 'Circuit simulation project of FOSSEE' :	0
Count of 'PSpice to eSim migration of FOSSEE' :	0
Count of 'LTSpice to eSim migration of FOSSEE' :	0
Count of 'Other' :	0

4C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

Well I came to know about eSim through my company manager..Its really so wonderful that eSim is readily and free available to everyone. I really regret that when i was doing my under-graduation I didnt know about this opportunity..But I m happy to move with the use of eSim to develop and elevate my skills in my subjects.Thank you team.

Questions related to the workshop

5. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn eSim. (Kindly provide the response using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

6. The tutorials were useful in learning the following features. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

7. Were the spoken tutorials used during the workshop helpful in solving practice problems?

Count of 'No' :	1
Count of 'Yes' :	66
Count of 'Somewhat' :	13

8. Did the practice problem help you to increase the ease of using eSim?

Count of 'Yes' :	76
Count of 'No' :	0
Count of 'Not sure' :	4

9. Were the 9:30am-10:00am optional sessions to discuss the practice problems useful?

Count of 'Yes' :	75
Count of 'No' :	3

10. How will you rate the difficulty of the practice problems? Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy

Count of '1' :	0
Count of '2' :	6
Count of '3' :	41
Count of '4' :	30
Count of '5' :	3

11. How would you rate your experience of live sessions? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

12A. Some sessions (eSim installation, mixed-signal simulation using NGHDL, device modelling features, etc.) were covered through live sessions. Please tick all that is applicable.

Count of 'I like the live sessions' :	58
Count of 'When many people have doubts it takes a lot of time to get answers but I still like the live sessions' :	39
Count of 'Had the topics of live sessions been converted to Spoken Tutoirals/ I could have used them for self learning/ to teach others/ etc.' :	40
Count of 'Live sessions are a little chaotic and I would prefer to see these topics in the form of Spoken Tutorials' :	21
Count of 'Live sessions give a personal touch' :	27
Count of ' and so I prefer live classes' :	15
Count of 'Live sessions are impersonal in very large classes of say 100 people or more' :	13
Count of 'The efficacy of Spoken Tutorials approach is the same whether the class size is small or very large' :	30
Count of 'Other' :	3

12B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

Really a great effort in putting all things at right time and right place in LIve sessions

This live session was useful and all queries were answered very nicely by the team. I would still enjoy a live session more if the eSim software errors are minimized. Hence, the valuable time spent during live sessions can be focused more into clarifying concepts and technical questions.

13. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Extremely bad ", 2 implies "Bad", 3 implies "Acceptable", 4 implies "Good", and 5 implies "Excellent".)

14. Comment regarding the pace of the workshop

Count of 'Very slow' :	0
Count of 'Slow' :	1
Count of 'Acceptable' :	71
Count of 'Fast' :	6
Count of 'Very fast' :	2

15. Select the response that describes your overall view of the workshop: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

16. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using eSim before and after the workshop? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Beginner" and 5 implies "Expert".)

17. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?

spoken tutorials

Live sessions and immediate response to queries

Discussion session and live session

Well the patience of the team should be given more appreciation .They have listened and solved queries through live sessions at a good pace.

solving

Spoken tutorial

OpenSource. Wore with pride and more

The practice problems and live session.

With short duration spoken tutorial explain everything to practice the problem

ESIM on cloud

The extra topics which were covered like esim on cloud and verification of electronic design talk by Prof. Madhav Desai. Also, the coordinators were great in explaining the concepts and clearing doubts.

Help to simulate ckt smoothly.

Well explained for doubts

spoken tutorials

In the class all the sessions are good I really liked

Excellent interaction by the FOSSEE Team.

Time management and clear cut explanation and approach to the doubts were incredible.

Well managed & helpful

The involvement and dedication of the FOSSEE team and their patience in solviing all problems

Spoken tutorial Live handson session Forum

spoken tutorials, answering the doubts

1. Spoken Tutorial videos for self learning purpose. 2. The way how the Forum is used to clear all my doubts.

spoken tutorial

support the FOSSEE team gave during the workshop

simulation

Spoken tutorial and gloria's live session

Spoken tutorials

effective communication with teachers

Clearing doubts.. and interactions

Clearing doubts

Spoken tutorial

Schematic preparation, simulation, making subcircuit

All the mentors were so good and our all doubt got cleared. It's is far better than the other software which we use in college.

I liked the teaching and spoken tutorial

Practice session

Everything was well organized

18. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?

Nil

Pace of the sessions was comparatively fast

NIL

I think instead of a full day workshop ..half day would be better ..but its my opinion..just mentioning

nothing

Slightly felt pressured to keep up. When I could not, it feels like it slips away, but then its understandable.

Live session

The duration of sessions is long. Very difficulty to adjust the charging if devices like laptop and mobile.

Solutions to the practice problem were provided late due to which it took me time to solve them and verify.

Nothing

From my opinion I think the duration of the workshop is too small

None as such. But I would have liked to obtain more info on how the software model for AVR microcontroller was developed and simulated in eSim.

Nothing.

voice level changes sometimes (up & down)

Nothing .It was really good.

Nothing as such

live sessions were little fast and confusing

I am not much satisfied with live session.

fast paced

nothing

none

As i like spoken tutorial i still find some drawbacks.. In "setting parameters of PCB" the session was just like click it...but i need a detailed explanation on it because while i was doing practice problems i was totally blank in selecting parameters hope u consider this and make that spoken tutorial much better

No such things

nothing

Non

None

More time was used in answering quries but want to appreciate team for answering questions patiently

none

None

Questions related to the Spoken Tutorial Forum

19. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?

Count of 'Yes' :	72
Count of 'No' :	8

20. Did you post questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

Count of 'Yes' :	22
Count of 'No' :	58

21. Did you answer anybody's questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

Count of 'Yes' :	11
Count of 'No' :	69

22. Were your doubts already answered in the Spoken Tutorial Forum?

Count of 'I did not refer to the Spoken Tutorial Forum' :	6
Count of 'Yes my doubt was already posted on the Forum by somebody and it was also answered' :	58
Count of 'My question was not posted on the Forum' :	8
Count of 'I did not have any doubts' :	13

23. Select the response that describes your views regarding the Spoken Tutorial (ST) Forum:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

24. What aspect(s) about the ST Forum did you like (or dislike) the most?

Good and fast replies

Good explaination

Everything was good about workshop

Timely Response

Well Explained the steps

The forum section of the spoken tutorial is very helpful as it clears our doubts and also we get the solutions of most of the problems therein.

I simply liked

I liked the ease of use. However, I feel a larger community support can help solve bugs or errors more quickly.

A very clever path to solve the doubts.

The way of they explain is very god and simple to understand

I have used the spoken tutorial forum before, and I feel it is a very useful method to study and practice.

Clear explanation Step by step procedure

all good

I liked the forum very much because it cleared all my doubts in each part of the video. So I liked it lot. It was very helpful while practicing.

planning and teaching of circuits can be improved for beginners

its easy to solve our queries

the way they explain to solve practice problems

well defined informative videos and asked questions.

I liked it

Like it

I liked it

None

General

25. We have provided you with the eSim Spoken Tutorials and many other learning materials in this workshop. What else is required for you to conduct a similar workshop in your institution by yourself? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

26A. Check all the activities of the FOSSEE - eSim team that you will be interested to participate in.

Count of 'eSim Lab migration' :	35
Count of 'Circuit Simulation Project' :	66
Count of 'Contribution to eSim development' :	35
Count of 'Not interested' :	7
Count of 'PSpice to eSim migration' :	26
Count of 'LTSpice to eSim migration' :	22
Count of 'Other' :	3

26B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

eSim in Cloud

more circuits and more components from various vendors can be added to libraries for system design

NGHDL feature, Microcontroller simulation

27. Suggestions for improvement or any other suggestions.

Overall is excellent

testing

Good

No suggestions

Very well organised

I was having one issue when I had to assign values to the components, whenever I assigned the value to one component my mouse was freezing and I had to click outside for it to start working again. I remember someone else was having the same issue therefore I don't think it was my problem alone.

Thanks to the entire FOSSEE team for organizing such a wonderful workshop on eSIM and hope to attend more such effective workshops in the future.

There is no need to change it.

None

Nothing

The errors which come up while simulating are a little difficult to solve by yourself at least at the beginning.

After completions 3 days work shop, we expect support from esim team for building our knowledge. It should not limit for 3 days. Will it be provided?

would like to have more spoken tutorials

All good, except live session because it is consuming lot of time.

extend the days and pl keep spoken tutorial session less

i think every thing was very well scheduled and implemented

nothing

Feedback form for eSim Workshop

General questions regarding the tool. Answer honestly and frankly, it will help the developers in knowing what improvements can be made.

28. Regarding the PCB design aspect of eSim, what other feature(s) would you like to see or think would be useful? (Leave blank if you have no opinion on this front )

Very informative and useful. Learnt New software. I will recommend the students and I will contribute in future

Good dedicated team

more useful

The workshop was very useful and a new software for simulation I learner.

Yee

Need to provide materials for mapping footprints in CvPcb process.

All the features are honestly good.

there should be auto routing & auto placer & auto tracker option

Some general design guidelines for PCB design could be given for beginners ,maybe as another spoken tutorial.

I really like this workshop

i am beginner,i feel it is good to learn

More different kind of example problems.

1) in the beginning kindly give a intro about kicad,ngspice,pspice (like what it is and what is the use of it, why it is used) i searched everything online by my own. 2) kindly improve "setting parameters of PCB" spoken tutorial 3) need a spoken tutorial on topics which are conducted on live session 4) I don't understand mixed signal modelling/NGDL kindly give the recorded session as much as possible

i was unaware of this software before,but know i think i can personally contribute to the esim software

29A. Additions to which sections of the eSim's simulation process would make it simpler to simulate circuits?

Count of 'Auto-generating the .cir extension netlists' :	48
Count of 'Bringing the KiCad2Ngspice tabs on a single page' :	50
Count of 'Other' :	7

29B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

Mixed Signal within eSim interface

A VHDL coding and compilation section within the eSim software wouldn't require us to use a separate software like Altera Quartus to do so.

Mixed-Signal circuit simulation using NGHDL

Highlighting with different colours or provinding number for errors.

30A. What in your opinion are the tasks that the eSim team should undertake?

Count of 'GUI should be made better' :	22
Count of 'Forums should be made better' :	14
Count of 'Subcircuit builder and NGHDL should be made better' :	26
Count of 'Schematic Editor should be made better' :	13
Count of 'More Spoken Tutorials should be created' :	54
Count of 'Spoken Tutorials should be made available in Indian languages' :	15
Count of 'Other' :	2

30B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

Strong advertisement for colleges.

31. Any other comments/ suggestions about eSim.

Please provide 15 min break in morning and afternoon session

eSIm should also include simulations of Radio frequency circuits

Very happy and motivated after the workshop

good session

Good and more helpful

No suggestions further

good

You done very well

E-sim is very useful software in my aspect. I'm looking forward to using it more for my projects. You may want to include some project ideas like the circuit lists for the students to be able to perform.

Nice workshop ever I had, well Explained, Thanks to everyone!!

Once again thank you to the entire FOSSEE team for your guidance and lots of support.

My only worry about that I could not complete this workshop due to some technical problems are made in our college systems. I really like the workshop very much

eSim is a good software. I would like to use it for design and verification projects in the future.

eSim is truly an incredible software.

auto routing & auto placer & auto tracker option should be there in PCB

Excellent tool.

It was really excellent work by the team in the education. It should be made known to other colleges by conducting workshops. I have decided once I am good in using all aspects of esim, I will host a workshop in my college.

nothing

No comments. I thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot from this workshop. Thanks to FOSSEE team.

less colleges know about ,can it be extended as alternative to cadence

nothing

ESIM is wow.. but create more spoken tutorial i prefer spoken tutorials than live session in the beginning kindly give a intro about kicad,ngspice,pspice (like what it is and what is the use of it, why it is used) i searched everything online by my own.