Bianchi offers both advice and code to perform simulations of phase locked loops. He develops enough theory for you to understand the key ideas. Though this is not a book on circuit theory per se; he suggests you consult other texts for that.



The accompanying CD has Mathcad and Simetrix engines. The Mathcad is the equivalent of Maple or Mathematica. It is unclear to me why he has chosen Mathcad over these. But for many readers, it is the Simetrix which will be more pertinent. It simulates analog and digital circuits. The analog portion is descended from the venerable Spice, which should be well known to any electrical engineer. You might consider the book as an indepth tutorial on Simetrix.