Capture/PSpice Tutorial

ECE343

The following is a brief introduction to PSPICE

1 Starting PSPICE
• To run Capture: Select Start → All Programs→ OrCAD 16.0→ OrCAD Capture
CIS

• Select Allegro PCB Design CIS L, then click OK (fig1)

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• Select File → New → Project (fig2 fig3)

• Choose Analog or Mixed-signal Circuit Wizard(fig4)

• Type in the name of the new project and specify the location where it will be saved.
Be sure to save it in U drive (for instance, U: \ECE 343\Lab 1), because PSPICE
cannot re-open files that have been stored in the root directory and your project
will be lost.(refer to fig4)

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• Then you will be prompted to create a PSPICE project. Choose Create a Blank
Project and click OK.(fig5)

• If your project did not open to the Schematic Editor then open your new folder
open SCHEMATIC1 → open PAGE1.(fig6)

2 Adding Libraries
• To add the parts libraries select Place Part

• You will be prompted with a new window called Place Part. The parts list should
be empty if the libraries have not been added.

• If library Platte at right hand side of the window is empty, then click the small
dashed square on the right top corner of Library platte. Add library file as fig7 and
fig8 shows.

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3 Drawing the circuit in Figure1, Project1

• Placing parts
– Select Place Part or just click the Place Part palette
– To retrieve r (resistor), c(capacitor), and l(inductor): select analog in the li-
braries and type in r, c, and l in the part name box respectively.
– To retrieve VDC(voltage source for resistive circuit): select source in the li-
braries and type in VDC in the part name box. Use VSIN for RC network.
– To rotate a part, select the part and type r.
– To flip a part, select the part and type h (horizontal) or v (vertical).
• Setting the part parameters
– Double click on the resistance or capacitor, and the corresponding value of a
resistance or a capacitance can be changed.
• Wiring the components
Use shift-w to get the wiring tool and wire the circuit. (select wire in the palette)

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• Grounding the circuit

select Place Ground (or just select ground in the palette). Select source in the li-
braries and select 0

4 Selecting the type of analysis

• After all the steps mentioned above are done, you should select PSpice → New
Simulation Profile.(fig9)

• Select Time Domain (Transient) in the analysis type

• Set the following parameters as figure 10 shows

5 Simulating the circuit using PSPICE

• Click on the pull-down menu PSpice. Select Run.

• Or, you can simply press play button in the tool box

• Include a voltage marker to see waveform

More tutorial can be seen at

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5416

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