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Eng. Mohamed Abdel Hameid Ahmed

Pspice Workshop Mohmed A. Ahmed Electric Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, King Khalied University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [email protected]

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Eng.

Mohamed Abdel Hameid Ahmed


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
King Khalid University ‫جامعـة الملك خالـد‬
Faculty of Engineering
‫كليـــة الھندســـة‬

Department of Electrical Engineering

PSPICE Workshop
Several steps are performed in the analysis of a circuit using PSpice:

1. Begin by drawing the schematic of your circuit.


2. Change any of the values of the components and sources to suit your needs.
3. Add any probe or marker.
4. Setup analysis.
5. Run simulation.
DESIGN ENTRY
1. Open Design Manager:

Clicking Start->All Programs->PSpice Student>PSpice Design Manager.

The PSpice Design Manager Window is shown below.


2. To create/open a schematic file:

Under the Tools toolbar, choose Schematics.


This will open up PSpice Schematics.

The PSpice Schematic Window


Select File/New or click on the new file icon to create a new file.
Select File/Open or click on the open file icon to open existing file.

Selecting Draw/Get New Part or by clicking on the Get New Part icon.
Shortcut keys [Ctrl + G] can also be used.

The Part Browser Advanced


window appears.

In the Part Name entry box we entered a


VDC component.
This is just a simple DC voltage source.
Next we click on Place & Close icon.
Move the component around to the correct position of your
choosing.
Left Click to place the component on schematic, right click to
cancel placement.
3. Changing the value of a component
Double clicking on the attribute value (0 V) a Set
Attribute Value window appears.

Edit Attributes window


4. Changing the reference number of a component:
Double click on the reference number of the component you
want changing, in this case V1
5. Editing the component:
Moving a component: Click on the component once to select it.
Drag the component to a new location.

Rotating a component: Click on the component once to


select it. Select Edit/Rotate[Ctrl+R] to rotate th e component
45 degrees counter clock wise.

Flipping a component: Click on the component once to select it.


Select Edit/Flip[Ctrl+F] to flip the component.

Deleting a component: Click on the component once to select


it. Select Edit/Delete to delete the component.
6. Wiring:
To wire a component simply select Draw/Wire[Ctrl+W] or click on the
draw wire icon

to finish wiring. If you like to label the wire, just double click on the wire
to select it
7. Adding a Current Source:

Several current sources are available, each with their own characteristics:

Simple current source Simple DC current source


Pulse Current source Piecewise Linear current source

IAC IDC IPULSE IPWL


8. Adding a Voltage Source:

Several voltage sources are available, each with their own characteristics:

AC Voltage source DC Voltage source


Voltage Pulse source AC or DC Voltage source

VAC VDC VPULSE VSRC


10. Adding Probes:
Voltage and current markers are used to probe voltage or current.
After simulation, PSpice automatically plots the results.

Voltage marker To add a voltage


marker, select Markers/Mark
Voltage/Level or click on the
voltage marker icon to place it.

Current marker To add a current


marker, select Marker/Mark Current
into Pin or click current marker icon
to place it.
11. Enable Bias voltage display and Bias current display icon.

In the example circuit below we built a simple voltage divider. By


either selecting Analysis/Display Results on Schematic/ and checking
either Enable Voltage Display or Enable Current Display or both, the
resulting current and voltage in the given circuit is displayed.

This can also simply be done by clicking on their respective icons.

Enables Bias Voltage Display

Enables Bias Current Display


Simple DC circuits
Simple DC circuits
ANALYSIS SET UP

PSpice supports analyses that can simulate analog-only mixed-


signal, and digital-only circuits. A few of these options can be
found by selecting Analysis/Setup from the toolbar.
RUNNING SIMULATION

Now that we have a basic understanding of how to assemble a circuit by


finding its parts, placing them, wiring them, changing their values and/or
references along with some additional options we move on to running
th e PSpice simulation.

Once the circuit schematic is completed save it by selecting File/Save


As from the toolbar. Now we are ready to run the simulation. To do
this select Analysis /Simulate from the toolbar.
Example 1: Construct the following circuit .

Parts lists consist of VDC, C, R, D1N4148,GND_EARTH, BUBBLE.


Notice the use of the BUBBLE part, instead of connecting the corresponding DC
voltage to the circuit a label of the same name is used while the VDC is placed to
the side. This is intended to save space and makes the circuit look a bit cleaner.
Bias Point Analysis

As previously stated, the DC Analysis (Bias Point Detail) of a circuit is


calculated because it is set as default analysis by PSpice.

The circuit now should have the DC currents and voltages displayed

If not try clicking the following icons from the tool bar .
DC Sweep Analysis
A DC sweep consists of having a DC voltage of current source be “swept” over
a range of values to see how the circuit behaves to the various conditions.

To set up a DC sweep analysis


Select Analysis/Setup from the toolbar.
Next click on the DC Sweep button.
Enter the values as shown in the figure below.

This indicates that the DC sweep will be in


reference to Vin and values will range
from -10 V to 15 V at increments of 1.
Below is the resulting DC sweep analysis of the circuit
Transient Analysis

The transient analysis computes various values of a circuit in the time domain.
For instance placing a probe in a sine wave of a particular circuit then running a
transient analysis, the sine wave would be displayed and you would see it on an
oscilloscope.
Common sources that are used for transient analysis are VSIN, VPULSE,
VRAMP. Finally, transient analysis requires the user to enter two parameters:
Print Step, Final Time. Print Step determines how many calculations PSpice must
make to plot a wave form.
Final time is just the time the simulation will terminate. To perform the transient
analysis on this circuit, we will need to place another component of the circuit.
This component is VSTIM, and needs to be placed under the Vin DC voltage
source. The circuit now appears as such.

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