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AOC Lab LTSpice Guide

This document provides instructions for using LTSpice to build and simulate circuits. It describes how to place components like resistors and voltage sources, connect them with wires, set component values, add a ".tran" simulation command, and measure voltages and currents in the output plot. Key steps include opening a new canvas, selecting components from the toolbar, right clicking to set values, using the pencil tool to connect wires, clicking the running man to simulate, and using the test pen and current tool to view output measurements in the plot.

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52 views7 pages

AOC Lab LTSpice Guide

This document provides instructions for using LTSpice to build and simulate circuits. It describes how to place components like resistors and voltage sources, connect them with wires, set component values, add a ".tran" simulation command, and measure voltages and currents in the output plot. Key steps include opening a new canvas, selecting components from the toolbar, right clicking to set values, using the pencil tool to connect wires, clicking the running man to simulate, and using the test pen and current tool to view output measurements in the plot.

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Tips:

 If your canvas is scrolled out of zoom or alignment, you can just tap “space” button to auto resize your
circuit to the canvas.
 Mouse scroll up and down to adjust the zoom.

Click “new” to open a new canvas

Your new canvas should look like this (grey color)

Click on the resistor icon to place resistor. It is placed in the toolbar on top.

Once you click the resistor, your mouse cursor will turn into the resistor. You can left click to place the resistor
multiple times. You can release it by right clicking it.
You may want to change the orientation of the component by clicking “Ctrl + R”. Please note that you can only
do this when your mouse is still holding the component.

If you want to remove any wrongly placed component, please click on the scissor in the toolbar to turn your cursor
into a scissor. Then you can left click to cut out the components that you don’t want. Right click to release the
scissor.

Now you should be able to put the resistors in this arrangement (for the circuit 1 in the lab sheet)

Now, if you want to put voltage source, please go to the component collection in the toolbar
Once you click it, a new window appeared, and you can select the voltage source over here. The voltage source
is the last second item in the list.

Place the voltage source as the picture below

In every circuit in LTSpice, ground (earthing) is a must. You may now draw it in your tutorial questions but you
must put it in LTSpice. It can be found in the toolbar on top

Now your circuit shall look like this


Now you need to define the value of each component. To do this, kindly hover your mouse onto the component
and right click. A new window shall appear and you can modify the value. This is applicable to voltage source
too

And the value shall appear once you have defined them

You are allowed to change name of the component. To do this, just right click the name in order to change it.

Now you need to connect them by using a wire. To use wire, just locate the pencil icon in the toolbar.
Then, you can connect them from the terminals. 1 click is enough to use the wire, another left click can be done
if you want to change the wire direction, and the wire disappear when you connected them to another terminal of
another component. Now you should can connect the circuit like the one below. (the first circuit in AOC Two
Port Laboratory)

Kindly make sure the blue dot is visible to make sure the connection is there. You have to click on the wire to
make sure that is happening. If there are no blue dots, meaning they are just overlay on top of another.

Now the first circuit is done. We can start to make measurement. In order to simulate this, we have to perform a
simulation setting. First go to the simulate option and select Edit Simulation command.

Then in the first page, insert 1 for the stop time. The reason of doing this is to let the circuit simulate for 1 second.
It is not like after 1 second the simulation would disappear, but the simulation will only generate 1 second duration
on the x-axis. This is necessary because we can’t let a circuit run forever, even in practical experiment.
After that, you will notice you mouse is holding the “.tran 1”, you can place this anywhere in the canvas

With the “.tran 1” meaning you can now simulate the transient for 1 second. To do this, kindly click the running
man in the toolbar.

Then a new black window would appear


Now, you need to perform voltage and current measurement. To perform voltage measurement, please bear in
mind with “Click, hold it, move to another terminal of measurement, then release” idea. In the circuit canvas, you
mouse would now change to test pen when you point your cursor to the open circuit. The black test pen will
appear when you move your cursor to another terminal (while holding it).

Then your voltage measurement will appear in the plot

This means the voltage is 3.33V. But if you want to see the numbers, you can left click the name (in this case, the
“V(n003)”) and a small window would appear and show you the numeral.

For current measurement. This can be done by moving your cursor on top of the component. In this case, I want
to measure the current of R1, then I move my cursor onto R1, you will notice the cursor now changed to a current
measurement tool. By just one left click then you will see the current in the plot. Note that the current axis is not
on the right.

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