Index: trunk/doc/tutorial/simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/tutorial/simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html (revision 7924) +++ trunk/doc/tutorial/simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html (revision 7925) @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@

The schematics

-The single-sheet schematics contains the filter, the voltage source and -spice command symbol. +The single-sheet schematic contains the filter, the voltage source and +the spice command symbol.

Click the image to get the sch-rnd sheet
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@

SPICE: what a tran simulation is

In the tran(sient) analysis a DC solution is calculated first -then a simulation is ran with a fixed time stepping, updating the internal +then a simulation is run with a fixed time stepping, updating the internal states of components (e.g. capacitor charges) and networks (voltages). The -result is typically a graph with time on the X axis and voltages/currents on -to Y axis. +result is typically a graph with time along the X axis and voltages/currents on +the Y axis.

Preparing for simulation

V1

-In our example, V1 uses a PULSE wave form as stimulus on the in network. +In our example, V1 uses a PULSE wave form as the stimulus on the in network. The SPICE syntax of PULSE is:

 PULSE(V1 V2 TD TR TF PW PER NP)
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@
 The first line instructs spice to do the "transient analysis" with 0.1ms
 time stepping up to 200ms.
 The second tells it plot (draw) three voltages; our X axis is time (because
-of tran), display the plot between 0 and 200ms.
+of tran), and to display the plot between 0 and 200ms.
 
 
 

Export and run ngspice

-Because of the plot command the output is a drawing (if ngspice is ran -on X), a graph with three curves. Fastest is v(in), a slower, curvy -trace is mid's voltage and the slowest to follow is v(out). +Because of the plot command the output is a drawing (if ngspice is run +on X), consisting of a graph with three curves. Fastest is v(in), a +slower, curvy trace is mid's voltage and the slowest to follow is v(out).

@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ tran 0.1ms 200ms > plot.txt

-This tells gnucap what to print after a tran simulation than runs the tran +This tells gnucap what to print after a tran simulation then runs the tran simulation, redirecting the printout to a file called plot.txt.

-After the export, write a single word spice in the first line of the -file (e.g. using a text editor), else gnucap won't know the file is in spice -syntax. Then run gnucap 04_passive_tr.cir and it will dump a text +After the export, write the single word spice in the first line of the +file (e.g. using a text editor), otherwise gnucap won't know the file is in +spice syntax. Then run gnucap 04_passive_tr.cir and it will dump a text table to plot.txt. Run gnuplot and type the following command:

 plot "plot.txt" using 1:2 with lines title "v(in)", \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  "plot.txt" using 1:4 with lines title "v(out)";
 

-The gnucap-modified schematics is also available. +The gnucap-modified schematic is also available.

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