Index: simulation/raw/01_dc.html =================================================================== --- simulation/raw/01_dc.html (revision 8795) +++ simulation/raw/01_dc.html (revision 8796) @@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Note: these symbols do not have a footprint attribute so they are not exported in the PCB workflow.

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Click the image to get the sch-rnd sheet

SPICE: what is a DC op point

@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ In the op point analysis, the simulator will apply all sources, assume all inductors are shorted and assume all capacitors are open and then calculate the voltage for all nodes. (Node is the spice terminology for an equipotential -electrical network.) This simulation is not time or frequency dependent, amd +electrical network.) This simulation is not time or frequency dependent, and represents a single DC operating point once the circuit has already stabilized.

In our example, this means V1's 5V is applied and the voltages at in, out1 and Index: simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html =================================================================== --- simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html (revision 8795) +++ simulation/raw/04_passive_tr.html (revision 8796) @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The single-sheet schematic contains the filter, the voltage source and the spice command symbol.

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SPICE: what a tran simulation is

Index: simulation/sim/01_dc/index.html =================================================================== --- simulation/sim/01_dc/index.html (revision 8795) +++ simulation/sim/01_dc/index.html (revision 8796) @@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ named. There are no extra symbols for the simulation, the circuit is in its original form, as designed for the PCB workflow.

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Click the image to get the sch-rnd sheet; also requires this project.lht in the same directory

SPICE: what is a DC op point

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This opens the simulation setup dialog for the selected sim setup.

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Simulation setup dialog, with 3 tabs
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Simulation setup dialog, with 3 tabs

The sim setup dialog has 3 tabs and a control block on the bottom. Each tab is configuring an important aspect of the given simulation setup @@ -145,8 +147,9 @@

  • ... and no AC value or time dependent (function) value

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    Simulation modification, adding a DC voltage source
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    Simulation modification, adding a DC voltage source

    Or in short: this is the 5V power supply connected to CN1.

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    Simulation setup dialog, second tab
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    Simulation setup dialog, second tab

    Select the first entry, which runs the 'op' analysis and presents the result simply printing values. Click on the edit button. This opens the sim output @@ -181,8 +185,9 @@ or a component-port pair (or a function based on one of these). In this example we are measuring voltages at two pins of connector CN2.

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    Simulation output configuration for op+print
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    Simulation output configuration for op+print

    Sim setup: run & output

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    Simulation setup dialog, third tab, after execution
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    Simulation setup dialog, third tab, after execution