Generate a “Cheat Sheet” to simplify use of PSPICE Objective: Increase student s

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Generate a “Cheat Sheet” to simplify use of PSPICE

Objective: Increase student skills in using Software support

Software modelling tools greatly increase the Engineers efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy.   Computer models can provide a wealth of information on which to base decisions. However, most modeling programs require a commitment to fully learn. The purpose of this exercise is to generate a list of the most helpful hints that allow you to use SPICE quickly and easily.   

For this assignment, you will generate a list of your discoveries about using SPICE. You can include bugs that you have run into and solved, changes to the inputs or the displays that allow you to get answers faster, shortcuts, ways to save your data, or embed it into final reports, or any other ideas that made it easier to complete lab 1.  

For this exercise, discuss or upload in the forum:

Questions about error messages

Comparison of different simulation analyses and how similar was the data

Problems or solutions using a different version of SPICE.

An online teaching material that was especially helpful

Explanation / Answer

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Pspice is a SPICE circuit simulator application for simulation and verification of analog and mixed-signal circuits. PSpice is an acronym for Personal Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis.

1 Error messages

*No available buffer identifiers.
*The procedure entry point iRedsPIInitConfiguration could not be located in the dynamic link library consmgr.dll
*COMPILE 'logic' CHECK_PIN_NAMES OFF
*CROSS_REFERENCE OFF
*FEEDBACK OFF INCREMENTAL OFF

2 SPICE included these analyses:
A. AC analysis, linear small-signal frequency domain analysis.
B. DC analysis, nonlinear quiescent point calculation.
C. DC transfer curve analysis. A sequence of nonlinear operating points calculated while sweeping an input voltage or current, or a circuit parameter.
D. Noise analysis. Asmall signal analysis done using an adjoint matrix technique which sums uncorrelated noise currents at a chosen output point.

3.Uses..tool

Pspice highly accurate modeling capability, many Colleges and Universities use this type of software for the teaching of electronics technician and electronics engineering programs.
Electronics simulation software engages the user by integrating them into the learning experience. These kinds of interactions actively engage learners to analyze, synthesize, organize, and evaluate content and result in learners constructing their own knowledge.
Simulating a circuit’s behavior before actually building it can greatly improve design efficiency by making faulty designs known as such, and providing insight into the behavior of electronics circuit designs.
In particular, for integrated circuits, the tooling (photo masks) is expensive, breadboards are impractical, and probing the behavior of internal signals is extremely difficult. Pspice working is good for all activity.

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