Exercise no.

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DC CIRCUIT SIMULATION USING ORCAD CAPTURE
Name: __________________________________ Course/Yr: ________
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I. OBJECTIVE
To solve DC circuits aalytically a! veri"y t#e results usi$ O%C&D C&'T(%E.
II. B&)IC CONCE'T)
O%C&D C&'T(%E is a sc#ematic simulatio approac#. You !ra* eac# compoet
+actually, !ra$$i$ compoet to *or-i$ space. a! *it# applicatio o" aalysis
type, *e ca /! t#e volta$e, curret, a! eve po*er !istri0ute! o eac#
compoet. 1i-e ')pice, t#e so"t*are $ives t#e results 0ut i a visual sc#ematic "orm.
But /rst, #ere are t#e t*o e2amples usi$ t#e O%C&D C&'T(%E.
Example no. 1.
Determie t#e output volta$e Vo i t#e et*or- o" 3i$ure 4. (se pecil a! paper
met#o! a! veri"y your results *it# O%C&D C&'T(%E.
a. (si$ &alytical 5et#o! +'aper66'ecil 5et#o!.
( ) volts k
k k k
k
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o
0 . 4 1 *
1 5 3
3
* 30 18 =

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0. (si$ O%C&D C&'T(%E. Ope t#e C&'T(%E 1ITE e!itio a! create a e*
!ocumet +tool0ar o t#e upper le"t si!e corer. a! you *ill prompt to save a
e* /le. 1et say /leame o" c-t4sample. By !ra$$i$ or selecti$ a
compoet li-e resistor +%., or DC curret source +IDC., a $rou! +po*er
$rou! locate! o t#e ri$#t6si!e corer., or volta$e source to place o t#e
*or-i$ space "or circuit, coect eac# compoet 0y usi$ 7I%E +locate! at
t#e upper6ri$#t corer..
5a-e a e* simulatio pro/le, let us say C8T4)&5'1E_0ias poit. T#is
simulatio pro/le *ill compute eac# volta$e, curret, a! eve po*er
!istri0ute! o a! across eac# compoet. 1i-e ')pice, t#e results are $ive
0y computer simulatio.
Our as*ers co/rms our pecil66 paper solutio, *#ic# is 9 :.; volts.
Ne2t try to solve t#e e2t e2ample
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Example 2. Determie t#e value o" Vo i t#e circuit o" 3i$ure <.
a. By 'ecil66'aper )olutio. Try to rearra$i$ t#e circuit 0y simpli"yi$ t#e
resistors= coectio.. You *ill see t#at > -? a! @ -? are parallel, a! t#e
com0iatio is i series *it# : -?. T#e, t#e resulti$ com0iatio is i
parallel *it# : -? a! 4< -?, a! i series *it# : -?. T#e t*o volta$e sources
are series ai!i$, meai$ t#ey *ill su0tract a! t#e lar$er potetial *ill carry
t#e polarity "or t#e resulti$ potetial !iAerece.
Our solutio t#e is
k k k k k k R
R
I
volts I k V
T
T
O
4 12 // 4 // ) 4 6 // 3 (
6 12
2 * 4 * ) 6 12 (
+ + =

=
= =
0. (si$ t#e O%C&D C&'T(%E, *e also o0taie! < volts across t#e :6-?, a! t#at
co/rm our 'ecil66'aper solutio
No*, try to solve t#e 'ro0lems to 'o!er usi$ +a. 'aper66'ecil, a! +0.
O%C&D C&'T(%E. 5a-e sure t#at t#ey solutio s#oul! 0e eBual i eit#er
solutio.
III. '%OB1E5) to 'ONDE%
4. )olve "or t#e curret Io, t#e volta$e across it, a! t#e po*er !issipate! usi$
pecil66paper solutio. Veri"y your solutio 0y rui$ a O%C&D C&'T(%E.
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<. 3i! t#e output volta$e a! t#e po*er !elivere! 0y a < m&. Veri"y your results
0y usi$ a O%C&D C&'T(%E a! ')pice.
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