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Orcad Pspice Capture Fundamentals

1.1  Introduction
SPICE (Simulated Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) is one of the
industry standards software for circuit simulation. It can be used among
other circuit analysis to perform alternating current, direct current, Fourier,
and Monte-Carlo analysis. SPICE continues to be the standard for analog
circuit simulation for the electronics industry over the past decades. There
are several SPICE-derived simulation packages. Among these are ORCAD,
PSPICE, Meta-software HSPICE, and Intusoft IS-SPICE.
PSPICE has additional features as compared to classical SPICE. Among
some of the useful features are:

1. PSPICE has a post-processor program, PROBE, which can be used

for interactive graphical display of simulation results.
2. Current flowing through an inductor, capacitor, resistor, can be eas-
ily obtained without inserting a current monitor in series with the
passive elements.
3. PSPICE has analog behavioral model facility that allows modeling
of analog circuit functions by using mathematical equations, tables,
and transfer functions.
4. PSPICE does not distinguish between uppercase or lowercase char-
acter. In SPICE, all characters in the source file must be uppercase.
(For example, rab and RAB are considered equivalent in PSPICE.)

1.2  PSPICE Schematics

1.2.1  Starting ORCAD Capture
The PSPICE discussed in this book runs under the Windows Operating
System. Examples and instructions in this book are based on PSPICE