If it doesn't, go to Window > Transient Analysis (Oscilloscope) in the menu bar. If your time step is too big, you may have problems with accuracy.Įxit the menus and click on the run button. Warning: If your time step is too small, it will take a long time to simulate. By default, the capacitor is uncharged at its initial state (the voltage across the capacitor is 0). Check the UIC (Use Initial Conditions) box. This should give us 1000 data points, which is plenty. For our simulation, set Start Time to 0, Stop Time to 10 ms (which is 5RC), and Step Time/ Max. Usually we should just set Step Time and Max. CircuitMaker will acutally vary the time steps slightly to help make the plots converge correctly, and we can specify the maximum allowable time step if we wish. Here, we set how long we want the simulation to run, and what our time step should be. Then click on the Transient/Fourier button itself to open a new menu. Uncheck Always set defaults for transient and operating point analyses, and check the Transient/Fourier checkbox. Make sure you are running in analog mode, then go to Simulation > Analyses Setup in the menu bar. Use the methods above to create the following circuit:
#Circuit maker 2000 how to#
This section will show how to simulate the transient state and create plots like those found in the RC and RL Exponential Responses page. You can use CircuitMaker to view the transient state of circuits, and make it plot traces like those you would see on an oscilloscope. If you click on a component's pin, you can view the current flowing into the pin, and if you click on a component, you can view the power dissipated by the component. Select the probe tool, click on the multimeter window, and click on one of the wires in the circuit to view the voltage of the wire. If it doesn't, go to Window > Multimeter to bring out the multimeter. Stop the simulation to make the changes.)Ī multimeter window should appear. (Note that while the simulation is running, you will not be able to access many settings or edit the circuit. The run button will turn into the stop button with a stop sign icon. Make sure only Always set defaults for transient and operating point analyses is selected.Įxit the Analyses Setup window, and click the run button in the toolbar (or press F10). Then, go to the Simulation menu and select Analyses Setup.
If it is in digital mode, then click the button once to switch it back to analog mode. Hook up the circuit like this:įirst, make sure CircuitMaker is in analog mode and not digital mode. We also must add a ground ( Source > Linear > Ground in device selection window), so CircuitMaker will know what to use as a reference when calculating voltages. To connet our circuit, use the wire tool to connect the pins. Enter 100 for its value.Īdd a second resistor, and give it a value of 200 (Ohms). To add a resistor to our circuit, open up the device selection window again, and select Resistors > Resistors > Resistor. In the Label-Value field, change 10V to 5V. Double-click on the symbol (or right-click > Edit Device Data.) to open up a new menu. Now, we are going to change the voltage source from 10V to 5V. (Note that right-clicking on the empty canvas will also bring up a useful context menu.) After you've placed the component, you can right-click it to edit its attributes. To cancel the part placement and get your mouse cursor back, press Esc on your keyboard. The window should disappear and your mouse cursor should become the voltage source symbol. Checking the return box will cause this part selection window to automatically re-open after you've placed the part on the canvas.Įnter 10V into the Label-Value field and click Place. Note that you can specify values and hot keys in this window. We now add a voltage source to our circuit: Source > Linear > VSource. Major Device Class > Minor Device Class > Device Symbol. The components are organized in a hiearchy: The buttons for these tasks are found at the toolbar at the top:Ĭlick on the button on the left to open up the Device Selection window. To add components you can either browse through CircuitMaker's catalogue, or search by the part's name, number, or description. Media:CircuitMaker2000_manual.pdf Drawing Schematicsįor the first part, we will create a simple voltage divider circuit. There are a few differences, but most of the basic stuff is the same as CircuitMaker 6.
#Circuit maker 2000 manual#
You can see the manual for CircuitMaker 2000 here. The following tutorials explain some of Circuitmaker's basic functions. IC ComponentĬircuitMaker is a program that can be used to simulate circuits on a computer.