Hook up the circuit like this:įirst, make sure CircuitMaker is in analog mode and not digital mode. If it is in digital mode, then click the button once to switch it back to analog mode. Then, go to the Simulation menu and select Analyses Setup. 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). The run button will turn into the stop button with a stop sign icon. (Note that while the simulation is running, you will not be able to access many settings or edit the circuit. Stop the simulation to make the changes.)Ī multimeter window should appear. If it doesn't, go to Window > Multimeter to bring out the multimeter. 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 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. You can use CircuitMaker to view the transient state of circuits, and make it plot traces like those you would see on an oscilloscope. This section will show how to simulate the transient state and create plots like those found in the RC and RL Exponential Responses page. Use the methods above to create the following circuit: #Circuit maker 2000 how to# Make sure you are running in analog mode, then go to Simulation > Analyses Setup in the menu bar. Uncheck Always set defaults for transient and operating point analyses, and check the Transient/Fourier checkbox.
Then click on the Transient/Fourier button itself to open a new menu.
Here, we set how long we want the simulation to run, and what our time step should be. 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. Usually we should just set Step Time and Max. For our simulation, set Start Time to 0, Stop Time to 10 ms (which is 5RC), and Step Time/ Max.
This should give us 1000 data points, which is plenty. Check the UIC (Use Initial Conditions) box. By default, the capacitor is uncharged at its initial state (the voltage across the capacitor is 0). Warning: If your time step is too small, it will take a long time to simulate. If your time step is too big, you may have problems with accuracy.Įxit the menus and click on the run button. If it doesn't, go to Window > Transient Analysis (Oscilloscope) in the menu bar.
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