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Circuitmaker 2000 (The Symbol Will Be Replaced by a Rectangle) CircuitMaker® 2000 the virtual electronics lab™ CircuitMaker User Manual advanced schematic capture mixed analog/digital simulation Revision A Software, documentation and related materials: Copyright © 1988-2000 Protel International Limited. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication of the software, manual or related materials by any means, mechanical or electronic, including translation into another language, except for brief excerpts in published reviews, is prohibited without the express written permission of Protel International Limited. Unauthorized duplication of this work may also be prohibited by local statute. Violators may be subject to both criminal and civil penalties, including fines and/or imprisonment. CircuitMaker, TraxMaker, Protel and Tango are registered trademarks of Protel International Limited. SimCode, SmartWires and The Virtual Electronics Lab are trademarks of Protel International Limited. 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Printed by Star Printery Pty Ltd ii Table of Contents Chapter 1: Welcome to CircuitMaker Introduction............................................................................................1-1 Required User Background..............................................................1-1 Required Hardware/Software...........................................................1-1 Installing CircuitMaker ...........................................................................1-2 Updating from a Previous Version....................................................1-2 Multi-User (Project) Installations .......................................................1-6 Technical Support ..................................................................................1-8 About the Documentation ......................................................................1-8 Manual Conventions ........................................................................1-9 Using On-line Help ...........................................................................1-9 Where to Go from Here ..................................................................1-10 Chapter 2: Getting Started CircuitMaker Basics..............................................................................2-1 Starting CircuitMaker .......................................................................2-1 CircuitMaker Workspace .................................................................2-1 Connectivity .....................................................................................2-2 About the CircuitMaker Windows .....................................................2-2 Anatomy of a Schematic Drawing ....................................................2-3 CircuitMaker Conventions ................................................................2-3 CircuitMaker Files ...........................................................................2-3 Accessing Tools and Features ..............................................................2-4 Task Overview .................................................................................2-4 Using the Toolbar .............................................................................2-4 Using the Mouse ..............................................................................2-6 Hotkeys ...........................................................................................2-7 Shortcut Keys ..................................................................................2-7 Saving Schematic Options ....................................................................2-9 Basic .CKT File Management .............................................................2-10 Starting, Saving & Closing a .CKT File ...........................................2-10 Opening and Re-Opening a .CKT File............................................2-10 Reverting to Previously Saved File .................................................2-10 Contents iii Chapter 3: Tutorials Tutorial 1: Drawing a Schematic ............................................................3-1 Using the Browse tab in the Panel ....................................................3-1 Placing a Transistor .........................................................................3-3 Placing the Resistors .......................................................................3-3 Placing +V and Ground Devices ......................................................3-3 Changing Resistor Label-Values......................................................3-4 Wiring the Circuit Together ...............................................................3-5 Tutorial 2: Digital Logic Simulation ........................................................3-6 Tutorial 3: Analog Simulation .................................................................3-7 Simple Circuit Simulation.................................................................3-7 Creating a Simple RC Circuit.........................................................3-10 Simulating a Simple AC Circuit ......................................................3-12 Tutorial 4: More Circuit Simulation .......................................................3-14 Setting Up the Analysis ..................................................................3-16 Running the Simulation ..................................................................3-18 Mixed-Signal Simulation Example ..................................................3-23 Chapter 4: Drawing and Editing Schematics The Drawing & Editing Tools .................................................................4-1 Arrow Tool .......................................................................................4-2 Wire Tool .........................................................................................4-2 Text Tool ...........................................................................................4-2 Delete Tool ......................................................................................4-3 Zoom Tool ........................................................................................4-3 Rotate Button ...................................................................................4-4 Mirror Button ....................................................................................4-4 Grid, Title Block and Borders.................................................................4-4 Grid .................................................................................................4-4 Title Block ........................................................................................4-5 Borders ...........................................................................................4-6 Finding and Placing Devices.................................................................4-6 The Browse Tab ...............................................................................4-6 The Search Tab ...............................................................................4-8 Hotkeys ...........................................................................................4-9 iv Contents Placing Devices ..................................................................................4-10 Selecting Devices.......................................................................... 4-11 Nudging Devices ...........................................................................4-12 Wiring the Circuit.................................................................................4-12 Auto Wire Routing..........................................................................4-13 Manual Wire Routing......................................................................4-14 Quick Connect Wiring ....................................................................4-14 Extending, Joining, and Cutting Wires ............................................4-15 Deleting Wire Segments ................................................................4-16 Highlighting an Entire Node............................................................4-16 Moving Devices with Connected Wires ..........................................4-16 Bus Wires ...........................................................................................4-16 Bus Connection Wires ...................................................................4-17 Node Names and Connectivity ............................................................4-18 Power Bus Connections ......................................................................4-20 Labeling the Schematic .......................................................................4-22 Using the Text Tool to Label ............................................................4-22 Changing Device Labels................................................................4-22 Device Properties ...............................................................................4-23 Device ...........................................................................................4-24 Label-Value ...................................................................................4-24 Designation ...................................................................................4-24 Description ....................................................................................4-25 Package ........................................................................................4-25
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