How To Use PSPICE

I. Launching PSpice

1) Launch Cadence:

School Version: Start→ Release 16.3 → Design Entry CIS

Demo Version: Start →Cadence-→ OrCAD 16.5 Lite → OrCAD Capture CIS Lite

2) School: From the Pop-up Menu select:

Studio Selection Suite: PCB Design CIS XL, hit <OK>

3) Create a new project

a) On the top toolbar select: File->New->Project

You will see the pop-up menu shown below

b) Select a path for your project. (If you are running the tool at school, you need to browse and place the part in your student account on the H: drive)

c) Enter a name for your project

d) Make sure to select Analog or Mixed A/D, otherwise you will not be able to simulate

e) Click <OK> to close the window

4) School: You will see a pop-up menu select: Create blank project

II. Creating a Schematic

(Note the schematic that is produced might not be appropriate for PCB layout)

Adding Libraries and Placing parts

5) To place a part:

• Hit bindkey p OR

• Select Place part icon (toolbar on rhs) OR

• Select Place->Part (Top toolbar)

The parts that you will be adding are in Libraries that need to be loaded.

6) To add a Library:

a) Select the add Library Icon in the Place Part Pop-up menu

b) In the Browse File pop-up menu browse to Add the library path (see below)

Demo version path: C: OrCAD/OrCAD_16.5_Lite/tools/capture/library/Pspice

School version path: C: Cadence/SPB_16.3/tools/capture/library/Pspice

c) Click on the blank part of the window and hit <ctrl a> to select all the libraries (see below)

d) Select Open to add the selected libraries (see below)

The libraries have now been added and you can place parts

7) Placing Parts

a) In the Place part pop-up menu enter the name of the part that you wish to add (Here we have entered R)

b) IMPORTANT: You can find the part R in several libraries. Select the part R from the library Analog. (Notation: R/ANALOG)

c) Hit <enter> to add the part

d) If the part was not in the design cache you will see a pop-up menu. Hit <yes> If you should get this menu.

e) Move your cursor on the schematic to where you want to place the part. Click your mouse at the location

f) You will continue to be able to place parts that are of the type that you selected. Hit <esc> to end placing parts.

g) If you wish to rotate or flip a part as you place it use the following bindkeys

Rotate r

Horizontal flip h

Vertical flip v

Common Editing Commands

Move parts:

• Select the part (or parts) you wish to move with your mouse

• Drag the part(s) to the new location

Undo: hit ^z

Copy:

• Select the part (or parts) you wish to copy with your mouse

• Hit ^c

• The object in now in the clipboard

• If you are writing a laboratory report this clip board is available to Microsoft products. So you can use this command to paste entire schematics in your reports (^v).

Paste:

• Hit ^v

• Move your cursor to where you want to place the object that is in the clipboard

• Click your cursor at the desired location.

Rotate

• Select the desire part Hit bindkey r OR from the main menu: Edit-> rotate

Mirror (flip) horizontally

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