Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite. PSpice 17.2 Lite installation and references to documentation. Autor/Datum: Roberto Gandía /

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1 Title: Product: Summary: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite PSpice 17.2 Lite PSpice 17.2 Lite installation and references to documentation Autor/Datum: Roberto Gandía / Table of Contents 1 Overview System Requirements PSpice 17.2 Lite Limitations Download Installation Create your first Project for simulation References...22 Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 1 of 26

2 1 Overview This covers the information to download and install the new OrCAD PSpice 17.2 Lite, the first steps you have to follow in order to create and simulate a design and the references to s, Documents, Videos, Circuit Examples and tutorials, where you can find additional information on how to use OrCAD PSpice 17.2 for your own purposes and goals. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 2 of 26

3 2 System Requirements Operating System Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate or Home Premium (64-bit) Windows 8 (64-bit) All Service Packs Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows 2008 Server R2 Windows 2012 Server (All Service Packs) Recommended Software Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or later Minimum Hardware 4 GB physical memory 10 GB disc space Virtual memory should be at least double the available physical memory 1024 x 768 display resolution for true color (16-bit color) Recommended Hardware: Intel 4 th Generation Core or AMD Kaveri 4 GB physical memory 10 GB free disk space Virtual memory should be at least double the available physical memory 1280 x 1024 display resolution with true color (at least 32-bit color) A dedicated graphics card is recommended Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 3 of 26

4 3 PSpice 17.2 Lite Limitations PSpice 17.2 Lite has the following limits with design site and complexity: PSpice Lite: o Circuit simulation limited to circuits with up to 75 nodes, 20 transistors, no subcircuit limits but 65 digital primitive devices, and 10 transmission lines (ideal or non-ideal) with not more than four pairwise coupled lines. o Device characterization and parameterized part creation using the PSpice Model Editor limited to diodes. o Includes all libraries, including parameterized libraries. o No limit to stimulus generation using Stimulus Editor. o Sample model library named eval.lib (containing analog and digital parts) and evalp.lib (containing parameterized parts) are provided. o You cannot use Level 3 of Core model (Tabrizi), MOSFET BSIM 3.2, or MOSFET BSIM 4 models. o The maximum nodes in a digital circuit can be equal to or less than 250. o The non-ideal Tline is limited to 4. o The PSpice DMI models are not supported in the Lite Version of the simulator. o IBIS import is not supported. o Device model interface (DMI) is not supported. o PSpice SLPS flow is not supported. PSpice Advanced Analysis Lite: o Smoke Analysis: Can run only on diodes, resistors, transistors, and capacitors. o Optimizer: Only Random and MLSQ engines can be used. Values of up to two component parameters can be optimized. A maximum of one measurement specification and one curvefit specification are supported. Only one error calculation method supported for optimizing the curvefit specification. o Parametric Plotter Can sweep the values of only two design and/or model parameters. Only Linear sweep in supported. A maximum of 10 sweeps allowed. Can evaluate the influence of changing parameter values only on one measurement expression or a trace Display Plot is not available. o Monte Carlo Only one measurement specification is allowed. A maximum of three devices with tolerance are supported. Maximum of 20 Monte Carlo runs are supported. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 4 of 26

5 o Sensitivity Only one measurement specification is allowed. A maximum of three devices with tolerance are supported. Maximum of 20 runs are supported. o Encrypted parameterized models cannot be simulated o The Optimizer Random Engine can make a maximum of 5 runs. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 5 of 26

6 4 Download There are two ways to download PSpice 17.2 Lite: 1. From a. Click Products Free OrCAD Lite b. Click Download: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 6 of 26

7 c. Complete and send this request: NOTE: Please fill out all the fields with your true data so that your channel partner can contact with you to give you information about how you can get help and technical support from us. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 7 of 26

8 2. From a. Scroll down the window and select Download Now: b. Complete the request in the same way as shown before. NOTE: After sending the request, you will receive an to download the software: If you do not know, to which Cadence Channel Partner you belong to, browse the next website to find such information: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 8 of 26

9 5 Installation Once you have downloaded the software, unzip it and click on OrCAD-PSpice- Designer-Lite.exe. After that, follow the next steps to do the installation successfully: 1. Click Yes 2. Click Next: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 9 of 26

10 3. Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next: 4. Select to install this application to all users: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 10 of 26

11 5. Browse a directory, where you want to install the program or use the default one. Click Next: 6. Click Install: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 11 of 26

12 7. The installation will take a while. Then click Finish: 8. After the installation you will find the structure of the just installed software if you click Start Cadence Release Capture CIS Lite: Software where you can design your circuit. PSpice AD Lite: Simulator and are to plot the results. PSpice Advanced Analysis Lite: Set of analysis capabilities to optimize parameters, predict reliability and improve quality and yield. PSpice Utilities: Set of tools to be used in combination with Capture and PSpice (Magnetic Parts Editor, Model Editor, Simulation Manager, Stimulus Editor). Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 12 of 26

13 6 Create your first Project for simulation In this module you will learn: - How to create a new Project to be used for PSpice Simulation. - How to define a simulation profile and how to setup the default Cadence libraries for the components you can use for simulation. - How to save, archive and send a complete project. Follow the next steps to complete successfully the goals: 1. Click Start All Programs Cadence Release OrCAD Lite Products and click Capture CIS Lite: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 13 of 26

14 2. The first time you open the software, it will look like this: 3. Click File New Project Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 14 of 26

15 4. Write a Name for the project, Select PSpice Analog or Mixed A/D and Browse a Location: NOTE: In the right side at the bottom you find an Option called Learn with PSpice. If you click on it, you will open the Learning PSpice documentation. In the module 6 you can read extra information. 5. Click OK and immediately a new window appears allowing you to start a Project from a template or to Create a blank project. Select Create a blank project and click OK. 6. The project is created. Make double click on PAGE1 (if it is not opened automatically): Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 15 of 26

16 7. Click on Place Part (Short key P): 8. Click Add Library to add all the available default Cadence libraries for PSpice: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 16 of 26

17 9. Select all the libraries and click Open: NOTE: These libraries contain the symbols that represent the different models in PSpice. Each component in each of these libraries has a PSpice model associated. The most important libraries at the beginning are: ABM.olb Analog Behavioral Models. ANALOG.olb Ideal Analog Parts (R, L, C, etc). BREAKOUT.olb Breakout Parts (Model Editor). SOURCE.olb Voltage and Current sources. SOURCSTM.olb Supported sources by Stimulus Editor SOURCE.olb (accessible through Place Power) Analog-Gorund, HI and LOW. SPECIAL.olb Various models for special purpose like printing, watching, variables, parameter settings, etc. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 17 of 26

18 10. (Additional): If it is the first time and you do not know what you can find in each library, in Capture click on Place PSpice Component Search. A window pops us and you will find all the Cadence components classify in Libraries and in Categories. You can also find a description that helps you to know the most important features of each component. You can place them making double click: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 18 of 26

19 11. Define a new simulation profile clicking on PSpice New Simulation Profile: 12. Click on Create and a window pops up: NOTE: Right now the most important is not to define a particular kind of simulation, but to include all the PSpice libraries to the simulation profile. In the Module 6 you can find information where to look for documentation, where all the steps you have to follow to define each kind of simulation are described. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 19 of 26

20 13. Click on Configuration Files and click on library: 14. Click on browse and Navigate to <directory>\cadence\spb_17.2\tools\pspice\library and look for nom.lib. This library is an index library, which gather the whole Cadence PSpice libraries. 15. Click Open. 16. Click Add as Global: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 20 of 26

21 17. Click OK. 18. Now your PSpice Project is ready to design your circuit and configure the simulation Profile according to the type of simulation you want to run. 19. Click File Archive Project to decide what you want to save and how you want to save it. It allows that all the data can be rapidly saved and sent: 20. Select all the options, browse a directory to save the project and click OK. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 21 of 26

22 7 References This module includes all the references where you can find information about how to use PSpice, how to use PSpice Models downloaded from a manufacturer, s, Videos, Tutorials, Learning PSpice, the new PSpice website, and so on. From OrCAD Capture: 1. Learning PSpice: Click Help Learning PSpice. You find information about electronic issues, how to define Transient Analysis, AC Analysis, etc. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 22 of 26

23 2. Demo Designs: Click File Open Demo Designs. You will find Analog, Digital, Analog/Digital examples that can be used in the Lite Version (Lite = Y). Use them to understand how to use PSpice for your own purposes. NOTE: Click on the Question Mark to get a description of the project, mathematical explanations and other references. 3. Documentation: In Capture click Help Documentation. A window pops up. Click Show Documentation Browser: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 23 of 26

24 - Then select the folder PSpice: - The most important documents for PSpice are: o PSpice Reference Guide o PSpice User Guide o PSpice Quick Reference - The most important documents for Capture: o Capture User Guide You can open them making double click on the folder and then clicking on the PDF icon. NOTE: Click Edit Settings Applications and add the directory to your Adobe executable to open the documentation using PDF: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 24 of 26

25 From FlowCAD Website ( Click Download s to find documents which can help you with issues you want to do in PSpice or to know the new features in PSpice Click on Services/Support FlowCAD Universität to find over 100 videos related to basic electronics, how to design a circuit, how to define each kind of simulation profile and show the results in the probe Window adding traces and using Markers, examples of different electronic configurations, Monte Carlo Analysis, Worstcase analysis, etc. Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 25 of 26

26 NOTE: Click on FlowCAD on Youtube and subscribe in order to be informed when new videos are available. From PSpice Website ( It is the official PSpice community to connect and grow your network, get questions answered by technical experts, discuss topics and exchange ideas to help you grow in the electronic design world. 1. Create new account and have access to the PSpice forum, model libraries, applications, PSpice news, and much more. TO NOT FORGET. If you need technical support, help, extra information, 30-Day Full Test License to test a particular issue, a Web session to present the tool or particular features, do not hesitate to send an or call to your Local Channel Partner: Quick Start PSpice 17.2 Lite Page 26 of 26