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Lecture 18: Circuit Simulation in Proteus

This document provides an overview of the circuit simulation software Proteus. It describes the main interface components, including the workspace for building circuits, libraries for adding passive and active components, and instruments for analyzing output like an oscilloscope. The summary also outlines the basic process of constructing a sample circuit with a resistor, capacitor, inductor, and pulse generator power source. Key steps involve placing components in the workspace, connecting them, adding probes for measuring voltage and current, running the simulation, and viewing output on the oscilloscope.

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Lecture 18: Circuit Simulation in Proteus

This document provides an overview of the circuit simulation software Proteus. It describes the main interface components, including the workspace for building circuits, libraries for adding passive and active components, and instruments for analyzing output like an oscilloscope. The summary also outlines the basic process of constructing a sample circuit with a resistor, capacitor, inductor, and pulse generator power source. Key steps involve placing components in the workspace, connecting them, adding probes for measuring voltage and current, running the simulation, and viewing output on the oscilloscope.

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Lecture 18: Circuit Simulation in Proteus

This lecture introduces a circuit simulation software “Proteus”. When you open the software the
following window opens:

Fig. 1: Proteus home window


Once you click “ISIS”, the following screen will pop-up.

Fig. 2: Proteus circuit schematic console (ISIS)


There are labels on the figure starting from 1 to 6, all of these labels are explained below:

1. Passive Components:
All passive components such as resistors, capacitors and inductors are selected from this
button. Once you click “P”, the following window will pop-up. Search for a passive
component in the keywords or find a component from a category, both options work.
Let’s say you want to add a resistor, write “res” in the keywords, double click on the
device in the results and it will be added to workspace labelled 2 in Fig. 2. Same procedure
goes with the other passive components.

Fig. 3: Passive component selection


2. Workspace:
Workspace is the place where all the circuit elements must be stored before making a
schematic. You can always add or remove a component from the workspace anytime
during the circuit development and simulation process.

Once you have added passive components in the workspace, you are ready to start
building the circuit. Let’s say, you have added a resistor, a capacitor and an inductor to
the workspace. The grid shown is the place for circuit simulation. In the workspace, select
the component to be placed and click on the grid, the component will be placed on the
grid.
If you double click (left) on the component, its property window pops up. The resistance
value can be modified by changing the number in the corresponding textbox. Note: Mind
the unit of the component. If you single click (right) you can rotate or flip the component as
per your circuit design. You can zoom in and zoom out with the scroll on the mouse.

Lets say, the following components are placed as shown below:

Note: Do not place components too near or too far.


Now coming towards the connection part. Right terminal of resistor should be
connected to the left connection of the inductor. This can be done by double left
click on the one of the terminal, it will initiate a line (wire) and you can connect
to the other terminal. Note: Doing this will take the software into wiring mode, in order to
quit wiring mode, you have to click a black arrow near the top left side on the main console.
3. Ground/Reference:
Each circuit needs a ground or a reference with which all the voltages are measured. This
can be done by clicking 3 shown in Fig. 2. From the terminals, select “GROUND” and
place it on the circuit grid on the desired location and connect as per the same procedure
done for component connections. Note: you can put multiple ground terminals in one circuit
to avoid wire overlapping and better visibility.

4. Power/Signal Source:
A power or signal source must be provide to operate any circuit. This is done by clicking
4 in Fid. 2. Following are the options that you can select:

Mostly, at this stage, you will be dealing with the first three DC, SINE (AC) and
PULSE. In this circuit, we are using a square wave, PULSE should be used. Just
place it on the circuit grid, double left click, the pulse generator property window
will open. You can do the setting such as high voltage, low voltage, pulse width
and frequency as per the simulation requirements.
5. Voltage/current probes:
Voltage and current probes are used for DC circuits. If you place them on the circuit at a
particular node, they tell the instantaneous value of the current or voltage. NOTE: these
probes can be used in square or AC circuits as well but there value would be changing and nothing
can be interpreted. For instance, in the circuit below a current probe is attached in between
the resistor and the inductor whereas a voltage probe in attached in between the inductor
and the capacitor.

6. Instruments:
In order to understand the response of the circuit, instruments are required such as
oscilloscopes and function generators as used in the experimental laboratories. Proteus
provides few instruments as shown below, oscilloscope is being the most used one. There
are maximum of four channels available in this oscilloscope. In this circuit, we need to see
the voltage input and the corresponding voltage output across the capacitor. Therefore,
two channels will be needed. In this particular example, the input is connected with
Channel A and the output is connected with Channel B. Note: All the values are with
reference to the GROUND.
Now, we can run a simulation of the circuit made. There are four buttons on the left
bottom as play, debug, pause and stop in the order mentioned. You need play, pause or
stop the simulation. Once you run the simulation, an output window of the oscilloscope
should open. If it doesn’t, click the “Debug” drop down menu and click “Digital
Oscilloscope” while the simulation is running as shown below:
The settings of the oscilloscope are similar to one is the lab. Main Features are explained
in the figure below:

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