Analog Design and Simulation using OrCAD Capture and PSpice

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Chapter Outline

1.1. Starting Capture1

1.2. Creating a PSpice Project2

1.3. Symbols and Parts7

1.3.1. Symbols7

1.3.2. Parts8

1.4. Design Templates10

1.5. Summary12

1.6. Exercises13

Exercise 113

Exercise 215

1.7. Extra Library Work17

Those of you who are familiar with setting up projects and drawing schematics in Capture may want to skip this chapter, as it has been written for those of you who have little or no experience of using Capture. This chapter will describe how to start Capture and how to set up the project type and libraries for PSpice simulation.

At the end of each chapter there are some exercises to do and as you go through the book, each chapter will build upon the exercises from previous chapters.

1.1. Starting Capture ...