BASIC PARTS BIN Connector The round dot in the Basic parts bin is a connector.

Use it to join wires in a circuit. A connector has four terminals, one on each side. It can join up to four wires. Connectors are created automatically when you stretch a wire so that it touches another wire. Connector behaviour is affected by the settings in the iring tab of the Circuit!"chematic #ptions dialog bo$. %esistor A resistor&s resistance is measured in ohms. It can have any value from ' to ( '. The %esistance, %, of a resistor instance is calculated using the following e)uation* % + %o , - . / TC.,0T 1 To2 / TC3,40T1To2536 7 The resistor is ideal, with the temperature co1efficient set to 8ero. To include resistors in the Temperature Analysis, set the temperature co1efficients TC. and TC3 in the resistor properties dialog bo$. Capacitor A capacitor stores electric energy in the form of an electrostatic field. It affects AC relative to capacitance and fre)uency and 9C depending on capacitance alone. Its capacitance, measured in farads, can be any value from p: to :. Inductor An inductor stores energy in an magnetic field created by changes in current flowing through it. Its ability to oppose a change in current flow is called inductance 0;2, which is measured in henrys. It can have any value from <= to =. Transformer Transformers are one of the most common and useful applications of inductance. They can step up or step down an input primary voltage 0>.2 to a secondary voltage 0>32. The relationship is given by >.!>3 + n, where n is the ratio of the primary turns to the secondary turns. The parameter n can be adjusted by editing the transformer&s model. %elay The magnetic relay is a coil with a specified inductance 0;c, in henries2 that causes a contact to open or close when a specified current 0Ion, in A2 charges it. The contact remains in the same position until the current falls below the holding value 0Ihd, in A2, at which point it returns to its original position. "witch The single1pole, double1throw switch can be closed or opened 0turned on or off2 by pressing a ?ey on the ?eyboard. @ou specify the ?ey that controls the switch by typing its name in the >alue tab of the Circuit!Component Aroperties dialog bo$. :or e$ample, if you want the switch to close or open when the spacebar is pressed, type space in the >alue tab, then clic? #B. To use... Type... "pacebar space CDTC% CDTC% letters a to 8 the letter 0e.g. a2 numbers E to Fthe number 0e.g. .2 Time19elay "witch The time1delay switch has two values, time on 0Ton2 and time off 0Toff2. It has an infinitely high resistance at Toff 0when the switch is open2 and an infinitely low resistance at Ton 0when the switch is closed2. Ton cannot be e)ual to Toff. Both values must be greater than 8ero.

>oltage1Controlled "witch The voltage1controlled switch has two values, turn1on voltage 0>on2 and turn1off voltage 0>off2. It closes when the voltage across the controlling terminals is e)ual to or greater than the parameter >on. It opens when the voltage is e)ual to or less than >off. >oltage1controlled switches can be used to model digital gates. Current1Controlled "witch The current1controlled switch is similar to the voltage1controlled switch. hen the current through the controlling terminals is e)ual to Ion, the switch closes. hen the current e)uals Ioff, the switch opens. This switch can be used to model digital gates. Aull1Up %esistor The pull1up resistor has one end connected to >cc. The other end is connected to a point in a logic circuit that needs to be raised to a voltage level closer to >cc. Aotentiometer A potentiometer is much li?e a regular resistor, e$cept that you can change its resistance by adjusting its setting. In the >alue tab of the Circuit!Component Aroperties dialog bo$, you set the potentiometer&s resistance, initial setting 0as a percentage2 and increment 0as a percentage2. @ou also identify the ?ey 0GAG to GHG2 that you will use to control the setting. To decrease the potentiometer&s setting, press the identified ?ey. To increase the setting, press and hold "=I:T and press the identified ?ey. :or e$ample, say the potentiometer is set to IJK, the increment is JK and the ?ey is G%G. @ou press G%G, and the setting drops to IEK. @ou press G%G again, and it drops to LJK. @ou press "=I:T and G%G, and the setting rises to IEK. %esistor Aac? This component is a pac?age containing eight resistors, side by side. The terminals for each resistor are directly opposite each other. The values of all resistors are the same and can be set globally by dragging a resistor pac? into the circuit window, double1clic?ing it and entering the value in the >alue tab of the dialog bo$ that appears. >oltage1Controlled Analog "witch The voltage controlled switch has a function similar to that performed by a mechanical #n!#ff switch e$cept that the #n!#ff conditions are selected by a control voltage. hen the control voltage is below a selected value, the switch is off and the input and output signals are disconnected. hen the control voltage is above the selected value, the switch is on and the input and output signals are connected. In the e$ample shown below, the analog switch is used to periodically sample a sine wave input signal 0lower waveform on the display2 at intervals determined when the control signal is high, above I.F> for this model. hen the control voltage drops below I.M> the switch is turned off and the output drops to 8ero. The sampled waveform at the output is the upper waveform on the display. Inputs may be any waveshape and any 0reasonable2 values. This type of sampling is utili8ed in time division multiple$ systems. #bserve the C#DT%#; 0switching2 waveform and the output to confirm switching operation. "ampling rate may be changed by changing the fre)uency of the C;#CB generator. An e$ample of an IC performing this function is the (C.IE.N, a .I pin IC which includes four individual analog switches with individual switching control inputs.

Aolari8ed Capacitor The polari8ed capacitor must be connected with the right polarity. #therwise, an error message will appear. Its capacitance, measured in farads, can be any value from p: to :. >ariable Capacitor The variable capacitor is simulated as an open circuit with a current across the capacitor forced to 8ero by a large impedance value. >alues are set in the same way as those for the potentiometer. >ariable Inductor This component acts e$actly li?e a regular inductor, e$cept that its setting can be adjusted. The variable inductor is simulated as an open circuit with a current across the inductor forced to 8ero by a large impedance value. >alues are set in the same way as for the potentiometer. Coreless Coil This component is a conceptual model that you can use as a building bloc? to create a wide variety of inductive and magnetic circuit models. Typically, you would use the coreless coil together with the magnetic core to build up systems that moc? the behavior of linear and nonlinear magnetic components. #utput is in the form of a voltage proportional to the product of input current and number of turns, and represents the magnetomotive force 0mmf2 which is produced. The output voltage behaves li?e a magnetomotive force in a magnetic circuit, that is, when the coreless coil is connected to the magnetic core or some other resistive device, a current flows. (agnetic Core This component is a conceptual model that you can use as a building bloc? to create a wide variety of inductive and magnetic circuit models. It may be used in a wide variety of linear and non1linear magnetic component designs. Typically, you would use the magnetic core together with the coreless coil to build up systems that moc? the behavior of linear and nonlinear magnetic components. The two magnetic modeling components are combined in the nonlinear transformer. It ta?es as input a voltage which it treats as a magnetomotive force 0mmf2 value. This input voltage, in many cases, would be obtained from the coreless coil. Donlinear Transformer This component is based on a general model that can be customi8ed for different applications. It is implemented using a magnetic core and coreless coil as building bloc?s, together with resistors and inductors. Using this transformer, you can model physical effects such as nonlinear magnetic saturation, primary and secondary winding losses, primary and secondary lea?age inductances, and core geometric si8e.