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In the installation of PSpice some circuits are already included as examples. The examples can be found in the menu under Help > Learning PSpice. Each of these examples explain in English the theory of a circuit and gives a step-by-step guide to simulation. The circuit diagram and the simulation models are all already installed and can be used immediately.
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Below you see a selection of basic electronic circuits. There is a link for a video tutorial, which describes the behaviour of this circuit. The circuit is ready for simulation in PSpice and can be downloaded for free as a .zip file. You can easily reproduce the circuit simulation results and exchange components and settings to better understand the circuit for your own education.
This tutorial is about voltage-smoothing and filtering with a capacitor.
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This short video is about the phase shift occurring between voltage and current.
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This video is about the structure and operation of a boost converter.
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This video is about switching of inductive loads with a transistor and a flyback diode.
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This video is about a series voltage regulator with a Zener diode.
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This video is about capturing a current–voltage characteristic for a diode.
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A bipolar transistor functioning as a switch is another basic circuit.
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This video is about a circuit that is very commonly used in schools and universities.
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Many integrated circuits for digital applications have an open-collector.
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This video is about the use of a transistor in an emitter circuit.
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In this video we want to talk about how to use an operational amplifier.
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Topic of this video is the behavior of a Schmitt Trigger and its implementation with an amplifier.
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This video is about an important basic circuit of electronics - Inverting Schmitt Trigger.
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This video is about the basic structure of a digital-to-analog converter.
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The video shows a tutorial on how to build a phase shifted oscillator.
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This tutorial is about a parallel RLC circuit attached to a DC-voltage supply.
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This tutorial describes the structure and behavior of a low-pass filter.
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This video is about the neutral voltage shift in unbalanced three-phase system.
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Watch this video and learn more about the behavior of balanced loads.
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This video is about the six-pulse bridge circuit, also called B6U.
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This video is about the concept of phase control, as it is seen in simple low power applications
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This video describes the application of a thyristor as a switch.
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In this tutorial we want to describe the stabilization of voltage with the LM317.
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This video is about a 555 timer as a monostable multivibrator circuit.
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This tutorial is about the Root-Mean-Square voltage of an AC waveform.
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In this tutorial we’ll describe how to use the 7805 voltage regulator.
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FlowCAD is often asked which books about PCB layout or signal integrity are recommended. We have listed here some books that our application engineers have read themselves and whose content we subjectively consider to be useful. This list is not exhaustive and FlowCAD has no commercial use for these book recommendations. If authors think that their books should be included here, please send us a preview copy. We will read and include it here if necessary.
PSpice: Einführung in die Elektroniksimulation
7th edition, 2011
400 pages
Language: 
Carl Hanser Verlag
ISBN 978-3446426092
Analoge Schaltungssimulation in OrCAD PSpice (ab Version 16)
2nd edition, 2011
92 pages
Language:
Books on Demand GmbH
ISBN 978-3842318823
Elektroniksimulation mit PSpice:
Analoge und digitale Schaltungen mit ausführlichen Simulationsanleitungen
3rd edition, 2008
406 pages
Language:
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
ISBN 978-3834802385
Switch-Mode Power Supplies:
SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs
1st edition, 2008
889 pages
Language:
Mcgraw-Hill Publ. Comp.
ISBN 978-0071508582
Complete PCB Design Using OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor
2nd edition, 2019
598 pages
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Elsevier / Academic Press
ISBN 978-0128176849
The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to ... Secrets of High-Speed PCBs
Edition 2017
136 pages
Language:
BR Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 978-0998288505
Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified
2nd edition, 2009
800 pages
Language:
Prentice Hall
ISBN 978-0132349796
High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices
1st edition, 2000
362 pages
Language:
Wiley-IEEE Press
ISBN 978-0471360902
Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems
2nd edition, 1988
448 pages
Language:
Wiley
ISBN 978-0471850687
PSPICE A Powerful Simulation tool for Power Electronics & VLSI design
Edition 2020
109 pages
Language:
Independently published
ISBN 979-8669673543
