Manual Circuit4

Circuit4
User’s Manual
Revision F
Last Revised: March 9, 2005
Circuit4 Version 1.3.0

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Table of Contents [Tabla De Contenido]
i.
WHAT IS NEW [QUE HAY DE NUEVO]
1. GETTING STARTED [COMENSANDO]
1.1. Requirements [Requerimientos]
1.2. Obtaining Circuit4 [Obteniendo Circuit4]
1.3.Installing Circuit4 [Instalando Circuit4]
1.4. Obtaining Help [Obteniendo Ayuda]
2. BUILDING OUR FIRST CIRCUIT [CONSTRUYENDO NUESTRO PRIMER CIRCUITO]
3. BASIC FUNCTIONS TO BUILD A CIRCUIT [FUNCIONES BASICAS PARA CONSTRUIR UN
CIRCUITO]
3.1. Opening a new file [Abriendo un nuevo archivo]
3.2. Choosing a device [Escojiendo un componente]
3.3. Rotating a device [Rotar un componente]
3.4.Flipping a device [voltear un componente]
3.5. Dropping a device [Salvar un componente]
3.6. Changing the value of a device [Cambiar el valor de un componente]
3.7. Deleting a device [Borrar un componente]
3.8. Drawing a wire [Dibujar un alambre]
3.9. Adding a ground to the circuit [Anadir tierra a un circuito]
3.10.
Scrolling the circuit in the TI92+ and Voyage200 [Moviendo un circuito
enTi92+ y Voyage200]
4. FUNCTIONS TO SOLVE A CIRCUIT [FUNCIONES PARA RESOLVER UN CIRCUITO]
5. TYPES OF CIRCUITS THAT CAN BE CREATED [TIPOS DE CIRCUITOS QUE PUEDEN
SER CREADOS]
6. TYPE OF DEVICES [TIPOS DE COMPONENTES]
6.1. The Op-Amp [El Amplificador Operacional]
6.2. Dependent Voltage and Current Sources [Voltage Dependiente]
6.3. The Oscilloscope [El Osciloscopio]
6.4. The Diode [El Diodo]
7.SETTINGS [CONFIGURACION]
7.1. Grid [Maya]
7.2. Op-Amp Type [Tipos de Op-Amp]
7.3. Node Numbering [Enumeracion de nodos]
7.4. Transfer Function Type [Tipos de funciones caracteristicas del circuito]
7.5. File name display [nombre de archivo]
8. MENU OPTIONS [OPCIONES DE MENU]
8.1. F1: Tools [Erramientas]
8.1.1. Refresh Screen [Refrescar Pantalla]
8.1.2. Center Ckt [Centrar Circuito]8.1.3. Save node voltages in v1,v2,… [Salvar voltages de nodos en v1,v2,…]
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8.1.4. Erase All [Borrar Todo]
8.1.5. Settings [Configuracion]
8.1.6. About… [Informacion sobre Circuit4]
8.2. F2: Solve [Resolver]
8.3. F3: Zoom [Aumento]
8.4. F4: Devices [Componentes]
8.5. F5: Hot Keys[Combinacion de Teclas]
8.6. F6: ? (Help) [Ayuda]
8.7. F7: dsVar [dsVar]
8.8. F8: View [Observar]
8.8.1. forward biased diodes [diodos en la region activa]
8.8.2. non-linear ckt error [error de circuito no linear]
8.8.3. device value [valor de componente]
9. USING THE OSCILLOSCOPE [USANDO EL OSCILOSCOPIO]
9.1. Opening the Graphing Window [Abir la pantalla para graficar]
9.2. Zoom [Aumento]
9.3.Graphing Range [Configuracion para graficar]
9.4. Cursors [lineas]
10. Mode Settings [Configuracion De Modos]
10.1.
Exact/Approx…Exact mode [Modo Exacto]
10.2.
Exact/Approx…Approximate mode [Modo Aproximar]
10.3.
Complex Format…Rectangular mode and Normal mode [Formato
Imaginario…Modo Rectangular y modo Normal]
10.4.
Complex Format…Polar mode [Formato Imaginario… Modo Polar]
11. USINGTHE BODE PLOTTER [USANDO EL GRAFICADOR BODE]
11.1.
Bodex [Bodex]
11.2.
Using the Bode Plotter in a circuit [Usando El Graficador Bode en un
circuito]
12. NON-LINEAR CIRCUITS [ CIRCUITOS NO LINEARES]
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY (BIBLIOGRAFIA)

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i. WHAT IS NEW [QUE HAY DE NUEVO]
New Features:[Nueva Funcionalidad]
• Manual now available in English and Spanish – This manual is both in
English and in Spanish. Brackets will enclose any text in Spanish and the
print will be in Italics. Just like the translation below.
[Manual ahora disponible en Ingles y Espanol – Este manual esta escrito
en Ingles y Espanol. Las partes en Espanol seran enserradas por estos
simobolos “[ ]” y la...