Lab Experiment #2

Mohamed Azzouz
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EGR240202L
February, 20 2022.

Laboratory Experiment #2: Intro to Pspice

Table of contents:

I) Introduction
II) Experimental Procedure
III)Results and discussion
IV) Conclusion
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Introduction:
The purpose of this experiment is to get familiar with using Pspice and building circuits in it.
Also, it is about getting familiar with building a circuit in breadboard. For Pspice, we started by
learning how to place parts and the letters that symbols each part. Then we learned how to place
them in circuit and how to connect the circuit. Also, some other important properties of pspice
like changing the values and the names of the parts.
The experiment consists of two main parts. The first part is about checking the values that we
calculated using Pspice. And the second part is about doing some analytic analysis.
Experimental procedure:
In the first part of this experiment, we will start by building a circuit [figure 1], and then will
solve the circuit elements by hand. For this circuit, we will find the current value through R1,
R2, and R3.Also, we will find the voltage across R3. After that, we will check the result of our
calculations by using Pspice. The first part also includes performing a DC sweep. We will sweep
our circuit over a voltage that ranges from 25V to 75V in steps in 10V and check how the
voltage across V3 is affected. The second part of the experiment will be about performing
parametric analysis. In this part, we will change the value of R3 to check how this will affect the
values of the voltage and current. We will range the value of R3 from 60 to 100 ohms in steps of
20 ohms, and we will plot the results.
Results and discussion:
1- Solving the circuit and performing a DC sweep.
Calculating the current through R1,R2,R3 and the voltage across R3.

Figure 1: A simple resistive circuit.

Solving the circuit:
According to KVL in the first loop, we have -50+V1+V2 = 0 (passive sign convention)
Gives us -50+4i1+20i2 = 0 
According to KCL,
we have i=i1+i2 
Calculating i3 from the above equations gives us i3 =0.5A And i2=4i3 ; i1=5i3 
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As a result i1= 2.5A; i2=2A; i3=0.5A

Calculating V3: V3= 0.5*80= 40V
Using Pspice:

Figure 2: Calculation using Pspice.

DC sweep:
The voltage across R3 increases when we perform the DC sweep from 25V to 75V in steps of
10V.

Figure 3: DC sweep graph.

2- Parametric analysis:
We will check how varying the value of the resistance R3 in the circuit will effect the value of
the voltage and current. We will vary the resistance value from 60 ohms to 100 ohms in steps of
20 ohms.
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Figure 4: RVAL Circuit.

As we can see in the graph, the varriation of R3 increases the voltage and decreases the current.
This was expected, as stated in Ohm’s Law if the resistance changes, the voltage and the current
changes too as we have the following equation : R= V/I

Figure 5: Current and voltage of R3.

Conclusion:
By doing this lab experiment we learned how to construct a circuit in the Breadboard, and how to
use Pspice. We used Pspice to build a circuit and analyze it using DC sweep and parametric
analysis.
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