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AUTOMATION STUDIO Quick Start Guide - Digital - EN
AUTOMATION STUDIO Quick Start Guide - Digital - EN
AUTOMATION STUDIO Quick Start Guide - Digital - EN
Quick Start Guide to Create Your Digital Electronics Circuit in Automation Studio™
You can also view multiple training videos at: https://www.famictech.ca/en/Support/Automation-Studio/Learn-and-explore
1. Basic Manipulations
1.1 Moving components from the library to your
schematic
Click on a component from the library, and drag-and-drop it
on your schematic.
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1. Basic Manipulations
1.7 Zoom in and out
Click on the “Zoom in / Zoom out” functions from the
“View” tab of the ribbon bar, under the “Zoom” group of 1) in VIEW / ZOOM
functions.
Shortcut: Press and hold down the control key (CTRL), and
then scroll up to zoom in or scroll down to zoom out of the 2) Shortcut:
page. The software will zoom where you are pointing your
mouse.
1.9 Manipulating components 1) Choose the appropriate icon from the “Edit” tab:
Functions to rotate, flip, align, distribute and order
components can be accessed from the “Edit” tab of the
ribbon bar, under the “Layout” group of functions. First,
click on the component(s) and then, click on the desired
function.
2) Shortcut: Right-click on the component to choose the desired
Shortcut: Right-click on the component and choose the operation.
desired manipulation functions, or simply use assigned
hotkeys.
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2. Draw a Chronometer
2.1 Building your first digital electronics circuit
All the components needed for this first circuit are
contained in the “Digital Electronics” library. Simply click on
the following sub-categories to display the components,
and then drag-and-drop the components from the library
(section 1.1) onto your schematic:
Shortcut:
• CTRL+C and CTRL+V
• CTRL+D
• CTRL +Drag and drop
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2. Draw a Chronometer
2.3 Rotating components
To organize the circuit layout, rotate 1 of the “Positive
Power” 180°.
To do so, select the component and from the “Edit” tab,
“Layout” group of functions click on “Position” and choose
“Rotate 180°” from the drop down list.
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3. Simulation
3.1 Start the simulation to see your circuit come to 1) Click on the “Simulation” tab.
life!
Now that all the components are connected, you can start
the simulation.
2) Click on “Normal Simulation”:
Click on the “Normal Simulation” icon from the
“Simulation” tab of the ribbon bar, under the “Control”
group of functions to start simulation.
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