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Circuit Shop
Circuit Shop
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Circuit Shop
v2.05 - July 2005


Copyright © 1997-2005 Cherrywood Systems.


All rights reserved.




















This manual is a printable version of Circuit Shop's help file. There are two parts to the manual:


The first part lists the help topics which make up Circuit Shop's reference manual. Pages in this
portion are numbered
1
through
113
.


The second part lists the topics which make up Circuit Shop's basic electronics tutorial. Pages in this
portion are numbered
200
through
295
.

In the on-line help system, help topics are selected by clicking on a highlighted word or set of words in a topic.
In this manual, topics are referenced as page number footnotes. In other words, a footnote specifies the page
number where the topic can be found. For example, the footnote on the following text,
Purchasing
information
8
indicates the topic can be found on page
8
.
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Circuit Shop Help


Copyright © 1997-2005 Cherrywood Systems.


All rights reserved.


Before You Begin


What is Circuit Shop
6


Technical support
10



FAQ - frequently asked questions
6


Purchasing information
8


Warranty
11


Getting Started


Starting and exiting Circuit Shop
12


Creating and editing diagrams
12


Help topic tree
3


Tutorials


Tutorial help topics
201


General tutorial introduction and instructions
201



Resistors and simple circuits
205



Capacitors, inductors and transformers tutorial
234



Alternating current tutorial
251



Semiconductor tutorial
266



Digital circuits tutorial
278


Tutorial topic tree
203


Circuit Analysis


Circuit analysis help topics
26



DC analysis
26



Sinusoidal steady state analysis
29



Frequency response
31



Digital analysis
37


References


Circuit Shop files
89


Toolkits
60
-
Digital
60
-
Analog
61
-
Paint
63


Dialog boxes
70


Glossary
94


Hints
92


Menu commands
44


Toolbar commands
44


Unit conversion
89

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Topic Tree

The following topic tree shows the structure of and provides quick access to Circuit Shop's help topics.

Contents
2


What is Circuit Shop
6


Technical support
10



FAQ - frequently asked questions
6


Purchasing information
8



by cheque or money order
9



by web transaction
10



by purchase order
10


Warranty
11



Starting and exiting Circuit Shop
12


Creating and editing diagrams
12


Creating a new diagram window
15


Opening an existing diagram
21



Adding devices or objects to a diagram
13


Deleting devices or objects from a diagram
17


Diagram annotations
18



Adding text objects to a diagram
13



Adding line objects to a diagram
14



Adding
13
-
moving
19
-
deleting a line vertex
17



Moving an entire line object
20



Selecting objects
22


Modifying device values or other object attributes
19


Moving
19
-
Rotating
21
-
Scaling devices
22
-
Resizing objects
21



Edit|Undo
51
-
Redo
51


Edit|Cut
50
-
Copy
49
-
Paste
50
-
Append
49
-
Select all
51



Connecting devices - adding wires
15


Adding
13
-
moving
19
-
deleting a wire vertex
17



Creating
16
-
Editing custom symbols
18



Creating circuits inside integrated circuits
24



Analysing a circuit
23


Viewing circuit voltage and current values - adding meters
24


Quickly changing device values - adding value sliders
24


Tutorial help topics
201


General tutorial introduction and instructions
201



Resistors and simple circuits tutorial
205



Capacitors, inductors and transformers tutorial
234



Alternating current tutorial
251



Semiconductor tutorial
266



Digital circuits tutorial
278


Tutorial topic tree
203


Circuit analysis help topics
26


DC analysis
26
-
supported devices
27


Sinusoidal steady state analysis
29
-
supported devices
30


Circuit analyzer
34
-
Frequency response
31


Device meter
33


Value slider
90


Goal seeker
91


Analog device models
35



Diode model
35



Transistor hybrid-pi model
36



Digital analysis
37
-
supported devices
38



Digital sources
40



Logic gates
41



Flip-flops
42



Digital displays
43
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Digital clocks & sequence generators
40


Circuit analyzer
34
-
Digital oscilloscope
38


Device and drawing toolkits
60


Digital device toolkit
60


Analog device toolkit
61



Sub-toolkits
62




Audio toolkit
65




Capacitor toolkit
67




Diode toolkit
64




Ground toolkit
64




Inductor toolkit
68




Resistor toolkit
67




Source toolkit
66




Switch toolkit
66




Terminal and plug toolkit
65




Transistor toolkit
63




Miscellaneous toolkit
68


Paint toolkit
63


Menu commands
44


File commands
46



New
46
-
Open
46
-
Save
46
-
Save as
47
-
Revert
47
-
Close
47



Print
47
-
Print preview
47
-
Printer setup
48



Output BMP file
48



Exit
48


Edit commands
49



Undo
51
-
Redo
51



Cut
50
-
Copy
49
-
Paste
50
-
Append
49
-
Select all
51



Delete
50
-
Clear all
49


View commands
59



Digital toolkit
59
-
Analog toolkit
59
-
Paint toolkit
59


Tool commands
52



Analyse
52



Digital analysis on
53
-
off
53



Digital clock commands
54
-
Start
54
-
Pause
54
-
Step
55
-
Stop
55



Analysis log on
55
-
off
55



Edit device
56



Font
56



Pen size
56
-
Foreground color
56
-
Background color
57
-
Scale
57
-
Angle
57



Create symbol
57
-
Edit symbol
58



Drawing grid
58


Help commands
59



Contents
2
-
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Purchasing information
8


Right-click shortcut commands
45


Dialog boxes
70


Edit Analyzer dialog box
70


Edit Axis Information dialog box
72


Edit Clock & Sequence Generator dialog box
72


Edit Custom Symbol dialog box
73


Edit Device dialog box
73


Edit Drawing Grid dialog box
74


Edit Flip-flop dialog box
74


Edit Goal Seeker dialog box
75


Edit IC dialog box
77


Edit Lamp dialog box
77


Edit Line dialog box
78


Edit Logic Gate dialog box
79


Edit Meter dialog box
79


Edit Source dialog box
80


Edit Text dialog box
81


Edit Transformer dialog box
81


Edit Transistor dialog box
82



Edit Transistor Parameters dialog box
83


Edit Value Slider dialog box
84


Print dialog box
85


Printer Setup dialog box
85


Registration dialog box
85


Select File dialog box
86


Select Font dialog box
87
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Glossary
94

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What is Circuit Shop

Circuit Shop allows you to design, simulate and learn about
digital
102
and
analog
98
electronic circuits. Circuit
Shop is an easy to use graphical CAD tool to allow simple digital and analog electronic circuits to be
constructed and analyzed. It includes:


Device and drawing toolkits
60
to construct simple electronic circuit schematics consisting of digital and
analog devices such as
logic gates,
41

flip-flops,
42

op amps,
105

dependent sources,
102

ICs,
106

diodes,
103

LEDs,
107

transistors,
111

resistors,
110

batteries,
99

switches,
111

lamps
106
etc.


A
tutorial
201
which teaches basic digital and analog electronic concepts.


Digital circuit
102
design and
analysis
37
capability using
digital sources,
40

digital clocks & sequence
generators,
40

logic gates,
41

flip-flops,
42

digital displays,
43

ICs
106
and
digital oscilloscopes.
38



Analog circuit
98
design and simulation capability to perform
DC analysis,
26

sinusoidal steady state
analysis
29
and
frequency response.
31
Frequency response includes magnitude, Bode, phase, dB and
group delay plots.


Custom symbol
16
support. A simple
paint toolkit
63
allows text, lines, ovals and rectangles to be added
as circuit annotations or used to create custom symbols.