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I'm new to PSpice and working on setting up my initial conditions for a capacitor and an inductor in a series RLC circuit. However, whenever I try to set up my initial conditions, the IC box is greyed out and I can't edit it.
The circuit I'm trying to implement is:
Any help would be appreciated!
Try adding a ground node (see left side):
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The netlist would be something like:
R1 N2 0 5k
C1 N2 0 22µ
D1 N1 N2 1N914
V1 N1 0 SINE(0 3 1000)
Just note the use of 0 for ground.
EDIT: Okay. So you are using a ground. That's good. There is often a parameter to let you arbitrarily connect every node to ground via a high impedance value (GMIN.) But I don't know how you'd access it in your simulator. So lacking that, try the schematic on the right side, now, as shown above.
Ok guys. I know you were all sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for a solution to my problem, but I was eventually able to figure it out solely through the power of trial and error.
IT WAS THE TRANSFORMER! I changed it to two coupled inductors like so:
And this was the result!
Oh yes... that sexy sinusoid at the top of my pulses gets me...
Anyways, I gotta go take care of some business guys. Thanks for those of you that attempted to solve it!
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Best Answer
If it's at all like micro-cap or LTSpice you use a dot directive and place it on the schematic like this: -
.IC V(C1) = 1 or
.IC I(L1) = 2
I set this up in microcap recently for simulating a flyback controller: -