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Schematic Capture with Cadence PSpice (2nd Edition)

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This book covers all the issues that arise in using Orcad Lite Version 9.2 in an undergraduate setting. Screen dumps show exactly how to implement the most used features. New features are described that prove very useful. Supplementary material on the author's Web site includes file exchange by e-mail, incorporation of Probe plots into Word, and the use of hierarchical blocks that can be drilled down to the underlying schematics. .

Some features, like the design cache, are not described in detail. These are new, more specialized bells and whistles of the Cadence version.

The author takes the conventional approach of showing what can be done without explaining the quirks of the new system and its drawbacks. I believe readers might very well appreciate a comparison of pros and cons of Version 8.0 or earlier vs. this new version that, along with its advantages, uses an inferior drawing package for schematics, consumes huge amounts of memory, crashes frequently, sometimes confuses projects open at the same time, and often can't locate components of projects (like the Schematic!) clearly present in the same folder as parts it does find.

Bottom line: a great place to learn the new Cadence PSpice

If everyone writes textbooks or manuals like Marc Herniter, life would be easy for students and engineers. This book is reasonably priced. Every step in the manual is illustrated by a screen capture, so there is not much guessing involved. The author also shows a lot of tricks and different ways to do simulations which I appreciate a lot. The book is certainly easier to follow than those "Idiot's guide to..." or "...for Dummies" books.

This manual is not intended to teach people about circuit theory. Its main purpose is to teach users how to use Cadence PSpice. Users should have knowledge on electronic circuits or are taking an electronic circuit course concurrently. If you find it hard to learn PSpice from the PSpice user's guide, you should get this book instead. It really works.

Marc Herniter writes good clear PSpice books. I have three of his PSpice books (including this one).
The book is written in a clear straight forward manner. The program itself is not friendly and easy to use. Possibly, it appears unfriendly because it is complex, powerful and with many good features. The author describes and explains the complex concepts in a clear manner with good examples.
For users who are familiar with previous versions of PSpice that used Schematic to enter a circuit and start an analysis, the book provides direction on how to switch over and employ Capture.
The only reason for only 4 stars is that some of the graphics are poor quality. It is not uncommon to find black text on dark grey background which is difficul to read. Color graphics would be nice, but it may be too costly.
Anyone starting with Capture and PSpice will benefit from this book. It certainly is better than the documents provided by the program originator.

Very unhappy with this text versus the summary provided on Amazon's site. First, there was no PSPICE-CD included with the text (haven't found the free version from Cadence's website yet either...). Second, text only shows how to operate the Cadence PSPICE program, it isn't a book for anyone who already knows something about SPICE.

There is only minimal reference to creating models (assumes all you want to do is download a manufacturer's model), and has no reference to text-editing netlists, models, subcircuits, etc.

The book's first-line of the preface says it all, "This manual is designed to show students how to use the PSpice circuit simulation program from Orcad..."

I was searching for a book showing how to text-edit .op, .tran, .noise, etc commands, plus I want to mathematically manipulate currents and voltages based on other nets in equation form. Commands like **bi 2 0 VALUE = {I(V1)*"R(V(2))"}** don't even show up as a possibility in this text.

If you're a newbie and want to learn the specific Cadence PSPICE schematic-capture program, then this text is probably adequate (note: I agree with others' complaints about "black-on-black" examples are VERY difficult to read). If you're looking for anything SPICE-related (not program-related), look elsewhere. This will probably be the first thing I've ever had to send back to Amazon.

During my undergraduate school, I used this book extensively. It gave me a solid advantage over other students. Other students would still be struggling, after a week of a lab, to do its related simulations, while I used to finish my work on the same day we had the lab. If you want to learn how to use PSpice, this is the book. Its style to teach by example and all the examples are on the CD along with a student version of the PSpice which is good enough for learning purposes.

Very good book, full of clear explanations. If you do not have previous experience with Schematic Capture softwares, this book makes it easy to learn how to do it.

Fair price; quick delivery. Good communication from the vendor. Able to track the entire way

The item was sent very quickly. Excellent condition. Kudos to all who were involved.