ENGR338 Lab 2022 Fall
Lab 1 Review of Superposition, Thevenin's Equivalent Circuit, and LTSpice
Name: Mason Brady
Email:
mrbrady1@fortlewis.edu
Review of Superposition, Thevenin's Equivalent Circuit, and LTSpice
Introduction:
This lab serves mainly to review circuit 1 material including
resistance and voltage calculation as well as simplifying circuits
using Thevenin's Equivalent Circuit theorum. Everything was checked
using LTSpice
specifically using SPICE code which allows us to
program the circuit into LTSpice without the need for symbols making it
slightly more universal than using the symbols in LTSpice.
Materials: LTSpice
Methods:
First, the superposition theory was used to seperate the first circuit
into two individual circuits where the voltage drops could be
calculated. These voltages were then added together to get the
corresponding component values at each point in the circuit, the work
can be seen below in Figure 1 of results. Then SPICE code was created
for the circuit and the voltages were monitored at each node which
allowed me to verify my answers.
For task 2, Thevenin's
equivalent circuit thereom was used. Step one of this process is to
remove the load, CL. The circuit was then simplified down to a single
resistor and voltage source. This was done by first calculating R by
finding the total overall resistance of the circuit. Next, V was
calculated using our new R value times Vin. This can be seen below in
Figure 3. Again, SPICE code was used to verify results.
Results:

Figure 1. Hand calculations for task1

Figure 2. SPICE Code for task 1

Figure 3. LTSpice simulation result, Voltages at each node (Green - 1, Blue - 2, Red - 3)

Fiugre 4. LTSpice simulation result, Current at each node (Blue -1, Red -2 , Green - 3)

Fiugre 5. Hand calculations for Task 2

Figure 6. SPICE Code for task 2

Figure 7. LTSpice verifying time delay of 5.4us until half charge
Discussion: I found this
lab extremely difficult. Prior to this lab, I was unable to add
parrallel resistors and had no concept of SPICE code. Because of these
deficiencies, this lab was a nightmare to complete but with some help
and working through the tutorials I was eventually able to complete it
and for the most part understand the underlying concepts.