PSice is loaded on most engineering lab computers.
Professor De Boer thinks it is most convenient to do your PSpice
work on one of Dordt's computers so that you do not have to
install PSpice. However a trial version is available for
free. You may download it and install it on your personal
computer at your option.
The trial version has all the features and capabilities of the regular version and no expiration date. However it does limit the number of circuit elements that may be included in a simulation. This restriction has never been an issue with work done by students here at Dordt. Thus, for the purposes of this course, you would never be able to tell the difference between the trial version and the regular version.
To get started downloading, click on the PSpice logo (the image
above). There you can read more about the program. Note that
PSpice is downloaded as part of a larger software package called
OrCAD. After clicking on the logo above a new window opens and
you have several choices.
Third option. (Recommended) If you only want to use the
software to do homework for this class, you need only download
the "OrCAD PSpice Designer Lite (Capture & PSpice Only)"
version. Scroll down to find it since this is the
third choice offered on the page. After installation
it will occupy about 2 GB of your hard drive.
PSpice was forked from an earlier program called SPICE. You can read more about SPICE here and here. Practically all commands and features of spice are supported in the lite version of PSpice that we use here at Dordt College. Thus documentation for SPICE can be used with and applied to PSpice.