113th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, 2006, Chicago, IL, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 18 - 21 Haziran 2006
This paper presents coupling the use of the TINA circuit simulation software with the Mathcad mathematical software. This coupling permits students to simply (1) enter a circuit in TINA diagramatically, (2) export its symbolic solution y(t), or its transfer function, Y(s), to a Mathcad file, and (3) plot these solutions for multiple values of a parameter (e.g. R) on a 2-D or 3-D graph. The symbolic solutions and plots enhance understanding of both the physical and the mathematical foundations of the studied cases. We envision this coupling being used in classrooms by instructors, and by students. (This coupling only works in the case of linear circuits, so for example it does not work with diodes). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2006.