FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA.

EC4050 - ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DEVICES

LAB 02 - INTRODUCTION TO PROTEUS SIMULATION
SOFTWARE

AIM: Introducing the Proteus simulation software.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the Proteus software for testing various circuits.
INTRODUCTION:
Proteus is a simulation software for various designs with microcontroller. It is mainly popular
because of availability of almost all microcontrollers in it. So it is a handy tool to test programs
and embedded designs for electronics.

Note:
You need to submit design files and the lab report with screen shot of the outputs (eg.
Oscillator output) for each circuits.

SIMULATION OF CIRCUITS

1) HALF WAVE RECTIFIER CIRCUIT

One of the application of an operational amplifier is half wave rectifier.
Components used in this circuit:
 LM741 IC
 Input – 14V
 1 kHz Sine wave source
 LED,
 1k Ohm Resistor,
 Ground

Change the frequency of the input wave to 10Hz, adjust the oscilloscope to display the
waveforms clearly.
15V

D2
U1
7
1

14V, 1kHz LED-BIRY

3
6
2
A

B
4
5

LM741 R1
1k C

D
2) SINE TO RECTANGULAR CIRCUIT
Operational amplifier can be used to generate rectangular waveforms from the
sinusoidal waveforms

R2
1k
5V

U1

7
1
3
5V,1kHz 6
A
2
B

4
5
LM741 C
R1
100k D
-5V

3) THREE LEVEL COMPARATOR

15V

15V
R4 R5
420 630

R2
1k

15V D1
LED-RED

U1
7

13V
3
6
2
4
1
5

741
-15V

R1 D5
1k LED-RED

15V

U2
7

3
6
2

D6
4
1
5

741
LED-RED
-15V

R3
1k
-15V R6 R7
420 630

Submit the screenshot of the circuit shown above and by changing the input voltages
(12V, 9V and 2V). Explain the principle of three level comparator.
4) RELAY
Understand the operation of a relay by changing the resistor value and observe the
current flow in the circuit.
Go to “System” in the tool bar, Select Set Animation Options, Mark “Show wire current
with arrows”.

RV1
300

RL1
12V BL1
B1 12V
12V

B2
12V

5) TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT
Check the operation of a NPN transistor as an amplifier.
Vary the input signal value to 5V and observe the waveforms.
Explain the reasons if you observed any changes in output waveforms.

10V

R2 R3
10k 3.6k

C2
A
10u
B
2mV,100Hz C1
C
Q1
BC547 D
50u

R1
2.2k
R4 C3
1k 100u R5
100k
6) 555 TIMER CIRCUIT
This timer circuit can be used to get pulse output.
U1(VCC)

R1
22k

U1

8
U1(R)
4 3
R2

VCC
R Q
330
7
DC
D1
5 LED-BIRG
CV

RV1
GND

2 6 10K
TR TH
1

555
C1
1n

7) LDR can be used in modeling a light activated switch, Simulate the circuit given below and
check the operation of LDR by changing the light intensity of torch.

RV4
49%

R10 U1:D
4

10k
10k 12
D4
14
13
LED-YELLOW
1

11

LDR4 LM324 R12

R11
TORCH_LDR 100R
10k
2