2022-09-15 14:41 Status: Tags: # ADS Schematics ## Library Selection ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915144458.png#invert) Choose a component library - can search by description/library. History tracks components: ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915144711.png#invert) Node Names: ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915144809.png#invert) F5 lets you move the text of a component. Wire with a red dot - unconnected but sim will still run (might be a message that it added teraohms so there is a DC path to ground). Mostly want to **delete unconnected wires**. [^1] ## Variable Block ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915145100.png#invert) Example: setting a VCC variable ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915145123.png#invert) Set parameters in a multiple devices ## Measurement Equation From sim palette: ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915145212.png#invert) Gain: ![](attachments/Pasted%20image%2020220915145237.png#invert) [^measurement_eqn] --- # References [^1]: [Building Schematic Designs in ADS (Part 1) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAtV0SMTnBQ&list=PLtq84kH8xZ9HNMCB7xKGXrciiEqqHNQGz&index=10) [^measurement_eqn]: [Building Schematic Designs in ADS (Part 2) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3olOFjGpQg&list=PLtq84kH8xZ9HNMCB7xKGXrciiEqqHNQGz&index=11)