Piecewise Linear Voltage Source

This is an independent voltage source with a piecewise linear waveform of the voltage as a function of time. The "+" and "-" symbols are used to mark the polarity of the source.

Plot of piecewise linear voltage source wave form, along with the piecewise linear voltage source symbol in Maxwell Circuit Editor

A piecewise linear voltage source is described by up to 20 pairs (T_i, V_i), where every pair of values specifies the value V_i in Volts of the voltage at time T_i in the following units:

In seconds if type is TIME
In degrees if type is POSITION and type of motion is rotational
In geometry units if type is POSITION and type of motion is translational
In rpm if type is SPEED and type of motion is rotational
In geometry units per second if type is SPEED and type of motion is translational

Alternatively, instead of specifying 20-pair data to define a PWL waveform, you can specify a project-level dataset. In this case, the dataset needs to be specified in the properties of the source and any defined point pairs are ignored. Only project-level datasets can be used for this purpose as design-level datasets do not exist for external circuit designs. For more details on using datasets, see Adding Datasets.

Piecewise Linear Voltage Source waveform defined with a dataset