Moving desktop-based circuit designs to the cloud allows engineers and students to run simulations anywhere without installing local software. PSpice designs can now be converted for use in both TINACloud and the offline desktop version of TINA. TINACloud enables browser-based simulation on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chromebooks, and even compatible Smart TVs.
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Below is a detailed walkthrough of two example circuits: an active band-pass filter and a step-down DC/DC converter.
Example 1: Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit
The active band-pass filter example uses the Texas Instruments OPA-137 Operational Amplifier as its core building block.
Active Band-pass filter circuit in PSpice
1. Initial Analysis in PSpice
Open the circuit via File > Open > Project….
Ensure AC Analysis is selected, then click Run to view the initial AC analysis plot.
Active Band-Pass filter circuit in PSpice: Running AC analysis
2. Exporting and Importing to TINACloud
Archive the PSpice Project: In PSpice, navigate to File > Archive Project…, select your destination folder (such as Downloads), check Create single archive file, and click OK. This produces a compressed .zip archive (e.g., Bandpass filter.zip) containing all required conversion files.
Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit in PSpice: Archive the PSpice Project
Upload to TINACloud: Open TINACloud, select File > Upload… > as PSpice File, pick your archived .zip file, and save it as BandpassFilter.tsc.
Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit in TINACloud
Note on Compatibility:This conversion process is also supported in the offline version of TINA, and the resulting .TSC files are fully cross-compatible between offline TINA and online TINACloud workspaces.
3. Running AC Analysis in TINACloud
Go to Analysis > AC Analysis > AC Transfer Characteristic….
Set the number of data points to 500 and click Run.
The resulting combined Amplitude and Phase Bode Plot matches the numerical results obtained in PSpice.
Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit in TINACloud: AC Bode diagram
Beyond numerical simulation, TINA and TINACloud can derive exact symbolic mathematical formulas (Transfer Functions) for linear circuits.
Operational Amplifiers in Symbolic Mode
While symbolic transfer function derivation applies to linear circuits, active filters using op-amps can still be analyzed. TINA and TINACloud automatically substitute nonlinear operational amplifier models with ideal op-amp models during symbolic calculations, providing clear mathematical insight into gain, poles, zeros, and frequency response.
Executing Symbolic Analysis and Curve Comparison
Navigate to Analysis > Symbolic Analysis > Symbolic AC Transfer.
Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit in TINACloud: Symbolic analysis result
In the Symbolic Result window, select Draw Diagram to view the symbolic Amplitude, Phase, and Bode plots.
Active Band-Pass Filter Circuit in TINACloud: Symbolic Bode plot
Overlaying Curves:
Change the color of the analytical Amplitude Plot to blue and copy it to your clipboard.
Paste the blue curve onto the numerically calculated Bode Plot tab.
Repeat for the Phase Plot.
Comparison of analytical and numerical Bode plots in TINACloud
Conclusion:
The numerical and analytical curves align closely. At higher frequencies, slight phase deviations appear due to the ideal op-amp model used in symbolic derivation versus the more complex nonlinear model used in numerical simulation.
Example 2: TPS54320 Step-Down DC/DC Converter
The TPS54320 is a synchronous step-down converter from Texas Instruments. Simulation models for this device and for many other devices from manufacturers including Texas Instruments, Infineon, Nisshinbo, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics, and Semtech are available in TINA and TINACloud. If you need a custom model or a model that is not currently available, please contact DesignSoft.
1. PSpice Simulation
TPS54320 component model test circuit in PSpice
Open the TPS54320 component model test circuit.
Run a Transient Simulation.
Enable the cursor via Trace > Cursor > Display. Running the cursor confirms an output voltage (Vout) of 3.3 V.
Save the project as a .zip archive using File > Archive Project….
TPS54320 component model test circuit in PSpice: Transient diagram
2. TINACloud Startup Transient Simulation
In TINACloud, upload the archive using File > Upload > as PSpice File.
TPS54320 component model test circuit
Understanding Startup Transient: The startup transient period represents the time frame during which the DC-DC converter transitions from an off state to steady-state operating conditions.
Select Analysis > Transient… and click Run.
Inspect the top-right of the Startup diagram using the cursor. The output voltage stabilizes at 3.3 V, perfectly mirroring the PSpice benchmark.
TPS54320 component model test circuit: Transient diagram
Summary
Converting PSpice designs into TINA and TINACloud lets you continue AC, transient, and digital analyses while gaining access to symbolic analysis, HDL support—including VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, and SystemC—microcontroller (MCU) simulation, and linear and nonlinear RF analysis using S-parameters and Harmonic Balance. Additional features include interactive simulation, virtual instruments, and extensive component libraries from numerous manufacturers. TINA also offers AI-assisted circuit design and troubleshooting, while TINACloud adds browser-based access across devices, making it easy to explore, demonstrate, and share circuit designs anywhere.
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Whether you are an experienced circuit designer, an educator, or a student, this video outlines how TINA and TINACloud can streamline your design workflow and complex circuit analysis.
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Comprehensive Circuit Analysis: Learn about capabilities spanning analog, digital, mixed-signal, RF, microwave circuits, and switched-mode power supplies, alongside support for over 1,400 microcontrollers (including the ESP32 series) and major Hardware Description Languages (VHDL, VHDL-AMS, Verilog, Verilog A&AMS, SystemVerilog, SystemC).
Integrated PCB Design & 3D Visualization: A brief demonstration of seamless schematic capture, layout design, and 3D rendering (including flex PCBs).
Whether you are an experienced circuit designer, an educator, or a student, this video outlines how TINA and TINACloud can streamline your design workflow and complex circuit analysis.
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In this post, we will show you how to seamlessly convert Proteus circuits into TINACloud.
By converting these
circuits into TINACloud, you can instantly run and analyze them
anywhere-without any installation-on virtually any device, including PCs,
laptops, tablets, and smartphones, regardless of the operating system, whether
it’s Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or more. All you need is a modern web
browser.
It is important to note
that this conversion process is also available in the offline version of TINA,
allowing you to perform the transition locally.
The resulting .TSC files are fully cross-compatible, providing a seamless workflow between the offline desktop software and the online TINACloud environment.
Click hereor on the image above to watch this blog presented as a video tutorial.
Example 1: Educational RLC Circuit
TINACloud includes several ready-to-use sample circuits, which you can find under the Examples/3rd Party files/Proteus folder.
Let’s start with a simple educational RLC circuit. This is how the circuit looks in Proteus.
RLC circuit in Proteus
1. Importing the Circuit
Navigate to the Examples / 3rd Party files / Proteus folder.
Select the RLC circuit file (RLC.pdsprj) and click Open.
After conversion, the circuit is reproduced exactly in TINACloud, as shown here:
RLC circuit in TINACloud
2. Running a Transient Analysis
First, we will run a Transient Analysis. Go to the Analysis menu and select Transient… As soon as the simulation completes, the resulting time-domain waveforms are displayed cleanly on the screen.
Using the Collect Curves command from the View menu in the Diagram window, you can also plot the input and output waveforms on the same coordinate system.
You can also label the curves with their signal names using the Auto-Label Curves icon in the Diagram window.
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Transient analysis result
3. Configuring AC Analysis
Next, let’s explore the frequency domain. Navigate to the Analysis menu and select AC Analysis >AC Transfer Characteristic…
In addition to standard AC Bode plots, TINACloud features advanced calculation capabilities, allowing you to easily generate Amplitude, Phase, Nyquist, and Group Delay diagrams.
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Parameter settings before running AC Analysis
Select the AC Bode, Amplitude, Phase and Nyquist diagrams, and set the start frequency to 10 kHz and the number of points to 1,000 for a high-resolution output, then click Run to execute the analysis.
Four separate tabs will appear, displaying the Amplitude, Phase, Nyquist and Amplitude & Phase (Bode) diagrams.
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Amplitude diagram
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Phase diagram
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Nyquist diagram
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Bode diagram
4. Symbolic Analysis in TINA and TINACloud
A unique feature of TINA and TINACloud is the ability to derive a circuit’s Transfer Function symbolically, presenting it as an exact mathematical formula. This allows engineers and students to gain deeper insights into circuit behavior-including poles, zeros, gain, and frequency response. This symbolic expression can also be used for analytical studies, documentation, optimization, and verification, moving beyond a sole reliance on numerical simulation results.
Note: While symbolic transfer function derivation is only possible for linear circuits, you can still analyze active filters implemented with op-amps. In TINA and TINACloud, nonlinear operational amplifier models are automatically replaced with ideal op-amp models during symbolic analysis. This provides highly accurate results, allowing the transfer function to be derived and analyzed symbolically.
Running Symbolic Analysis
To perform Symbolic Analysis, open the Analysis menu, select Symbolic Analysis, then Symbolic AC Transfer, and run the analysis.
The analytical form of the Transfer Function will immediately be displayed on your screen.
You can now insert the symbolic expression into the TINACloud Text Editor and place it directly onto the schematic, making the analytical results part of your circuit documentation. In the Symbolic Result window click on the “Send to” tab then select the “Text editor”.
Note that the formula can also be edited within the Text Editor, though we won’t cover those editing features in this tutorial.
Once the formula appears in the Text Editor, click OK. The formula is now attached to your cursor. Position it wherever you like on the schematic, and left-click to place it.
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Running Symbolic Analysis and adding the formula to the schematic
Plotting and Comparing Results
Beyond formulas, you can also plot the analytical transfer function to compare it directly with your numerical simulation results.
In the Symbolic Results window, simply click the Draw Diagram button. The plot of the Transfer Function will appear. To make comparing the analytical and numerical results easier, click on the curve and change its color to green. Next, click the curve again, then click the Copy curve icon to save it to your clipboard. Now, switch back to the previously calculated Ampl 1 tab, and use the Paste Curve icon to overlay the symbolic result directly onto the numerical curve.
As you can see, the two curves match perfectly within the line width.
RLC circuit in TINACloud: Comparing the analytical and numerical results
Example 2:Active Band-Pass Filter
For our next example, we’ll look at a band-pass filter, built around the Analog Devices ADA4000-1 operational amplifier. This circuit is a standard building block for what we call active filters, and here is what it looks like in Proteus:
Active Band-pass filter circuit in Proteus
File Import and Conversion
To bring this into the TINACloud workspace, save the circuit to your local Downloads folder. Next, use the Upload command to convert the file.
After conversion, the circuit is reproduced in TINACloud, as shown here.
Active Band-pass filter circuit in TINACloud
Next, save it as ‘Active Band-pass Filter.tsc’.
Running AC & Symbolic Analysis
Since the setup is similar to our previous example, we’ll focus just on running the AC and Symbolic Analyses for this simulation. We’ll start with the AC Analysis, which generates our combined Amplitude and Phase Bode Plot.
Go to the Analysis menu, select AC Analysis, AC Transfer Characteristic. Click Run.
The combined Amplitude and Phase Bode Plot appears.
Active Band-Pass Filter circuit in TINACloud: AC Bode diagram
Next, run the Symbolic AC Transfer Analysis. Just as we explained in the last video, TINA and TINACloud automatically swap out the nonlinear ADA4000-1 for an ideal op-amp. This substitution makes symbolic analysis possible, allowing TINACloud to generate the analytical transfer characteristic.
Active Band-Pass Filter circuit in TINACloud: Symbolic analysis result
Plot Visualization
Now, let’s compare this analytical result with our numerically calculated Bode Plot. In the Symbolic Result window click the Draw Diagram tab. Three plots will appear: the Amplitude, the Phase and the combined Bode Plot.
Comparing and Overlaying the Curves
To easily compare the two methods, first change the color of the analytical Amplitude Plot to green, and copy the curve to your clipboard. Then, switch over to the numerically calculated Bode Plot tab, and paste the green curve directly into the Amplitude Plot.
Repeat this exact same procedure for the Phase Plot.
Final Analysis and Conclusion
When you look at the results, you can see that the numerically calculated curves align perfectly with the analytical curves. As we’ve emphasized in previous videos, this excellent agreement demonstrates exactly why ideal operational amplifiers are so widely used in active filter synthesis.
Active Band-Pass Filter circuit in TINACloud: Comparing and Overlaying the Curves
Example 3: 8-bit PIC Microcontroller
8-bit PIC Microcontroller in Proteus
Our final example features an 8-bit PIC Microcontroller (MCU). Here, we will demonstrate the conversion to TINACloud, but a very similar conversion process is also available in the offline version of TINA. The resulting .TSC files can be opened and run in both TINA and TINACloud.
The converted microcontrollers are fully operational in both the offline and cloud versions of TINA.
Now, open the PICLedBlink.pdsprj file from the TINA Examples\3rd Party files\Proteus folder.
8-bit PIC Microcontroller in TINACloud
Once the conversion is complete, press the TR button, and you’ll see the LED begin to blink immediately. TINACloud also allows you to study the code execution using the built-in MCU Debugger:
Enable MCU Code Debugger in the Analysis menu. Press the TR button again to launch the debugger window.
From here, you can use the Step button to execute code line-by-line while monitoring Registers and Memory.
You can also set Breakpoints by clicking on a line of code or using the Breakpoint button.
Press Run, and the program will halt at your designated points. Pay close attention to Port B, which directly controls the LED.
8-bit PIC Microcontroller in TINACloud-Using the Debugger
Programming MCUs in C
While Assembly is powerful, you can also program MCUs in TINACloud using C.
Let’s open the PICLedBlink_CCode.pdsprj file. This circuit looks identical to the previous one, but the PIC is running on C-code. Double-click the MCU, click the “…” at the end of the MCU-code line. Here you can upload your C code or preview existing code. For now, let’s preview the code that’s already been uploaded.
8-bit PIC Microcontroller in TINACloud-Preview of the C code
Note that in both TINA and TINACloud, C code can be debugged just like assembly code-either by executing it step by step or by using breakpoints.
In addition to PIC microcontrollers, TINA and TINACloud support more than 1,400 microcontrollers, including: AVR, 8051, HCS, ARM, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, ST, Arduino, XMC, and more.
Conclusion
This concludes our tutorial on converting Proteus circuits and running them in TINACloud. Please note that the same procedure also works in the offline version of TINA, and the resulting .tsc files are fully compatible with both TINA and TINACloud.
