CircuiTikz package

The package CircuiTikz provides a set of macros for naturally typesetting electrical and electronic networks. This article explains basic usage of this package.

Introduction

CircuiTikz includes several nodes that can be used with standard tikz syntax.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{circuitikz} \draw
(0,0) to[ variable cute inductor ] (2,0); 
\end{circuitikz}
\end{center}
\end{document}

To use the package it must be imported with

\usepackage{circuitikz}

in the preamble. Then the environment circuitikz is used to typeset the diagram with tikz syntax. In the example a node called variable cute inductor is used.

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A working example

As mentioned before, to draw electrical network diagrams you should use tikz syntax, the examples even work if the environment tikzpicture is used instead of circuitikz; below a more complex example is presented.

\begin{center}
\begin{circuitikz}[american voltages]
\draw
  (0,0) to [short, *-] (6,0)
  to [V, l_=$\mathrm{j}{\omega}_m \underline{\psi}^s_R$] (6,2) 
  to [R, l_=$R_R$] (6,4) 
  to [short, i_=$\underline{i}^s_R$] (5,4) 
  (0,0) to [open, v^>=$\underline{u}^s_s$] (0,4) 
  to [short, *- ,i=$\underline{i}^s_s$] (1,4) 
  to [R, l=$R_s$] (3,4)
  to [L, l=$L_{\sigma}$] (5,4) 
  to [short, i_=$\underline{i}^s_M$] (5,3) 
  to [L, l_=$L_M$] (5,0); 
  \end{circuitikz}
  \end{center}