* TX Path - R2 Sweep at Worst-Case CTR (Igain=0.5m ~ PC817A min) * Finding optimal R2 for 3.3V ESP32 design * PC817 pin order: 1=Anode, 2=Cathode, 3=Collector, 4=Emitter .param R2val 470 V_BAT V12 0 12 V_MCU VCC 0 3.3 V_TX TX 0 PWL(0u 0 199.5u 0 200u 3.3 512u 3.3 512.5u 0 2000u 0) R_PULL V12 IBUS 4.7k C_BUS IBUS 0 100p R5 TX R5_R3 470 R3 R5_R3 Q1B 10k Q1 Q1C Q1B 0 BC547B R2 VCC U2_A {R2val} XU2 U2_A Q1C IBUS 0 PC817 Igain=0.5m R1_RX IBUS U1_A 2k XU1 U1_A 0 VCC RX PC817 Igain=0.5m R4_RX RX 0 1k .subckt PC817 1 2 3 4 R1 N003 2 2 D1 1 N003 LD G1 3 N004 N003 2 {Igain} C1 1 2 18p Q1 3 N004 4 [4] NP .model LD D(Is=1e-20 Cjo=18p) .model NP NPN(Bf=1200 Vaf=140 Ikf=100m Rc=1 Cjc=19p Cje=7p Cjs=7p C2=3e-15) .ends PC817 .model BC547B NPN(IS=2.39E-14 NF=1.008 ISE=3.545E-15 NE=1.541 BF=294.3 IKF=0.1357 VAF=63.2 NR=1.004 ISC=6.272E-14 NC=1.243 BR=7.946 IKR=0.1144 VAR=25.9 RB=1 IRB=1.00E-06 RBM=1 RE=0.4683 RC=0.85 XTB=0 EG=1.11 XTI=3 CJE=1.358E-11 VJE=0.65 MJE=0.3279 TF=4.391E-10 XTF=120 VTF=2.643 ITF=0.7495 PTF=0 CJC=3.728E-12 VJC=0.3997 MJC=0.2955 XCJC=0.6193 TR=1.00E-32 CJS=0 VJS=0.75 MJS=0.333 FC=0.9579 Vceo=45 Icrating=100m mfg=NXP) .step param R2val list 100 150 220 270 330 390 470 .tran 0 1500u 0 0.5u .meas tran IBUS_LOW MIN V(IBUS) .meas tran IBUS_HIGH MAX V(IBUS) .meas tran LED_CURRENT MAX I(R2) .meas tran BUS_RISE TRIG V(IBUS) VAL=0.5 RISE=1 TARG V(IBUS) VAL=3.5 RISE=1 .backanno .end