CircuiTikz package

Introduction

This article explains basic usage of the CircuiTikz package which provides a set of macros for typesetting electrical and electronic networks. To use this package it must be imported by writing

\usepackage{circuitikz}

in your LaTeX document preamble. The environment circuitikz can then be used to typeset diagrams using TikZ syntax. CircuiTikz includes several nodes that can be used with standard TikZ syntax; the following example uses a node called variable cute inductor:

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

Open this example in Overleaf

This example produces the following output:

A working example

As noted, to draw electrical network diagrams you use standard TikZ syntax as demonstrated in the following, more complex, example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
\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}
\end{document}

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This example produces the following output:

The nodes short, V, R and L are presented here, but there a lot more—some are listed in the next section.

List of some node types

Some of the elements provided by CircuiTikz are listed below, together with links that you can open directly in Overleaf to produce the tables. See the The circuitikz package documentation for additional node types.

CircuiTikz package

Contents

Introduction

A working example

List of some node types

Monopoles

Bipoles

Diodes

Dynamical bipoles

Further reading