This article studies the possibility of using circuit formats to describe radio components in electrodynamic modeling problems. The study was carried out on the example of a controlled metamaterial in the form of an electromagnetic crystal with SPICE-models of equivalent circuits of pin-diodes and MEMS-keys. Also, the possibility of using Touchstone files as an alternative format for describing radio-electronic components was considered. The obtained results are illustrated by scatter matrix plots, as well as equivalent circuits and SPICE code. Obtained results can be used for the design of structures that combine active nonlinear radio components and microwave devices.