Product Solutions for Circuits and Electronics Education
National Instruments provides an integrated suite of tools for enhancing circuits and electronics teaching, starting with an interactive teaching environment with NI Multisim tightly integrated with the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) design and prototyping hardware, courseware, and NI LabVIEW graphical systems design software. From teaching basic circuits to facilitating upper-level class projects with advanced concepts, these tools help reinforce theory with hands-on experimentation.
Tightly integrated with NI Multisim and LabVIEW, the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) design platform brings circuit concepts to life by giving students the ability to compare circuit simulation with real-world measurements from the prototyping breadboard. NI ELVIS integrates 12 of the most commonly used instruments in circuit and electronic labs into one compact form factor.
Multisim simplifies circuit education by providing students with an interactive environment to explore and visualize circuit behavior using intuitive design, easy-to-use simulation, and a graphical approach to circuit analysis. Multisim is tightly integrated with NI ELVIS and LabVIEW, so real-life measurements can be acquired within Multisim to compare with simulation results.
This textbook covers fundamental circuits theories and problem-solving techniques while linking the subject to the contemporary field of electrical engineering, with examples ranging from carbon nanotubes to synthetic biology. This approach addresses many of the challenges, such as not enough real-world motivation, dry presentation of material, and unimaginative problems, in traditional textbooks for introductory circuit courses.
Designed for hands-on experimentation outside the lab, NI myDAQ combines portability with a comprehensive set of features. With NI myDAQ, students can conduct real engineering and, by combining NI myDAQ with LabVIEW, Multisim, and its protoboard attachment, students have the power to prototype systems and analyze circuits outside of the lecture and lab.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used to deliver project-based learning to the classroom, enhance research applications, and foster the next generation of innovators. When combined with Multisim and NI ELVIS, it allows for programming customized analyses and instrumentation for reinforcing circuit concepts.
The Circuits Laboratory Companion is free for download and the perfect counterpart to Circuits. This collection of 11 labs integrates Multisim, LabVIEW, and NI ELVIS to foster comparison between theory, simulation, and lab data. The manual offers detailed and thoughtful explorations of basic and advanced concepts presented in the same order in which they are presented in the textbook.
This homework supplement to Circuits is free for download and contains 40 additional homework problems designed for "triangulating on the truth" with analysis, simulation, and experimentation. After solving the problem analytically, students proceed by solving the same problem with Multisim in simulation, and then once again with NI myDAQ instrumentation and circuit components. By iterating on each dimension of the problem until all three agree, students develop confidence in their analytical and laboratory skills.
The NI Digital Electronics FPGA Board, based on the Xilinx Spartan-3E field-programmable gate array (FPGA), is designed to help teach digital electronics design concepts. The board is fully programmable with Multisim, LabVIEW, and the Xilinx ISE tools. NI ELVIS II/II+ integration provides a complete instrumentation suite with 12 built-in instruments for building test benches with real-world signals to test FPGA designs.
Multisim simplifies circuit education by providing students with an interactive environment to explore and visualize circuit behavior using intuitive capture, easy-to-use simulation, and a graphical approach to circuit analysis. Explore the programmable logic device (PLD) schematic to see how Multisim can place digital logic and generate VHDL to target field-programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware.
For digital electronics courses requiring a comprehensive text covering basic to advanced digital concepts with an emphasis on problem solving, troubleshooting, and applications, Digital Fundamentals gives students the problem-solving experience they'll need in their professional careers. Known for its clear, accurate explanations of theory supported by superior exercises and examples, this book is packed with the visual aids today's students need to grasp often complex concepts. Circuits from selected figures in the text are rendered in Multisim and included on the textbook companion web site.
Designed for hands-on experimentation outside the lab, NI myDAQ combines portability with a comprehensive set of features. NI myDAQ allows for real engineering and, when combined with LabVIEW, Multisim, and its protoboard attachment, gives students the power to prototype systems and analyze circuits outside of the lecture and lab.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used to deliver project-based learning to the classroom, enhance research applications, and foster the next generation of innovators. With add-ons such as the LabVIEW FPGA Module, students can program advanced digital logic and deploy directly to FPGA hardware.
This lab companion contains 45 experiments illustrating fundamental concepts in dc/ac, digital, and device electronics. Integration with Multisim gives students the ability to enter and analyze circuit designs while gaining a working knowledge of the software environment.
This bundle includes NI ELVIS, Multisim, LabVIEW, and the Freescale HCS12 Microcontroller Teaching board for a complete solution for teaching microelectronics.
The NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) design and prototyping platform integrates 12 of the most commonly used instruments in circuit and electronic labs into one compact form factor. Tightly integrated with Multisim and LabVIEW, NI ELVIS brings circuit concepts to life allowing students to compare circuit simulation with real-world measurements.
Multisim simplifies circuit education by providing students with an interactive environment to explore and visualize circuit behavior using intuitive capture, easy-to-use simulation, and a graphical approach to circuit analysis. Tightly integrated with NI ELVIS and LabVIEW, real-life measurements can be pulled into Multisim to compare with simulations.
This market-leading textbook is the standard for microelectronics education, featuring short, modular chapters that can be rearranged to suit any class organization, with parallel treatment of MOSFETs and BJTs. The sixth edition is thoroughly updated to reflect changes in technology (CMOS technology in particular). The book includes Multisim simulations with activities, investigations, and directions for students, along with study problems at the ends of chapters.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used to deliver project-based learning to the classroom, enhance research applications, and foster the next generation of innovators. When combined with Multisim and NI ELVIS, it allows for programming customized analyses and instrumentation for reinforcing circuit concepts.
This bundle includes NI ELVIS, Multisim, LabVIEW, and the Vernier Bioinstrumentation Sensor Kit for a complete solution for teaching bioinstrumentation.
The NI Educational Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) design and prototyping platform integrates 12 of the most commonly used instruments in circuit and electronic labs into one compact form factor. Tightly integrated with Multisim and LabVIEW, NI ELVIS brings circuit concepts to life allowing students to compare circuit simulation with real-world measurements.
Multisim simplifies circuit education by providing students with an interactive environment to explore and visualize circuit behavior using intuitive capture, easy-to-use simulation, and a graphical approach to circuit analysis. Tightly integrated with NI ELVIS and LabVIEW, real-life measurements can be pulled into Multisim to compare with simulations.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used to deliver project-based learning to the classroom, enhance research applications, and foster the next generation of innovators. When combined with Multisim and NI ELVIS, it allows for programming customized analyses and instrumentation to reinforce bioinstrumentation concepts.
The Vernier Biomedical Sensors Kit connects to the NI ELVIS design and prototyping platform and is programmable with LabVIEW to explore a range of bioinstrumentation, with sensors for measuring blood pressure, EKG, heart rate, and more.
