Teaching Applications: Where Is NI Multisim Used?

Multisim is used for a variety of application areas for educators. Below you will find resources to learn how Multisim is used in each of the following application areas.

Analog Circuits

The intuitive graphical environment of Multisim gives students the ability to quickly place basic components to understand fundamental circuit concepts and theory. These components, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, power sources, switches, oscilloscopes, and probes, help to enhance learning of the following concepts:

Resistive, capacitive, and inductive circuits
Steady-state and transient circuit analysis techniques
AC analysis and frequency response
Operational amplifier and filter circuits

Teach superposition with Multisim and NI LabVIEW

Understand active RC filters with Multisim and NI ELVIS

Digital Circuits

The programmable logic device (PLD) schematic environment is dedicated to teaching digital logic. Logic gates, encoders, decoders, adders, counters, and shift registers provide students with low-level components. The ability to generate VHDL, programming files, and deploy logic to a Xilinx FPGA completes the sequence, which allows education in the following:

Boolean algebra and minimization of logic
Sequential and combinational logic design
State machines and arithmetic logic
Hardware description languages and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA)

Export Multisim PLD designs to a digital electronics FPGA board

See an example of a 4-bit counter and 555 timer

Power Electronics

With the release of Multisim 12.0, many components now give students the ability to explore the concepts of power electronics directly. Included are example circuits with parameterizable machines, transistors, thyristors, voltage controlled switches, PWM generators, and phase-angle controllers, which give educators the ability to focus on teaching the following: