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EE-111: Linear Circuit Analysis

Lab 2: INTRODUCTION TO MULITISIM

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Lab 2: INTRODUCTION TO MULITISIM

Objective:

Multisim 2001 is an electrical system design tool with a large component data base
and easy to use graphical interface for the design needs of the students. The purpose of this lab
assignment is to familiarize students with the use of Multisim simulation software.

To start:

The application software has been installed on the PCs in the lab. Double click on
the icon for Multisim 2001 the program will start. Start to explore the features of the software.

Some guidelines: Use the multi users’ guide for this lab; some basic pointers are listed below:

1. Double click the Multisim icon, the program is launched, and a MULTISIM window
appears on the screen.
2. On the extreme left is the component toolbar. Place the cursor on each of the
buttons to read the stated nomenclature and familiarize with what is available where.
For this lab you may only need the top two buttons which display sources and basic
passive components when cursor is placed over them.
3. Click on New and start a new circuit window.
4. Now look at the left side on component toolbar. Topmost button on the menu is the
DC power symbol. You select a dc power supply can click on it and then take the
cursor to Circuit window (the major white part in the window). Click again and the DC
power symbol will be pasted on the circuit window.
5. Next click on Resistor symbol and view another pulls down menu. Topmost buttons
on the menu is the resistor symbol l. You can click on it and then take the cursor to
Circuit window (the major white part in the window). Click again and the resistor
symbol finds a place in the circuit window. Use the mouse to connect the elements
displayed in the circuit window together in a logical manner.
6. Now set up the circuits that are given in figure-1 and figure-2 one by one.
7. On the extreme right side is the Instruments toolbar. Topmost button displays
multimeter. Place it in the circuit window.
8. Connect the multimeter in various parts of the two circuits and measure various
required currents and voltages.
9. Continue further experimentation and exploration till end of class time.

1 Basic Elements
Multisim’s user interface consists of the following basic elements:
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 Multisim Design Bar “In Use” list Simulate switch

Menus
System
Toolbar

Circuit
Window

Status line Link to Instruments

Edaparts.com Component toolbar toolbar

Note Your circuit window may, by default, have a black background;

however, for the purposes of this document, we show a white
background. To change the background color, see “1.8.1
Controlling Circuit Display” on page 1-22.
Menus are, as in all Windows applications, where you ind commands
for all functions.
The system toolbar contains buttons for commonly performed
functions.
The instruments toolbar contains buttons for each instrument
available with your edition of Multisim.
The link to Edaparts.com launches your Web browser loaded with the
Electronic Workbench Edaparts.com Web site. You can then navigate
the site to download parts.
The zoom toolbar allows you to zoom in and out on the active circuit.

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 The Multisim Design Bar is an integral part of Multisim and is
explained in more detail below.
The “In Use” list lists all the components used in the active circuit, for
easy re-use.
The component toolbar contains Parts Bin buttons that let you open
Parts Bins (which, in turn, contain buttons for each family of
components).
The circuit window is where you build your circuit designs.
The status line displays useful information about the current
operation and a description of the item the cursor is currently
pointing to.
The simulate switch is an easy way to run, stop or pause the
simulation of your circuit.

About the Component Toolbars

By default, the Components Design Bar button is selected, and the
component toolbar is visible. If it is not visible, click the Components
button from the Design Bar.
The components you need to use to create circuits are grouped into logical
divisions or Parts Bins. Each Parts Bin is represented by a button on the
component toolbar. Placing your cursor over one of these buttons and clicking
opens the corresponding Parts Bin, containing a button for each component
family. The behavior of the Component toolbar and its Parts Bins is affected by
your circuit’s user preferences.

For example:
Placing the cursor on

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 this Parts Bin button
and clicking...

...reveals this
component family
(Parts Bin).

Virtual component buttons appear in green.

Step 1: Place a Battery
To place the irst component (a 5 volt battery):
1. Place the cursor on the Sources Parts Bin button and click. The
contents of the Sources
Parts Bin appear:

Tip Move your cursor over any Parts Bin button or Component family button to see its name

2. Click the DC Voltage Source button and move your cursor to

the circuit window. Your cursor changes to indicate a part is
ready to be placed.
A ghost image of the
component appears on the
circuit window showing you
exactly where the
component will be placed.

3. Move to the top left corner of the circuit window, where we want to place the
battery. Click in this general area or, to be more precise, use the page borders
as a guide and click in the intersection of row A and column 1. The battery
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 appears on your circuit window:

The descriptive text that appears around the various components can, if you wish, be hidden.
To hide it, double-click the component. The component “properties” screen appears with
various tabs. On the Display tab, de-select the option “Use schematic option global setting”,
then deselect the Descriptive text for the component. Show or hide descriptive text for all
components by using Options/Preferences and changing the settings in the Show box of the
Circuit tab.

Step 2: Change the Battery’s Value

By default, the battery is a 12V battery, but our circuit calls for a 5V battery. You can easily
change the battery’s value.
To change the battery’s value:
1. Double-click on the battery. The battery’s properties screen appears, with the Value
tab displayed.

.
2. Change the “12” to a “5” and click OK.
This ability to change the value of a part exists only for “virtual” components. Virtual
components are not real; that is, you could not buy them from a supplier. Virtual parts include
all sources, virtual resistor/capacitor/inductor parts, and numerous others. Virtual parts also
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include other “ideal” devices intended to provide theoretical equivalents of, for example, the
perfect op-amp.

Multisim treats virtual components slightly differently from real parts in two ways. First,
virtual components have a different default color from that of real components on your
schematic. This is to remind you that, since they are not real, these components will not be
exported to PCB Layout software, should you perform this step later. You will see this
difference in the next step, when you place a resistor. Second, when you place such parts, you
do not choose from the Browser (which is shown in the next step), since you can set the value
of a virtual part to anything you want.

2 Placing the Next Components

Place a Resistor
To place the irst resistor:
1. Place your cursor on the Basic Parts Bin button and, from the toolbar that
appears, click the Resistor button. The Component Browser screen appears:

To rotate the resistor:

1. Right-click on the resistor. A pop-up menu appears.

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 2. Choose 90 Counter CW from the menu. The results look like this:
3. If you want, you can move the labels that accompany a component’s symbol. In particular, you
may want to do this after some rotations, if the labels are displayed other than as you prefer. For
example, you might want to move the reference ID label. Just click and drag it to the right of the
symbol or click and use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the label in grid increments.

I3 I5

I1 I2 I4 IB

Circuit No. 1
Adding Instruments to Your Circuit
The instrument toolbar is displayed by default. If your instrument toolbar is not
displayed, click the Instruments button on the Design Bar. When you click this
button, the Instruments toolbar appears. It includes one button for each
instrument.
Wattmeter Bode Plotter
Multimeter Logic Analyzer Distortion Analyzer

Network Analyzer

Function Generator Oscilloscope Word Generator Logic Converter Spectrum

Analyzer

Virtual instruments have two views: the instrument icon you attach to your circuit, and
the opened instrument, where you set the instrument’s controls and display options.

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Opened instrument.
Instrument identi ier

Instrument icon.

Terminals input/output
indictors

To add the oscilloscope:

1. Click the Instruments button in the Design Bar. The Instruments toolbar
appears.
2. Click the Oscilloscope button and move your cursor to the circuit window.
Your cursor will appear as the ghost image of the instrument.
3. Move the cursor to the right side of your circuit and click.
4. The oscilloscope icon appears on the circuit window.
5. You now need to wire the oscilloscope into your circuit.
Wire the oscilloscope to the circuit
To wire the oscilloscope into your circuit:
1. Click the A terminal on the oscilloscope icon and drag a wire to the junction
between the output of U1 and R2.

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 2. Click the B terminal on the oscilloscope icon and drag a wire to between Q2 and
C1.

Configuring Instrument Settings

Each virtual instrument provided by Multisim includes its own series of optional settings
that control its display.
To open the oscilloscope, double-click the oscilloscope icon. The oscilloscope looks like this:

Graphical display
area
Reverses
background
color (toggles
between
white and black)

Saves results in an
ASCII ile
Grounds the
oscillo-
scope

Trigger
Readouts at Readouts at
vertical vertical Difference between read-
cursor 1 Cursor 2. outs at vertical cursors

The time base section of the scope’s panel controls the scale of the oscilloscope’s horizontal or x-
axis when comparing magnitude against time (Y/T)

Value of the divisions on the x-axis

Signal’s starting point on the x-axis
Adds channel A to channel B

Determines the axes of the oscilloscope display

(Y/T is voltage magnitude against time)
To get a more readable display, adjust the time base in inverse proportion to the
frequency— the higher the frequency, the lower (or more magni ied) the time base.
To set the time base for our circuit:

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  Set the time base scale (which should use the waveform magnitude against time
(Y/T) axes) to 20 s/Div to best display the frequencies in our circuit.
 Set the Channel A scale to 5V/Div, and click DC.
 Set the Channel B scale to 500 mV/Div, and click DC.
The results should look like this:

Calculation For Circuit No. 1

Measured Value
No. of Observa ons Voltages
(V)
1 VR1 10

2 VR2 10

3 VR3 8.33

4 VR4 1.67

5 VR5 6.67

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 Measured Value
No. of Observa ons Currents
(mA)
1 IR1 10.001

2 IR2 10.001

3 IR3 8.335

4 IR4 1.667

5 IR5 6.667

6 IV1 28.335

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Calculation For Circuit No. 2

Measured Value
No. of Observa ons Voltage
(V)

1 VR1 10

2 VR2 12

3 VR3 2

4 VR4 2

5 VR5 2

6 VR6 10

7 VR7 4

8 VR8 6

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 Measured Value
No. of Observa ons Current
(mA)

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 1 IR1 10.003

2 IR2 12.001

3 IR3 2

4 IR4 2

5 IR5 1.999

6 IR6 10.001

7 IR7 4.002

8 IR8 6.001

9 IV1 23.999

10 IV2 14

CIRCUIT TWO SCREENSHOT v

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CIRCUIT ONE SCREENSHOT^

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