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Student Guide
A. Course Description ..................................................................................................................................................................................vii

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B. What You Need to Get Started ................................................................................................................................................................vii
C. Installing the Course CD Software..........................................................................................................................................................vii
D. Course Goals ...........................................................................................................................................................................................viii

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Schematic Capture
Exercise 1-1 Drawing a Schematic .................................................................................................................................................1-1

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Simulation and Virtual Instruments

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Exercise 2-1 Working with Instruments .........................................................................................................................................2-1

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Analyses
Exercise 3-1 Working with Analyses .............................................................................................................................................3-1
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Lesson 4
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Working with SPICE

Exercise 4-1Working with SPICE4-1
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Advanced Schematic Capture

Exercise 5-1 Graphic Annotations ..................................................................................................................................................5-1
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Communication and Transfer
Exercise 6-1 Communication and Transfer ....................................................................................................................................6-1

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Projects and Design Sharing
Exercise 7-1 Working with Projects and Design Sharing...............................................................................................................7-1

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MCU Co-simulation

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Exercise 8-1 MCU Co-simulation ..................................................................................................................................................8-1

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Custom Components

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Exercise 9-1 Creating Components ................................................................................................................................................9-1

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Educational Features (Optional)
Exercise 10-1 Educational Features..................................................................................................................................................10-1
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Appendix A
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Presentation Slides
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Appendix B
Additional Information and Resources
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Student Guide

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Welcome to the NI Multisim Basics Exercises book. This book and the accompanying software are used in the two-day, hands-on NI Multisim Basics: Schematic
Capture & Simulation course.

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The labs in this seminar will develop progressively in both content and complexity, closely matching the material presented during the discussion periods. Students
will develop various stages of a simple sonar circuit over the course of the seminar.

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A. Course Description

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The National Instruments Multisim Basics course introduces the NI Multisim integrated capture and simulation design environment. Learn how to build a schematic
and evaluate circuit performance through interactive simulation and advanced analyses. Also discover how to complement your current database of components by

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creating custom capture and simulation parts.

Additional topics include microcontroller co-simulation and the Education specific features.

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B. What You Need to Get Started

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Before you use this course manual, make sure you have all of the following items:

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 Windows 8/7/Vista installed on your computer (32-bit and 64-bit)

 NI Multisim Power Pro Edition 14.0 or higher.

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 Accompanying course CD
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C. Installing the Course CD Software

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The accompanying CD includes all files needed to complete the exercises on this Workbook. It also includes the NI Circuit Design Suite evaluation software.
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Explore the CD and copy the Lab* folders to your local hard drive. It is recommended that you install them in a folder named: <Exercises>\Multisim\.

Working reference circuits are available for most labs to expedite the lab and to ensure that students always have access to the working circuit. These circuits have
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D. Course Goals
After completing this course, you will be able to:

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• Understand the features of the NI Multisim user interface
• Use and apply capture schematics in Multisim

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• Use interactive simulation to check your design
• Understand virtual instruments and analyses

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• Work with design variants
• Create custom components

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At the end of the NI Multisim Basics course, you can design and simulate a circuit that is ready to be transferred to board layout and routing. This hands-on format is

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the quickest way to become productive with NI Multisim.
This scope of this course does not include the following:

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• Teaching electronic and electronic design concepts
• Teaching C and/or assembler programming

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• Developing a complete electronic application for any student in the class

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Exercise 1-1 Drawing a Schematic

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Goal

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Build and test a basic circuit in Multisim.

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This lab provides a general introduction to Multisim’s schematic capture. You will build and wire a basic circuit in Multisim using a variety of means to access parts,
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1. Become familiar with the general Multisim GUI.
2. Set Multisim workspace parameters.

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3. Understand the difference between real, virtual, ideal and interactive parts.
4. Become familiar with the Multisim database structure.
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5. Build and wire a basic circuit (including virtual wiring).
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6. Become familiar with and set wiring options.

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Implementation
The following files are referenced in this exercise. They are located in the <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab01 folder:
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• 40kFILTER1_complete
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1. Open Multisim.

 If Multisim is not open, select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Circuit Design Suite 14.0»Multisim 14.0.

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2. Save the default design file as 40kFILTER1.

 Select File»Save as.

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 Click the Sheet visibility tab. In the Component section, enable/disable the options such as Labels, RefDes, and Values and preview the result. Configure
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 In the Net names subsection, choose if you want to have net names shown for all nets, hide all, or a net-specific setting (recommended). For this exercise,
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select Show all.

 In the Bus entry section, check Labels and Bus entry net names.
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 In the Colors tab you can change the colors used in the workspace. The default is a pre-configured White background option. If you want to customize the
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 Click the Workspace tab. In this tab you can turn on or off the grid, page bounds and the page border. You can also change the sheet size.
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 Click the Wiring tab. Set the Wire width to 1 and the Bus width to 3.
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 Click the Font tab. You can customize the font to be used in different sections of Multisim. Use the Change all and Apply to sections to define how the
changes need to be applied. Leave the defaults.

 Click the PCB tab. In this tab you can change options that are applicable when you transfer your design to PCB Layout. Leave the defaults.

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 Click the Layer settings tab. In this tab you can add custom annotation layers if needed. Leave the defaults.

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Global Options
4. Set Global Options parameters.

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 Select Options»Global options.

 Select the Paths tab and set the Design default path to <Exercises>\Multisim\.

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 Select the Save tab. You want to have a security copy created every time you save the circuit. You can also configure an Auto-backup that will save the
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circuit at every interval you specify. You can also Save simulation data with instruments, which allows you to specify how much data will be saved with
the instruments included in your schematic.
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 Select the Components tab. In this tab you can select how the Component Browser behaves every time you place a component and what Symbol standard
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 Select the General tab. You can customize the behavior of many tasks in this tab such as selecting components, using the mouse-wheel, and most importantly,
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 Select the Simulation tab. You can customize what happens when a netlist error occurs and Positive phase shift direction options for graphs as well as their
default background color.

 Click OK to close the Global Options dialog.

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working with, and are not saved with the file, these preferences are saved in your User Configuration file.

Use the mouse wheel to zoom-in and -out of the workspace.

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Placing Components

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5. Build your own version of circuit 40kFILTER1_complete as shown in Figure 1-1. Instructions and location of components are given in the following steps.

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Figure 1-1. Bandpass Filter Circuit Diagram to Complete

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 Select Place»Component.
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 Select the Master database and then select the Sources Group.

 Select the SIGNAL_VOLTAGE_SOURCES Family and then select the CLOCK_VOLTAGE component.
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 If the Component Browser is set to return after you place the component, you can continue placing new components.

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The following table provides the database location where to find each component. You can attempt to find and place all the components at once, or you can
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Sources SIGNAL_VOLTAGE_SOURCES CLOCK_VOLTAGE 40 kHz, 0.3 V V1

Sources POWER_SOURCES DC_POWER 15 V V2, V3

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Basic RESISTOR 40.2k — R1
Basic RESISTOR 191k — R2

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Basic CAPACITOR 270p — C1
Analog OPAMP

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attached to the mouse cursor press <Ctrl-R> on your keyboard to see how the component rotates. Click to place it. If a component is already placed, select
the component with the mouse and press the <Ctrl-R> keys.
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8. The In-Use List.

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to the Component Browser to select a second voltage source, use the In-Use List on the Main toolbar (refer to the following figure). Click the list and select
DC_POWER. An exact copy will be attached to the mouse cursor and you can place it on the workspace to create V3.

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 In the Component Browser, select the Basic group.

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Tip The resistor, capacitor and inductor (RLC) values from the database are standard values. If you want a different value you can double-click a placed
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 You will now place the Opamp. In the Component Browser, click the Search button.
 In the Component field, type *358* and click Search. You are searching for every component that has the string 358 on its name.
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 In the Model Manufacturer\ID field, select the Texas Instruments model and click OK to place the component.

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 Notice how the input terminals (+ and -) of the Opamp are reversed on the circuit diagram. Select the Opamp in the workspace, right-click and select Flip
vertically. The Opamp you placed on the workspace should now look like the one in the circuit diagram.

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 Move and position the components to resemble the circuit diagram shown in Figure 1-1.

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Wiring Components
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 To wire your circuit, move the mouse pointer to any component pin. The pointer changes to a crosshair.

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 Click again in the workspace to insert a branch turn.

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 Experiment creating a blind wire. Click at any component pin and move the mouse to start a wire.
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13. Modify wire properties.

 Double-click the net of the positive terminal of the clock source (V1) and change the Preferred net name to input.

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 Double-click the net of the output terminal of the Opamp (U1A) and change the Preferred net name to output.

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14. Placing other objects.

 Select Place»Text, create one label with the letter A and one with the letter B and reference the circuit diagram to position them.

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 Select Place»Junction. Place the two junction dots located underneath each letter label.

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 Select Place»Connectors»On-page connector and complete the power supply arrangement as well as the power rail connections to the Opamp (i.e., VS and
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 Your circuit should now look similar to the circuit diagram in Figure 1-1.

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15. Add a second capacitor (C2) between labels A and B with automatic wiring.

 From the In-Use List, select the CAPACITOR 270p component.

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16. The completed circuit is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1-3. Completed Circuit

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 Select File»Save.
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Simulation
Take some time to learn how to start a circuit simulation and how interactive and animated parts work.

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18. Load an existing design file.

 Select File»Open. Browse to <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab01\Up_down.

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Figure 1-4. Up-Down Counter

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19. Simulate the circuit.

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20. Interactive and animated parts.

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 Toggle the switches and observe the 7-segment LED display; this is an animated component. Observe the behavior of the Digital Probes as well.

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Exercise 2-1 Working with Instruments

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Understand the response and behavior of the Bandpass filter you created.

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Use virtual instruments and interactive simulation to examine the response and behavior of the Bandpass filter from Lesson 1. The Bode Plotter and Oscilloscope will
be inserted into the circuit to measure response across the filter circuit. You will replace the source with a Function Generator.

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After experimenting with the Bandpass filter, you will use the 555 Timer Wizard to generate a 40 kHz signal for a SONAR circuit.

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1. Become familiar with placing instruments, instrument front panels, and setting instrument controls.
2. Become familiar with simulation settings.
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5. Replace the Clock Source with a Function Generator and observe simulation results while varying the frequency.
6. Become familiar with the Multisim Circuit Wizards.
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Implementation
The following files are referenced in this exercise. They are located in the <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab02 folder:
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• LogicAnalyzerExample

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• ExpressionSource
• ExpressionSource folder

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1. Open Multisim. You can close the default Design1 if it is open.

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2. Load design file.

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 You can load the 40kFILTER1 design file that you finished in Lesson 1, or you can open 40kFILTER2 which is already built for you in the Lab02 folder
(recommended).

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Virtual Instruments
3. The following is the circuit diagram with the instruments connected. Refer to this diagram to complete the exercise.

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Figure 2-1. Bandpass Filter with Instruments

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Tip You can move and hold the mouse pointer on top of each icon and the tooltip showing the instrument name will show up shortly.
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 Wire the negative terminal (-) to net input, which is the net attached to R1. And wire the COM pin of the instrument to a GROUND reference.

 Double-click the Function Generator symbol. The instrument’s front panel opens in a floating window. Configure it as shown in the following figure.

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Figure 2-2. Function Generator Front Panel

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5. Place the Bode Plotter and the Oscilloscope.

 From the Instruments toolbar, select the Bode Plotter and the Oscilloscope, place them both on the upper right section of the circuit area.
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practice task, you should always wire a reference.

 Wire the Bode Plotter positive (+) IN terminal to the input net, and the positive (+) OUT terminal to the output net.
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 Wire Oscilloscope positive (+) Channel A terminal to the input net, and the positive (+) Channel B terminal to the output net.

 Open the Bode Plotter and the Oscilloscope front panels and configure them as shown in the following figures.

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Figure 2-3. Bode Plotter Front Panel

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Figure 2-4. Oscilloscope Front Panel

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 Open the Bode Plotter and the Oscilloscope front panels.

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Figure 2-6. Oscilloscope Simulation Results

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 With the simulation running, change the value of the potentiometer R3, move the mouse pointer on top of the R3 symbol and a horizontal slider will appear,

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 Close the instruments by clicking the X button on the top-right corner of each front panel.
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 Stop the simulation.

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Working with Probes
1. Open a new design.

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 Click the Parameters tab.

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 Click the Run button. Observe the new frequency is now closer to 40 kHz (~38.9 kHz).

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 Select Simulate»Save simulation settings. Name the simulation profile as SmallerTimeStep and click Save.

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 Click the Place power probe button and place the probe on the resistor R1.

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Figure 2-10. Logic Analyzer Example

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Figure 2-11. Logic Analyzer Clock Setup

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Figure 2-12. Logic Analyzer Front Panel

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 Stop the simulation.

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 Select File»New»Blank, or click the New button on the Standard toolbar and create a Blank design.

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 Enter the following expression on the bottom text field: A'B'C+A'BC+ABC'+ABC.

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Figure 2-14. Logic Converter Front Panel

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 Close the Logic Converter front panel.

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Import a LabVIEW Instrument

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 Select Options»Global options»Paths.

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 Connect the LabVIEW instrument to the Oscilloscope as shown in the following figure.

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Figure 2-15. Connect LabVIEW Instrument to Oscilloscope

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Analyses

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Exercise 3-1 Working with Analyses

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You will further explore the characteristics of the Bandpass filter using the following analyses: AC, Transient, Fourier and Monte Carlo. You will also learn about
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1. Compare AC Sweep to a Bode Plot.
2. Compare Transient Analysis to the Oscilloscope.
3. Use expressions in analyses.
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1. Open Multisim.

2. Load design file.

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 Open design file 40kFILTER3 located in the <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab03 folder.

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Figure 3-1. Rload Added for Power Analysis

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AC Sweep
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 From the Variables in circuit box, select All variables from the drop-down list, and then highlight variable V(output) from the list.

 Click the Add button to move the variable to the right side under Selected variables for analysis.

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Figure 3-2. Add Model Parameter Dialog Box

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Figure 3-3. Analysis Expression Dialog Box

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7. Verify the output parameters and simulate.

 The dialog box should look like the following figure.

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Figure 3-4. Settings for the AC Sweep

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 The Grapher View window opens and the plot should look like the following figure.

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Figure 3-5. Grapher View Results for the AC Sweep

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 Click the Black background button on the toolbar to see a white background (or Graph»Black and white colors).

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 Configure the Left axis properties as shown in the following figure.
Figure 3-6. New Left Axis Properties for the Magnitude Plot

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 Click Apply when done.

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 Right-click the bottom Phase (deg) graph on the left axis and select Axis properties.

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12. Compare the outputs of the Bode Plotter and the AC Sweep. Now that you have set up the graph properties to match those that were used to configure the Bode
Plotter, you can overlay the magnitude traces to compare them.

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Figure 3-8. Select the First Graph of the Last AC Sweep performed

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Figure 3-9. New Tab (Page) with the Merged Traces

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13. Zoom in to see the region where the two peaks meet each other.

 With the mouse pointer, click and hold while you draw a selection box around the peaks, this will zoom into that area.

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Figure 3-10. Zoom View of the Traces’ Peak Point

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 Activate the cursors.

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Transient Analysis
15. Set output node using voltage probe.
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 Select the Transient Analysis from the Active Analysis list.

 Set the analysis settings as shown below.

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Figure 3-11. Transient Analysis Parameters

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 Click Run.

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 Open the instrument panel of the Function Generator and change the waveform type to a Square Wave.
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 Select Simulate»Analyses and Simulation, or click the Active Analysis button on the Simulation toolbar.

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 Select Simulate»Analyses and Simulation, or click the Active Simulation button on the Simulation toolbar.
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Figure 3-12. Tolerance Parameters for C1

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 Click Add tolerance again, and repeat the above step but select C2 this time.
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Figure 3-13. Edit Analysis Dialog for the AC Sweep

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 Click Run.

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 Select Edit»Clear pages.

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Exercise 4-1Working with SPICE

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Figure 4-1. Circuit Parameter

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 From the Value tab enter Rise_Fall in both the Rise time and Fall time textbox.

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 Enter 0 in the Initial Value and 5 in the Pulse value textbox.

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Figure 4-3. RLC Circuit

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 Select Simulate»Analyses and simulation, or click the Active Analysis button.

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 Click the Output tab.

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 Select Simulate»Analyses and Simulation, or click the Active Simulation button.

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 Click the Sweep parameter drop-down arrow and select Circuit Parameter.

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 Click the Sweep variation type drop-down arrow and select List.

 Enter 1e-13, 1e-12, 5e-12, 1e-11 in the Value list textbox.

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 Click the Output tab.

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 Click Run.

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12. Load File.

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 Double-click the wire connected to the positive side of the DC source V_Isense.

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 Click OK.
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 Click the Copy SPICE netlist button from the SPICE Netlist Viewer window.
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 Enter .ENDS as the last line.

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 Select File»Save As.

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 Open the file FuseSimulation located in the <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab04 folder.

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 Select the RLC.txt file located in <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab04.
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 Select Edit»Select All, or <Ctrl-A>.

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Figure 4-7. .RLC Circuit

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 Place the Arbitrary _SPICE_BLOCK on the workspace.

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Figure 4-8. Arbitrary SPICE Block

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 Click the Output tab.

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 Click Run.

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Exercise 5-1 Graphic Annotations

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Goal

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In this exercise you will use advanced schematic capture options to edit the Bandpass filter circuit. You will also document your work.

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Design
1. You will modify the Bandpass filter with graphic annotations and comments.
2. Create a Description Box for the filter.

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4. Use the Spreadsheet View to edit component properties.
5. Establish constraint driven capture for layout.
6. Edit the schematic Title Block.
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1. Open Multisim.

2. Load design file.

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 Right-click the entered text and select Font.

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 Click the Picture button.

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 A ghost image attached to the mouse pointer will appear; place this picture underneath the text you placed on step 5, click to place.

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7. Place a comment on the workspace.

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 Click to place on the area above the filter circuit. Click somewhere else in the workspace. Then hover the mouse above the comment icon, see how the

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 Double-click to edit the comment’s properties.

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Design Toolbox button of the Main toolbar.
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Figure 5-4. Visibility Tab of the Design Toolbox

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 Right-click the Title Block and select Move to»Bottom right.

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Figure 5-5. Sample Diagram After Placing the Title Block

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The Spreadsheet View is a tool that displays information about the circuit. It provides a way to quickly view and change the properties of components and nets,
export circuit information to other software programs and find elements in your design.

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usually located at the bottom of the Multisim application window; you can resize and move it as you want. There are five tabs in the Spreadsheet View:

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Figure 5-8. Find and Select U1

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 Click and hold the Footprint column header, drag it to the left side of the Manufacturer column. This will re-order the columns in the Spreadsheet View.
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 Click the RefDes column header; this will select all rows underneath.

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 Click Select from Database. This will display the list of all available footprints in the Master database. (Hint: use the Filter option and add a filter for

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 Select footprint RES0.5 and click Select.

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If Microsoft Excel is not available, you can also export to a text file or a comma-separated value file (CSV).
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Layout constraints can easily be set through the Spreadsheet View. This information will be transferred automatically to NI Ultiboard when you export your

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 Select the Nets tab on the Spreadsheet View.

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Exercise 6-1 Communication and Transfer

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4. Customize the BOM.

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 Click the Select visible columns button on the toolbar. Check/uncheck different columns to show/hide them.

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 Generate a new BOM report. The header is now added to the list.

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 Ultiboard shows the PCB layout workspace with a default board outline and the components unplaced and not routed.

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1. Open Multisim.

2. Load design file.

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Design Blocks (HB and SC)
3. The sonar circuit requires a Bandpass filter with a gain stage for receiving pulses.

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Figure 7-1. Place gain_stage Underneath the Oscilloscope

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4. Load design file.

 Select File»Open, or click the Open button on the Standard toolbar.

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5. Modify the Bandpass filter so that it can be used as a HB.

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 Select Place»Connectors»Hierarchical connector.

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 Repeat the above step and place another connector as an output pin, before placing this pin on the workspace you can rotate it 180° by pressing <Ctrl-R>

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 Connect the input pin to the input of the filter and the output pin to the output of the filter as shown in the following figure.
Figure 7-2. Place I/O HB/SC Connectors to the Bandpass Filter

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Figure 7-3. 40kFILTER7 and gain_stage HBs

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Figure 7-4. Show Footprint Pin Names Property
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7. Convert the 40 KHz Signal Generator section into a Subcircuit (SC).

 Select all the components of the input stage at the top left section of the circuit named “40 KHz Signal Generator” and is outlined by a dashed rectangular

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Figure 7-5. Input Stage Selected

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Figure 7-6. New Subcircuit Re-wired

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Hierarchical Block (HB) Design and Bus Vector Connect
8. Place another HB called display_logic.

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Figure 7-7. Place display_logic

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 Double-click the display_logic block and click Open subsheet to open the design block in a new circuit tab.

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 Click sonar_design1 in the Design Toolbox to return to the top-level view of the circuit.
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 In the top-level circuit, locate the display_logic block.

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 Repeat the previous two steps on the pulse pin, naming the net new_pulse.
Figure 7-9. Mid-air and Virtual Wiring

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 To automatically draw a bus, click the SEG_OUT bus pin to create a bus wire to the right of the display_logic block and after the rightmost 7-segment

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Tip To place a bus without connecting it to a bus pin, select Place»Bus, or click the Bus button ( ) on the Components toolbar.

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 Select pins A to G by selecting A, press and hold the <Shift> key and select G.
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 Repeat for the 7-segment display on the right, this time mapping to bus lines DB0 to DB6.

 Select File»Save, or click the Save button on the Standard toolbar.

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Finding Components
12. Find a component in the schematic.

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Figure 7-12. Find Component dialog

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 Two instances should be found and displayed in the Results tab of the Spreadsheet View. Double-click one of the instances and Multisim will take you to
location of the component.

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Figure 7-13. Component located

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Electrical Rules Check (ERC)
13. Run the ERC tool.

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15. Modify ERC parameters.

 Return to the Electrical Rules Check dialog.

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The ERC rules tab establishes a matrix where you can specify what should be flagged as error or warning or not flagged at all.

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Figure 7-14. ERC Rules Tab

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Note This feature is not available in the Education Edition.

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 Note that now every ERC error or warning in the design is being flagged.

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Project Management
17. Start with a new workspace.

 Select File»Save and File»Close all.

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18. Create a new Project.

 Select File»Projects and packing»New project. Configure the dialog as shown in the following figure, and click OK when finished.

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Figure 7-15. Creating a New Project

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 The Project View tab of the Design Toolbox displays the files used in the Project. Select View»Design Toolbox if it is closed or click the Design Toolbox
button on the Main toolbar.
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 Add the following files to your Project (located in the Lab07 folder). Press the <Ctrl> key to select multiple files and click Open when finished.
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Figure 7-16. The Project View

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20. Save the current Project.

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 Select a filename for such as MySonarProject and click Save.

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 Team up with another class mate and unpack your project in that class mate’s computer (use a USB stick or network to transfer your file). To unpack, select
File»Projects and packing»Unpack project.

 If you want to unpack the project files to a specific location, you can modify the Destination and the Extracted Path fields.

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 If time permits, make some changes to the files in your project, and try to recover the previous version.

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 Leave Multisim open.

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MCU Co-simulation

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Exercise 8-1 MCU Co-simulation

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Goal

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Multisim MCU adds microcontroller co-simulation capabilities to Multisim, allowing you to include a MCU programmed in assembly or C code, within your SPICE
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In this exercise you have two options, the first is to use the MCU to create a MCU Workspace, use the PIC16F84A to run a counter operation and debug the source
code. The second option is to use the MPLAB X to build your code to display a message on an LCD display.

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2. Co-simulate Multisim and the MCU Module.

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1. Open Multisim.

 Make sure that a blank Design circuit page is in the workspace, otherwise create a new workspace.

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The MCU Workspace
The MCU Workspace is a special location in the Design Toolbox that includes all the information of the project, as well as a dedicated folder where the build files,

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source code files and any necessary file for the MCU are stored. It is recommended that you have this folder located in the same folder as your Multisim file.

2. Place the MCU on the blank workspace.

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3. Configure the MCU Wizard.

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exercises and provide a name for the workspace such as MyMCUProject. Click Next when you are ready to continue.

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 Save the Multisim file as PICUpDownCounter.

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Figure 8-1. MCU Project in the Design Toolbox

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 Delete the contents of the main.c source file in the Source Code Editor in Multisim.
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 Save the source code file.

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 Click the top-level circuit PICUpDownCounter in the Design Toolbox. This will take you back to the circuit diagram.

 Build the circuit shown in the following figure, use this table as a guide to locate and configure components.

Group Family N Component Value RefDes

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Indicators HEX_DISPLAY SEVEN_SEG_COM_A — U2

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Figure 8-2. MCU Test Circuit

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9. Simulate the circuit.

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 Start the simulation.

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Debugging Features
10. Debug your source code.

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 If line numbers are not visible, right-click anywhere inside the editor window and select Line numbers.

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…and select Toggle breakpoint. You can also double-click the left border at line 43. You will notice the breakpoint with a red circle on the left border.

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Figure 8-3. Debug View

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Figure 8-4. Debug Tools

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11. Open the Memory View.

 With the simulation paused, select MCU»MCU PIC16F84A U1»Memory View. Review all memory view sections.

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 After you are done experimenting with some of the tools, right-click inside the source code editor and select Remove all breakpoints.
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MCU Co-Simulation with MPLAB X

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 Select Start»All Programs»Microchip»MPLAB X IDE»MPLAB X IDE V2.30.

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 Select Microchip Embedded from the Categories box.

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 Click Next.

 Select Simulator from the Select Tool box.

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 Enter C:\Exercises\Multisim\Lab08\MPLABX in the Project Location textbox.

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3. Add MCU code.

 Right-click the Source File from the Project box.

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 Enter HTGraphicDisplayMain in the Filename textbox.

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 Open Notepad from Start»All Programs»Accessories»Notepad.

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 Press <Ctrl-V> to add the code you copied from Notepad.

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Figure 8-7. Main.c in MPLAB X Text Editor

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 Click the Build button.

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 Enter PIC16F84A-04/P in the Component textbox.

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 Enter the path <MPLABX>\HTGraphicDisplay.X\dist\default\production\HTGraphicDisplay.X.production.cof.

Note The debug file extension depends on the compiler you selected.
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 Check the Pause simulation at first instruction checkbox.

 Click OK.

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Figure 8-8. MCU Connected to Graphic LCD Display

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 Click Run.

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Figure 8-9. MCU Simulator View

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Exercise 9-1 Creating Components

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1. Learn how to import primitive and sub-circuit model to an existing component.

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The following files are referenced in this exercise. They are located in the <Exercises>\Multisim\Lab09 folder:
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1. Open Multisim.

 Make sure that a blank Design circuit page is in the workspace, otherwise create a new Design.

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2. Place a diode from the Master database.

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 Place the diode on the workspace.

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 Click the Edit Component in db button.

 Click the Model tab.

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 Enter the BYM10-1000 in the Model ID textbox.

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 Click the Load Model from File button.
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 Click the Select button.

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 Click the Delete a model button.

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 Add general information about the diode in the Function textbox to help you select part in the future.

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Figure 9-1. Component Properties

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 Click the Save button.

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 Click the Add Family button.

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 Expand the User Database tree.

 Select the Diode family from the Family Tree box.

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Figure 9-2. Test Diode

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The Component Wizard
9. Locate the SPICE model for the component.

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 Close the word processing tool.

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 In Multisim, select Tools»Component wizard or click the Component wizard button on the Main toolbar.
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11. Step 1: Enter component information.

 Configure the dialog as shown in the following figure. Since you have access to the SPICE model you can create the component for simulation.

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 Click Next to continue.

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12. Step 2: Enter footprint information.

 According to the datasheet, the footprint is a SOIC (R-8).

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Figure 9-4. Footprint Information

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Figure 9-5. Selecting the SOIC (R-8) Footprint
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 Click OK. One of the resulting footprints should be:
Manufacturer: Analog Devices
Footprint: SOIC-N-8(R-8)

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The two results map to the same Ultiboard Footprint which is IPC Compliant.

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 This will be a multi-section component. Configure the component for 2 sections, 5 pins per section. Refer to the following figure.

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Figure 9-6. Configuring the Multi-section Parameters

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Step 3 of the Component Wizard shows the symbol generated by default. You can modify the symbol. For this example, you will copy a symbol from the

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 Click Copy from DB.

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 Highlight and click OK.

 In the Step 3 window, notice how the symbol in section A is different from the one in section B. Select the section A tab and click Copy to.

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14. Step 4: Set pin parameters.

Step 4 of the Component Wizard allows you to select the pin model type for each pin in the symbol, and to select whether to include or exclude that pin from

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 Configure the Type column as shown in the following figure. (Hint: use <Ctrl> to multi-select rows.)

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15. Step 5: Set mapping information symbol-footprint.

Step 5 of the Component Wizard provides you with the opportunity to review the mapping between the symbol and footprint. It is needed when you export to

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 Map each symbol pin to its corresponding footprint pin. Refer to the footprint schematic shown in Figure 9-4. Click the corresponding Footprint Pin cell

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 The configured dialog must look like the following figure.

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16. Step 6: Select the simulation model.

Step 6 of the Component Wizard requires you to enter the simulation model information. You can load SPICE models or create one with the Model Maker.

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longer available, refer to step 2 at the beginning of this exercise.

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Figure 9-10. Step 6

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In Step 7 of the Component Wizard you must ensure that each symbol pin associates to the corresponding number connecting to its node in the model. From

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 Using the previous information configure the Step 7 dialog as shown in the following figure:

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18. Step 8: Save the component to the User or the Corporate database.

 Expand the User Database.

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Figure 9-12. Step 8

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 In the blank design that is open, select Tools»Circuit wizards»Opamp wizard.

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 Place the new circuit anywhere in the workspace.

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 Simulate; you should see a waveform as shown in the following figure.

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Figure 9-13. Simulation Results from the New Component

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The Symbol Editor
In this section you will create a new component and define the symbol for that component. The example will create a microcontroller component (PIC16F1507). You
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 In Step 2, select footprint SOIC127P1030X265-20N from the Master database. (Hint: Use the filter, the Ultiboard Footprint contains “SOIC”, “127”, “265”
and “1030”, and Pin Count is “20”; you can get these parameters from the datasheet using IPC convention, type is SOIC, pitch is 127, height is 265 and width
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21. Use the Symbol Editor to create an appropriate symbol for this component.

 The Symbol Editor appears with a default symbol and shape.

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Figure 9-15. Default symbol created by the Component Wizard

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rectangle a lot bigger to fit all 20 pins and the pin names you will be creating later. You can always resize the boundary box at a later time if needed.

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9 RC7 19 RA0/ICSPDAT

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 In the Symbol Editor, typing ^MCLR^ will render MCLR in the screen. Use Arial font for symbol and footprint pins.
Figure 9-16. Completed Spreadsheet View

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Figure 9-17. Completed Symbol

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 In Step 5 configure the pins in ascending order (1, 2, 3, …, 20). In this example, all of the pins are correctly ordered from 1 to 20 because you named them
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 Place the newly created symbol on the workspace. The green outline color represents a component with no SPICE model.

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In this exercise you will experiment with the educational features of Multisim including the Virtual Breadboard, Component Faults, Global and Circuit Restrictions,
Circuit Description Box and Ladder Logic.

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1. Examine a ladder diagram circuit.
2. Create an audio trigger in the Description Box.

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4. Create and wire up a virtual breadboard based on an existing circuit.
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1. Open Multisim.

 Close any open circuit.

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Ladder Diagrams
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Figure 10-2. The completed XOR Output rung

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8. Load design file.

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 Click the Place voltage probe button on the Place Probe toolbar and place it in the XOR output wire as shown in the following figure.

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 Click OK to apply changes and exit.

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 Select Tools»View Breadboard or click the View Breadboard button on the Main toolbar. This will create a new unpopulated 3D ELVIS II breadboard.

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Figure 10-4. The 3D ELVIS II Breadboard

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 Save the design file.

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– Self-Help Technical Resources—For answers and solutions, visit ni.com/support for software drivers and updates, a searchable KnowledgeBase,

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users also receive access to the NI Discussion Forums at ni.com/forums. NI Applications Engineers make sure every question submitted online receives

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• System Integration—If you have time constraints, limited in-house technical resources, or other project challenges, National Instruments Alliance Partner
members can help. The NI Alliance Partners joins system integrators, consultants, and hardware vendors to provide comprehensive service and expertise to
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National Instruments Certification

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clients, and peers recognize your NI certification credential as a symbol of the skills and knowledge you have gained through experience. Visit ni.com/training

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