Multisim has expanded its circuit simulation capabilities and enhanced the engineers toolbox with a large

set of custom instruments and analyses. Using the rich set of math functions, programming algorithms, and
measurement tools engineers truly have a unique set of capabilities that can redefine how SPICE can be used for
circuit design.
Unlike most traditional circuit simulation tools, Multisim offers a high level of versatility in defining the
simulation setup for a circuit design, including running interactive mode simulations directly from within the schematic
environment. In addition to the fixed set of 20 simulation analyses and the 22 virtual instruments included in
Multisim
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, engineers can use signal generation, simulation, analysis, and virtual instrumentation utility tools
developed and made available to the Multisim community to better evaluate circuit performance, optimize their
designs and overall make better decisions more quickly by using these powerful pre-built engineering and
measurement and tools. Simply put, these custom instruments allow you to place specially built instruments directly
in the Multisim schematic for use in line with interactive mode SPICE simulation.
In addition to the built-in instruments, the set of available custom instruments covers a wide range of
applications offering you the advantage of accurately evaluating the circuit performance with the right signal stimulus
and calculations before leaving the desktop simulation to physically prototype your PCB design. Imagine easily
recording signals to disk during long duration simulations and looking at the data later, or taking complex frequency
domain measurements while adjusting the component values, or researching if a component you are simulating is
immediately using a Digi-Key search these are all possible using these Virtual Instruments.
These tools for application-specific measurements and analyses are available in Multisim. Examples of the
applications include power electronics measurements and analyses, audio frequency measurement tools, device
characterization measurements (such as an Rds-on plotter for testing MOSFETs), filter synthesis and analysis tools
and Analog to Digital interface and testing tools.
Harness the power of real measurements and compare your simulation data with real measurements.
Engineers can now interface to real NI.
It is also known for its ability to interface to sensors using various signal conditioning and data acquisition
technologies. Now you have the ability to model many sensors in a unique way using Multisim and LabVIEW to build
up interactive models that you can use in the design and analysis of your signal conditioning circuits and interfacing
systems. Among the sensor types available include various temperature sensors, strain and photodiode sensors.
The Multisim virtual instrument utility tools include a Digi-Key part search tool
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and a simulation rate
calculator that tells you how fast the simulation is running. In addition there is a powerful waveform calculator tool that
allows you to perform waveform calculations including simple math operations, powerful expression based math and
even unit conversion on common engineering quantities.