Integrated Design and Test Platform with NI Multisim,
Ultiboard, and LabVIEW
Overview
Combining the powerful design capabilities of NI Multisim capture and
simulation software, the flexible routing of NI Ultiboard software, and
the industry-leading graphical programming of NI LabVIEW software, the
NI Circuit Design Suite provides an innovative platform that integrates
the design and test of board-level circuits (Figure 1). You can improve
productivity by using this completely streamlined design flow to quickly
define and prototype your circuit designs. As engineering schedules
shorten, and budgets tighten, you need to be able to use powerful design
tools to quickly prototype error-free circuits. Integration throughout the
design flow, from design simulation to prototype validation, can ensure
your success.
Best Practices in Circuit Design
With this unique design platform, you can take advantage of advanced
features within the easy-to-use and graphical Multisim environment.
You can use design validation in the earliest stages of the design flow to
reduce errors and prototype iterations.
Multisim integrates with National Instruments measurement technology
within a single design platform, so you can effectively use simulation
and real measurements to more accurately characterize performance.
With such an advanced approach, you can proactively, rapidly, and
cost-effectively improve your design and design productivity.
Multisim Capture and Simulation
• Intuitive and easy-to-use
capture environment
• Dynamic visualization of design behavior
• Interactive circuit simulation and
industry-standard analysis capabilities
• Database of more than 16,000
components and models
Ultiboard Layout and Routing
• Flexible design environment for
intuitive layout
• Efficient control of parts and
copper placement
• Ability to export to industry-standard
formats (Gerber, DXF)
Integrated Design and Test
• Multisim design integrated with
LabVIEW test
• Correlate simulated and real
measurements
• Automate Multisim simulation
in LabVIEW
System Requirements
• Pentium 4 microprocessor
• 512 MB of memory (256 MB minimum)
• Windows Vista (64-bit)/XP/2000 SP3
NI Circuit Design Suite – Multisim and Ultiboard
Figure 1. Take advantage of an integrated design and test platform, from Multisim capture and simulation, to Ultiboard layout and routing, to LabVIEW validation and verification.
Multisim Capture
In the intuitive Multisim environment, you can access a comprehensive
component library. In a modeless design environment, you can quickly
define circuit topology and then take advantage of advanced simulation
to investigate design behavior (Figure 2).
• Modeless wiring to quickly define circuits
• More than 16,000 device components
• Simulation of models from Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and
ON Semiconductor
• Easy-to-use and well-organized database
Multisim Simulation
Simulation improves the design flow. You can identify errors and quickly
iterate design modifications to improve behavior prior to prototyping. By
reducing prototype iterations, you save time and resources.
• Easy-to-use simulation in a highly graphical environment that requires
no SPICE expertise
• Choice of 22 simulation instruments (Figure 3) to visualize
design behavior
• 19 industry-standard analyses, such as AC analysis and Monte Carlo,
for greater design insight
• Error identification at the earliest stages of the design flow to improve
characteristic performance
Enhanced Simulation Capabilities
Multisim 10.1 provides new and enhanced SPICE parser technology, to
improve circuit convergence and accuracy, as well as expanded PSpice
compatibility. This along with the growing range of visualization
techniques and advanced analyses gives you a complete set of tools to
analyze circuit behavior.
Beyond Traditional Simulation
Go beyond conventional simulation by using LabVIEW to introduce real
measurements as simulation stimuli. You can model and improve designs
based on the effects of real-world inputs to tweak circuit behavior and
identify design limitations and possible enhancements before
prototyping a physical board.
To tailor the analysis for an application, you can take advantage of
Multisim and LabVIEW integration to create custom LabVIEW
instruments to meet domain-specific criteria.
• Virtually prototype circuits by injecting real measurements into
Multisim simulation
• Download or build additional LabVIEW VIs to analyze simulated data
with greater accuracy
Integrated Design and Test Platform with NI Multisim, Ultiboard, and LabVIEW
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Figure 2. Quickly and easily define circuits in Multisim.
Figure 3. Use intuitive simulation instruments and analyses to validate design behavior
without expertise in SPICE.