UPC EETAC Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Systems and in Network Engineering EEL

 

  

Installing and using Multisim and Ultiboard

Lab 1

Installation

Install Multisim and Ultiboard and licence them using the UPC codes. How to proceed is explained in this EETAC page.

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Multisim

Fig. 1. Multisim education to download.  Multisim and Ultiboard opening windows. Both applications will work concurrently on the design of schematics and their printed circuit boards.

Activate the software using licence numbers supplied from the UPC.

NI License manager

Fig. 2. With NI license manager you can activate your NI software using our UPC licenses.

 

Verifying Multisim and Ultiboard

Explore sample projects and check how schematics and PCB windows are working concurrently. For instance open a new folder in your C drive "C:\EMC\LAB1\Getting_Started" and unzip this file Getting_Started.zip. Open the project file that contains both the schematic and the PCB. Keep both windows synchronised using net file transfers.

New project getting started Schematic

 Sample

Fig. 3. Sample project (extension .mp14) for Ultiboard PCB (extension .ewprj) and  Multisim schematic (extension .ms14).

 

Simulating digital circuits in Multisim

This is the same project Circuit_W solved with another very powerful and full-featured SPICE simulator: MultiSim from National Instruments. As a UPC student you can download the software bundle Multisim (simulator) and Ultiboard (PCB design) for education and obtain a licence. These are instructions if you are interested in such EDA tools for other EETAC subjects.

Circuit_W

Fig. 11. Multisim circuit example.