FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF LABORATORY WORKS IN THE STUDY OF PHYSICS OF ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA USING SOFTWARE SIMULATORS

Abstract

The article shows the possibility of convenient use of software simulators of electric circuits in performing laboratory works in physics, theory of electric circuits and signals, and the basics of electronics. An example of studying Kirchhoffʼs laws in the NI Multisim 14 simulator as one of the simplest in terms of interface but very powerful in terms of capabilities is considered. The choice of NI Multisim is due to the fact that it is de-facto one of the industrial standards in the real design of electronic devices. Thus, students are introduced to not an educational software simulator for modeling electrical phenomena, but to industrial software that they may have to deal with as future electronics designers.The article describes the structure of a typical mini-project (laboratory work) on the study of Kirchhoff's laws, and shows that this approach to organizing training is related to the specifics of teaching students majoring in 172 – “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering”, 123 – “Computer Engineering” and 125 – “Cybersecurity”.As a result, students acquire the skills to develop and test models of electrical circuits with visualization of the results obtained, learn to use the methods of solving systems of linear equations acquired in the course of mathematics in practice.
 Keywords: educational technologies of distance learning; simulation of electrical circuits; analysis of processes in electrical systems; use of NI Multisim 14 software package for educational purposes; laboratory works in physics and electronics; Ohm’s law; Kirchhoff's laws; virtual learning environment.