Multisim Circuit Research Articles

Circuit Analysis with Multisim

This book is concerned with circuit simulation using National Instruments Multisim. It focuses on the use and comprehension of the working techniques for electrical and electronic circuit simulation. The first chapters are devoted to basic circuit analysis. It starts by describing in detail how to perform a DC analysis using only resistors and independent and controlled sources. Then, it introduces capacitors and inductors to make a transient analysis. In the case of transient analysis, it is possible to have an initial condition either in the capacitor voltage or in the inductor current, or both. Fourier analysis is discussed in the context of transient analysis. Next, we make a treatment of AC analysis to simulate the frequency response of a circuit. Then, we introduce diodes, transistors, and circuits composed by them and perform DC, transient, and AC analyses. The book ends with simulation of digital circuits. A practical approach is followed through the chapters, using step-by-step examples to introduce new Multisim circuit elements, tools, analyses, and virtual instruments for measurement. The examples are clearly commented and illustrated. The different tools available on Multisim are used when appropriate so readers learn which analyses are available to them. This is part of the learning outcomes that should result after each set of end-of-chapter exercises is worked out. Table of Contents: Introduction to Circuit Simulation / Resistive Circuits / Time Domain Analysis -- Transient Analysis / Frequency Domain Analysis -- AC Analysis / Semiconductor Devices / Digital Circuits

Chaotic behaviour of an electrical analogue to the mechanical double pendulum

In this paper the analogy between a mechanical double pendulum and an oscillating electrical system is presented. Instead of using analytic equations, we used the MultiSim circuit simulation environment in order to reproduce and interpret the response of the electrical oscillator. The electrical double pendulum presents a chaotic regime which is studied quantitatively by means of state space reconstruction. For this purpose the optimal delay time is calculated and the minimum embedding dimension is found with the method of False Nearest Neighbors.