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Introduction to the Multisim Instruments 10.1 Subject Page No. LabVIEW Instruments System Requirements Sample LabVIEW Instruments Creating a LabVIEW Instrument Building a LabVIEW Instrument Installing a LabVIEW Instrument Guidelines for Successfully Creating a LabVIEW Instrument 10-87 10-88 10-88 10-90 10-92 10-93 10-93 Introduction to the Multisim Instruments Multisim provides a number of virtual instruments. You use these instruments to measure the behavior of your circuits. These instruments are set, used and read just like their real-world equivalents. They look just like the instruments you’ve seen and used in a lab. Using virtual instruments is the easiest way to examine your circuit’s behavior and show the results of a simulation. In addition to the standard instruments that come with Multisim, you can create your own custom instruments using LabVIEW, a graphical development environment for creating flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications. Virtual instruments have two views: the instrument icon you attach to your circuit, and the instrument face, where you set the instrument’s controls. You can show or hide the face by double-clicking on the instrument's icon. The instrument faces will always be drawn on top of the main workspace so that they will not be hidden. You may place the instrument faces wherever you wish on your desktop. The faces are automatically hidden when you activate a different view. Upon returning to a view, the instruments are restored to their original visibility and placement. When you save your circuit, the instrument face locations and hide/ show status are stored with the circuit. As well, any data contained in the instruments is saved, Multisim 9 User Guide 10-3
