Document Type: Tutorial NI Supported: Yes Publish Date: Aug 25, 2011

Teaching Biomedical Concepts with NI Multisim Resources

Overview Biomedical engineering is a highly interdisciplinary subject that features diverse subfields and groups and is influenced by a variety of engineering and medical fields. For many biomedical engineering majors, the first introduction to making measurements from the body is through their bioinstrumentation course. In this course, students are often exposed to the design, simulation, and prototyping of components found in medical devices such as an instrumentation amplifier or interfacing with sensors. This document examines how Multisim in combination with other National Instruments hardware and software fosters learning and guides student exploration of biomedical circuit concepts. Example Code Download the following Multisim files to explore how you can use Multisim to teach basic bioinstrumentation concepts. Hearing Aid Example in Multisim

Begin exploring the use of op-amps filters circuit design of a simple hearing aid with Multisim and the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). Download the circuit file

Electrocardiogram Signals in Multisim

Simulate a electrocardiogram (ECG) circuit in Multisim and have students build, test, record, and analyze their ECGs. Download the lab

Wheatstone Bridge with Multisim

Browse and download comprehensive lab material written using the Xilinx ISE tools and Verilog for the NI Digital Electronics FPGA Board. Download the circuit file

Multisim Simulation with an ECG Amplifier

Using this unique LabVIEW VI, you can define a human ECG signal and amplify it with a circuit created in Multisim. Download this LabVIEW custom VI

Back to top Webcast Bioinstrumentation 101 with LabVIEW, NI ELVIS, and Multisim

In the first part of this webcast series, learn about using graphical system design techniques with the LabVIEW graphical programming environment. See how to design and simulate physiological systems such as an ECG waveform simulator in LabVIEW and obtain a brief introduction to the NI electronics education platform, which includes the NI ELVIS design and prototyping environment and the Multisim SPICE simulation and schematic capture environment. View now

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Bioinstrumentation 102 with LabVIEW, NI ELVIS, and Multisim

In the second part of this webcast series, take an in-depth look at using the NI ELVIS design and prototyping environment with LabVIEW and Multisim for bioinstrumentation. Explore how to simulate the core circuits taught in bioinstrumentation courses with Multisim and to interface with Vernier bioinstrumentation sensors using NI ELVIS and LabVIEW. Also learn how to use the 3D NI ELVIS environment inside Multisim to virtually prototype simulated circuits. View now

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Additional Resources Download a 30-Day Evaluation of Multisim Explore the Multisim Environment with an Interactive Demo Read about the Top 10 Reasons to Use NI ELVIS View the What Is LabVIEW? Tutorial

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