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[rtdanto@comcast.net]

I am a student using MultiSim and I am currently taking a Digital Electronics class. I want to use the software to simulate digital logic circuits and I need a 7411N THREE 3-INPUT AND GATE. The Student Edition has a 7410N 3-INPUT NAND GATE but then I'd have to add a 7404N to invert the logic, since one of the goals in this class is to create circuits with fewer components, not more I think you can see why it would be nice to get a 7411. 

I started using MultiSim last semester and liked it so much I bought a copy, I was however very upset to learn that the Student version that is available for download is NOT the same version you get when you buy it. Seems the folks in marketing pulled a bait-and-switch. I just can't justify spending $499.99 for the Educators Edition vs.. $40.00 for the Student Edition. I was going to try to copy the 7410N and see if I could just change the logic output, but the Student Edition locks me out of that function. 

I would very much appreciate it if someone could send me a circuit with the 7411N on it that I can model so I don't have to try to create it from scratch.

Thanks for your help

Richard Danto

[yyao]

Hi Richard,

One thing you could do is to use the 74LS11N component. This has the same pinout and logic function as the 7411, but different delays and drive strengths. These will not effect your circuit noticeably if you have only combinatorial logic, and the difference isn't modeled that well in for simulation anyway.

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