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DesignCon Demo: NI Multisim & NI TestStand Integration
A few months ago at DesignCon I got a chance to experience some of the fun of captaining a tradeshow when my marquee demonstration failed to make the trip from Toronto to Santa Clara (all is forgiven, delivery company that will remain unnamed). Since I did not get a chance to show off this awesome content at the Santa Clara Convention Center - I decided to put it into blog form for the rest of the world to see.
The demonstration was created by Application Engineer Fernando Dominguez. Fernando has worked on some great projects including a "Custom Spanish version of NI Multisim" (click here to learn more) so I was excited when he began working on this demonstration. What this does is tie a Multisim simulation into a NI TestStand test sequence. TestStand allows you to automate a number of different test sequences. If you need to go through a number of complex, systematic checks on a product, it can be easily done using automation. Rather than sitting there pressing a button for 20 different tests, they can all be automated with TestStand.
What we have found is that Multisim simulation can play an important role in such a test. Analog and digital designs begin with Multisim, and as such the simulated measurements that are used to verify that the circuit has met specifications before prototyping can also be used as a design benchmark. So by integrating the Multisim simulation results into an automated test sequence you can use these measurements to validate test behavior throughout various sequences. This is a completely new idea, and is very much facilitated by having the ties between Multisim, NI LabVIEW and TestStand (it's the beauty of having test and design software all created by one company 
).
Fernando was kind enough to put together a YouTube video of this demonstration. Take a look - it would be great to hear about your thoughts. He does a great job of stepping you through how and what is going on.
Till next time!
Bhavesh
