Because of the inability of software-based simulations to meet the speed of hardware, gaining an understanding of timing can be difficult. Timing is a critical part of digital design.

The PLD schematic allows educators and students to create graphical logic diagrams like those found in textbooks and deploy these to educational FPGA boards such as the Digital System Development Board (DSDB).

Multisim’s Programmable Logic Device (PLD) schematic, along with support for leading Digilent teaching hardware allows students to put the fundamentals of digital theory into practice. Taking a hands-on approach to learning digital logic can be difficult without the need for students to learn complex hardware descriptive languages.