CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 November 2005
Product News
Electronics Workbench Announces Multisim 9 for Circuit Design and Simulation
Electronics Workbench Corporation, a National Instruments company, announced Multisim 9, Ultiboard 9 and Ultiroute 9. Together these products form the Electronics Workbench Series 9 DesignSuite, a tightly integrated, end-to-end solution that engineers can use to efficiently take electronics projects from initial concept through capture and simulation to final layout and production.
Multisim integrates with the recently released NI LabVIEW 8 graphical development environment as well as NI SignalExpress interactive measurement software to help design engineers increase productivity and reduce time to market by bridging the disconnect between popular design and test tools. Using Multisim 9, engineers can access enhanced simulation capabilities by using real-world data acquired by LabVIEW as the source that drives virtual circuits during testing. By integrating their simulation data and real-world measurements, engineers can reduce errors, shorten design time and create more robust designs. Engineers also now can use LabVIEW to graphically create fully customized virtual instruments to use in the Multisim environment in addition to the software's 20 supplied instruments.
Engineers now can quickly import their Multisim 9 simulation results into LabVIEW or SignalExpress in their native file formats. With this capability, they can more efficiently share and compare real-world and simulated data. They can use these results as benchmarks during project testing and debug phases, improving efficiency and interdepartmental communications by easily comparing measured data with expected or desired results. With native file formats, engineers can eliminate the need to convert files and can significantly reduce errors and inefficiencies associated with data sharing.
"Multisim 9, the first Electronics Workbench release under National Instruments, marks a fundamental change in design technology. Engineers now have a tightly integrated, end-to-end solution for electronics design, from capture to simulation to test and implementation," said Ray Almgren, NI vice president of product marketing and academic relations. "By combining world-class simulation with real-world measurements early in the design process, design engineers now can make better decisions earlier, resulting in high quality products and a faster time to market."
The Series 9 DesignSuite delivers other enhancements as well, including:
• New features that enable engineers to use mathematical expressions within analyses while simulating
• New circuit wizards that automatically generate circuitry to match user-defined parameters for Op Amps and MOSFET Amplifiers
• New functionality in Ultiroute 9 autorouter for prioritizing routing order by net (or routing a single net)
Engineers can access a freeware edition of the complete Series 9 DesignSuite or request a CD by registering online at http://www.electronicsworkbench.com . Please contact Electronics Workbench for pricing or additional information at 800-263-5552.
Electronics Workbench develops and markets desktop electronic design automation (EDA) software used by design engineers and educators around the world. The company's circuit board design system incorporates schematic capture; patented co-simulation of analog and digital circuits using SPICE and VHDL; RF design tools; constraint-driven PCB layout and autorouting; and CAM verification tools.
National Instruments ( http://www.ni.com ) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PCI, USB and Ethernet.
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