Electronics Workbench Announces Multisim 9 for Circuit Design and Simulation.TORONTO -- Series 9 DesignSuite Integrates with NI LabVIEW, SignalExpress to Enhance Simulation, Testing Electronics Workbench Electronics Workbench is an electronic circuit simulator, and was also a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that first produced the software. The company was originally founded as Interactive Image Technologies Corporation, a National Instruments National Instruments, or NI (NASDAQ: NATI), is an American company with over 4,000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries founded in 1976 by Dr. James Truchard, Bill Nowlin and Jeff Kodosky. company, today 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 (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that engineers can use to efficiently take electronics projects from initial concept through capture and simulation to final layout and production. Multisim seamlessly 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 To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. phases, improving efficiency and interdepartmental in·ter·de·part·men·tal adj. Involving or representing different departments, as of a business, an academic institution, or a government: "the petty interdepartmental squabbling that surrounds the making of . . . 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 (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) The most popular and widely used type of field effect transistor (see FET). MOSFETs are either NMOS (n-channel) or PMOS (p-channel) transistors, which are fabricated as individually packaged 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 www.electronicsworkbench.com. Please contact Electronics Workbench for pricing or additional information at 800-263-5552. About Electronics Workbench Electronics Workbench develops and markets desktop electronic design automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) 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 (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. ; RF design tools; constraint-driven PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. layout and autorouting; and CAM verification tools. Since 1984, the company has also produced highly effective educational software that greatly enhances any electronics curriculum. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Electronics Workbench also operates sales and support offices in Europe and South America and has distribution partners in an additional 32 countries around the world. Readers can reach the company at 416-977-5550, or at www.electronicsworkbench.com. About National Instruments National Instruments (www.ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation -- a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. 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 EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1997, PXI uses the CompactPCI 3U and 6U form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,600 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. department by calling 512-683-5090, by sending an e-mail to nati@ni.com or by visiting www.ni.com/nati. |
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