NI Multisim (formerly MultiSIM) is an electronic

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and simulation program which is part of a suite of circuit design programs, along with

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. Multisim is one of the few circuit design programs to employ the original

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based software simulation. Multisim was originally created by a company named Electronics Workbench Group, which is now a division of

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. Multisim includes microcontroller simulation (formerly known as MultiMCU), as well as integrated import and export features to the

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layout software in the suite,

. Multisim is widely used in academia and industry for circuits education, electronic schematic design and SPICE simulation.

History

Multisim was originally called Electronics Workbench and created by a company called

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. At the time it was mainly used as an educational tool to teach

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programs in

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. National Instruments has maintained this educational legacy, with a specific version of Multisim with features developed for teaching electronics. In 1999, Multisim was integrated with Ultiboard after the original company merged with

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, a PCB layout software company. In 2005, Interactive Image Technologies was acquired by

Electronics Workbench Group and Multisim was renamed to NI Multisim.

Pricing

References

External links

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National Instruments Circuit Design Community
Circuit design blog and community to share components, models and footprints
Download Link for NI Multisim
Allows a 30-day evaluation of the software
Introduction to Multisim Schematic Capture and SPICE Simulation

Getting Started with NI Ultiboard
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History

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