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

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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 printed circuit board layout software in the suite, NI Ultiboard. 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 Interactive Image Technologies. At the time it was mainly used as an educational tool to teach

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and electronics engineering programs in colleges and

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

Electronics Workbench Group and Multisim was renamed to NI Multisim.

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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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