National Instruments equips engineers with an integrated platform of circuit design tools to prototype faster, and simulate better. The intuitive Multisim software combines easy-to-use schematic capture, with a highly graphical simulation environment. By using advanced simulation engineers are able to uncover design errors, improve circuit behavior, and reduce costly prototype iterations, before physically fabricating a Printed Circuit Board. With unparalleled integration to LabVIEW measurement technology, engineers can further enhance simulation with custom domain specific analyses.

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Multisim PXI Instruments
Product Category: Test and Measurement Equipment

The Multisim PXI Instruments (beta) are an intuitive new set of tools to help you bridge the gaps between circuit design, verification and test. These instruments allow you to treat a circuit schematic as a "virtual prototype". Measure design behavior at the simulation stage, set measurement conditions, and then use the exact same instruments to measure and verify prototype behavior.

Multisim PXI instruments reside within Multisim, and connect to oscilloscopes, arbitrary waveform generators, power supplies and HSDIO on the NI PXI, PC-based platform for test and measurement.

The five instruments have been made available to users for free, and function as both simulation driven analysis instruments in Multisim, and PC-based soft front-panels to view measurements from NI PXI hardware.

LabVIEW Multisim Connectivity Toolkit
Product Category: Test and Measurement Equipment

Save time, and speed development of test applications with the NI design platform. The NI Multisim circuit capture and simulation environment can be easily integrated to NI LabVIEW measurement technology, with the LabVIEW Multisim Connectivity Toolkit (beta). In the LabVIEW graphical programming environment you can automate simulation using this toolkit, thereby using Multisim as a virtual measurement source.

You can now treat the Multisim schematic as a "virtual prototype". The exact same LabVIEW code used to test simulation data, can then be used for prototype testing.

The time saving advantages of parallel design and test application development is only possible with this NI platform.

Learn more at http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-4088

1.NI Multisim 11.0
Product Category: PCB Design Tools and Technologies

Introducing NI Multisim 11.0! Our latest version of Multisim enhances your approach to circuit design, by helping you to simulate better, and prototype faster. With a highly graphical approach to simulation, you are empowered to easily visualize circuit behavior, identify errors quicker, and reduce costly prototype iterations. Our intuitive, analog simulation environment continues to evolve with models from leading semiconductor manufacturers (Texas Instruments, Linear Technologies and Microchip), enhancements to our leading simulation engine, and time-saving visualization improvements to our Grapher view. When combined with a flexible architecture to develop custom simulation analyses with LabVIEW, you have the tools to improve circuit behavior earlier in the design flow. Multisim is fully integrated with the NI Ultiboard 11.0 layout software. With an all new forward/backward annotation interface, you have complete control and visibility to any and all design transfers, ensuring design consistency. Together, our NI products provide you with a cost-effective, flexible and easy-to-use platform to prototype your circuit designs. Go to ni.com/multisim to learn more about our new release.