National Instruments Multisim 12.0 software

Multisim 12.0 with specialised editions for circuit design and electronics education has been introduced.

Multisim 12.0 Professional Edition is based on SPICE simulation and optimised for usability. Engineers can improve design performance to fit their applications by minimising errors and prototype iterations with Multisim simulation tools that include both customisable analyses developed in LabVIEW graphical system design software and standard SPICE analyses and intuitive measurement instruments.

Multisim also provides integration with LabVIEW for closed-loop simulation of analog and digital systems.

Using this design, engineers can validate field-programmable gate array digital control logic alongside analog circuitry (such as for power applications) before leaving the desktop simulation stage.

The package is optimised for layout routing and rapid prototyping needs, making seamless integration possible with NI hardware such as the reconfigurable I/O (RIO) FPGA platforms and PXI platforms for prototype validation.

The Education Edition incorporates features specialised for teaching and is complemented by a solution of hardware, textbooks and courseware. This integrated system helps educators engage students and reinforce circuit theory with an interactive, hands-on approach to investigating circuit behaviour.

The new capabilities facilitate student comprehension of topics in mechatronics, power and digital curricula, expanding the use of a single environment throughout engineering education.

Professional Edition includes: system-level, closed-loop simulation of analog and digital applications with Multisim and LabVIEW saves time in the design process; database enhancements including electromechanical models, AC/DC power converters and switchmode power supplies for designing power applications; more than 2000 new database components from Analog Devices, National Semiconductor, NXP and Philips; 90+ new pin-accurate connector symbols make custom accessory design for NI hardware easier.

Education Edition includes: easier student project facilitation and design with new pin-accurate connectors to NI educational hardware including NI myDAQ; power and machine components for teaching mechatronics and power electronics theory; improved support for digital theory curricula with the latest Xilinx FPGA tool support (12.x and 13.x); analog and digital system-level simulation with LABView for simulating complete laboratories via desktop to teach controls, energy, power and mechatronics theory.