April ‘05 Readers’ Choice Award: Multisim 8

By DE Editors

Multisim 8 Enables Earlier Testing to Cut Circuit Design Time

Multisim 8 from Electronics Workbench (Toronto, ONT; electronicsworkbench.com) saves designers from repetitive capture tasks, speeding up simulations, and freeing engineers to create, test, and fine-tune designs. According to Electronics Workbench, that means current users will save nearly 50 percent of the time they spend on running simulations when they upgrade.

The major features of Multisim 8 include virtual instruments from Tektronix (Richardson TX; tektronix.com) so engineers can validate and optimize circuits during the schematic entry stage of the design process rather than wait for a prototype; a new Dynamic Probes function so a circuit

   

Multisim 8 from Electronics Workbench received the most votes on our January 2005 website ballot.

schematic can be annotated in real time; a function called Simulation Profiles so users can configure, save, and reuse complete SPICE simulation parameter setups to further save time; and more.

Price: $1,995 (to start). Complete design suites from $3,995 to $6,995. Get more information at electronicsworkbench.com.