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Overview



Multisim (formerly Electronics Workbench) is an integrated capture and SPICE simulation environment for educators and engineers. With each release, we have added innovative features to enhance your approach to either prototyping or circuits teaching.

This article outlines the changes that have been made from the previous Electronics Workbench 5 to the current NI Multisim 12.0 release.

Please note that although the features of Multisim 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 are listed in a single column, a number of features were enhanced or added during each release.

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Operating Systems

VersionOperating system
EWB 5Windows 3.1/NT/95
Multisim 6 to 8Windows 95/98/NT/2000
Multisim 9Windows 2000/XP
Multisim 10Windows 2000 SP3/XP
Multisim 10.1Windows 2000 SP3/XP/Vista/64-bit Vista
Multisim 11.0Windows XP/Vista/64-bit Vista & Windows 7
Multisim 12.0Vista/XP 32-bit editions, Windows Vista 64-bit edition, Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit editions,
 

Schematic Capture

Use the following chart to view the added functionality to the Multisim schematic capture environment. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all Multisim capture features. To view a complete list of current professional features click  here, and for  academic features click  here.  
Capture Feature

5

6 to 8

9

10

10.1

11.0

12.0

Single symbol representation for standard logic components

Circuit restrictions *

Black boxes *

Sub-circuits

Interactive components

 

Hierarchical blocks

 

Rated/3D virtual components * 

Embedded questions  

Mouse-click control of  interactive components

 

 

 

Switch-mode power supplies  

 

Virtual NI ELVIS II schematic and 3D view*

 

 

 

 

Global connectors     

On-page connectors     

Re-architected Forward/Backward annotation with Ultiboard     

WYSIWYG net system     

Project packing and archiving     

Example Finder     

 

 

LabVIEW Co-Simulation       
Digital signal analysis      

* Academic Feature Only  

Simulation

Learn about the evolution of interactive SPICE and analysis capability from version Electronics Workbench 5 to Multisim 12.0. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all Multisim simulation features. To view a complete list of professional features click here, and for academic features click here .
 
Simulation Feature

5

6 to 8

9

10

10.1

11.0

12.0

SPICE simulation

XSPICE simulation

 

Export to Excel and LabVIEW

 

Component creation wizard

 

Import/Export to .LVM and .TDM

 

 

Custom LabVIEW instruments

 

 

SPICE convergence assistant

 

 

 

BSIM 4 MOSFET model support

 

 

 

Temperature simulation parameters

 

 

 

Add simulation probe to analysis

 

 

 

Measurements probes   

Microcontroller (MCU) simulation   

MCU C-Code support   

Automation API

 

 

 

 •

Input-Output LabVIEW instruments

 

 

 

 

BSIM 4.6.3     

Support for BSIMSOI; EKV; VBIC     

Advanced diode parameter models     

SPICE Netlist viewer     

Grapher annotations     

Grapher smart legend     

NI hardware connectors     

Multisim Snippets      

Ability to load last file on Multisim start      

Display of net/component attributes in status bar.      

Simulation driven instruments

7

18

20

22

22

22

22

Integrated NI ELVIS instruments

-

-

-

-

6

6

6

LabVIEW instruments

-

-

4

4

4

6

6

Number of analyses

14

19

19

19

19

20

20

 


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