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{{Short description|Electronic Software}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = NI Multisim
| logo                   = NIMS10 logocap.png
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| screenshot             = NIMS10 screencap sample.png
| caption                = A screenshot of NI Multisim simulating a circuit, with schematic capture and virtual instrument tools visible.
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| author                 =
| developer              = [[National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group]] (formerly by Interactive Image Technologies)
| released               =
| latest release version = 14.3
| latest release date    = 2022/04/28
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| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
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| size                   = ~260mb
| language               = English
| status                 =
| genre                  = [[Electronic design automation]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[EULA]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.multisim.com/}}
}}
'''NI Multisim''' (formerly '''MultiSIM''') is an electronic [[schematic capture]] and simulation program which is part of a [[Software suite|suite]] of circuit design programs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Multisim: Learn to Capture, Simulate, and Layout in Less Than 30 Minutes - NI |url=https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YH7MCAW&l=en-US |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=knowledge.ni.com}}</ref> along with [[NI Ultiboard]]. Multisim is one of the few circuit design programs to employ the original [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]] [[SPICE]] based software simulation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Multisim™? |url=https://www.ni.com/en/shop/electronic-test-instrumentation/application-software-for-electronic-test-and-instrumentation-category/what-is-multisim.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.ni.com |language=en}}</ref> Multisim was originally created by a company named [[National Instruments#Electronics Workbench Group|Electronics Workbench Group]], which is now a division of [[National Instruments]]. Multisim includes microcontroller simulation (formerly known as MultiMCU),<ref>{{Cite book |last=National Instruments |title=ElectronicsWorkbench MultiMCU Microcontroller Co-simulation User Guide |date=February 2006 |publisher=National Instruments |year=2006 |location=Texas, US |language=en}}</ref> as well as integrated import and export features to the [[printed circuit board]] layout software in the suite, [[NI Ultiboard]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lewis-Evans |first=Ben |date=2018-03-22 |title=A short guide to user testing for simulation sickness in Virtual Reality |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198794844.003.0030 |journal=Oxford Scholarship Online |doi=10.1093/oso/9780198794844.003.0030}}</ref>
Multisim is widely used in academia and industry for circuits education, electronic schematic design and SPICE simulation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L-3 - Manuales de prácticas |url=https://sites.google.com/aragon.unam.mx/laboratorio-l3/recursos/manuales-de-pr%C3%A1cticas |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History==
Multisim was originally called '''Electronics Workbench'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlos |date=2012-11-09 |title=¿Que ha pasado con Electronic WorkBench? Ahora es Multisim |url=https://www.electrorincon.com/que-ha-pasado-con-electronic-workbench-ahora-es-multisim/2012-11 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Electrorincon |language=es}}</ref> and created by a company called [[Interactive Image Technologies]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Interactive Image Technologies Ltd. |url=http://archive.org/details/electronicsworkb00toro |title=Electronics Workbench |date=1997 |publisher=Toronto, Ontario : Interactive Image technologies |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-55169-065-0}}</ref> At the time it was mainly used as an educational tool to teach [[electronics technician]] and [[electronics engineering]] programs in [[colleges]] and [[universities]]. National Instruments has maintained this educational legacy, with a specific version of Multisim with features developed for teaching electronics.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 1999, Multisim was integrated with Ultiboard after the original company merged with [[Ultimate Technology]], a PCB layout software company.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 2005, Interactive Image Technologies was acquired by [[National Instruments]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-02-08 |title=National Instruments acquires Electronics Workbench |url=https://www.vision-systems.com/home/article/16740237/national-instruments-acquires-electronics-workbench |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Vision Systems Design |language=en}}</ref> [[National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group|Electronics Workbench Group]] and Multisim was renamed to NI Multisim.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electricidad y Electrónica Industrial - Ingeniería Industrial |url=https://ingenieriaindustrial.com.mx/electricidad-y-electronica-industrial-2.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=ingenieriaindustrial.com.mx}}</ref>
==Pricing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! align=left | Edition
! align=left | Price
|-
| Power Pro
| $4591
|-
| Full
| $2800
|-
| Base
| $1773
|-
| Education
| $628
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Electronics}}
* [[Comparison of EDA software]]
* [[List of free electronics circuit simulators]]
* [[Proteus Design Suite]]
* [[Qucs]]
* [[NI Ultiboard]], the PCB layout software that is integrated with Multisim.
* [[OrCAD]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.ni.com/multisim/}}
* [http://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/circuit National Instruments Circuit Design Community] Circuit design blog and community to share components, models and footprints
* [http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/bycode/downloadmultisim?opendocument&lang=en&node=seminar_US Download Link for NI Multisim] Allows a 30-day evaluation of the software
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140313000103/http://cnx.org/content/col10369/1.3/content_info Introduction to Multisim Schematic Capture and SPICE Simulation]
* [http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/12242 Getting Started with NI Ultiboard]
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