Electronics Workbench Announces Multisim 7 and Multicap 7 for Professional Circuit Engineers and Designers
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003--Electronics Workbench
New Schematic Capture and Simulation Software Delivers Innovative
Features and the Industry's Best Price/Performance
Electronics Workbench today launches Multicap 7 and Multisim 7,
its next generation, industry-leading schematic capture and simulation
tools for professional printed circuit board (PCB) design.
For those who perform schematic entry without simulation,
Electronics Workbench introduces Multicap 7. It is an exceptional
capture program, suitable for pure schematic entry, driving simulation
or feeding PCB layout. Multicap's ease-of-use results directly from
Electronic Workbench's focus on optimizing the most repetitive tasks
performed during every schematic design.
Multicap 7 innovations include: modeless operation (eliminating
the need to switch between part placement and wiring modes),
autowiring (just click on two pins and Multicap will automatically
create a connection), quick and efficient part placement from logical
parts bins arranged on the desktop, rubber-banding on part moves, the
world's only "bus vectors" (allowing users to wire wide buses of up to
128 bits in one simple step) and an integrated database that allows
any design to be instantly simulated or transferred to layout, each
with the click of a single button.
Multisim 7 is a powerful simulation tool that allows the
professional engineer to verify circuits and correct errors before
they propagate down the design flow and become costly mistakes.
Multisim includes a completely integrated version of Multicap, making
it the ideal tool for creating and then instantly simulating circuits.
Multisim is the world's most popular SPICE simulator offering a
legacy of impressive functionality including: patented co-simulation
of SPICE/ VHDL/ Verilog/RF components, the industry's only interactive
simulator allowing circuits to be changed "on-the-fly" during
simulation and intuitive virtual instruments. Multisim 7 builds on
this legacy with unique and truly innovative capabilities -- rare in
today's shrink-wrapped EDA market. These innovations include: circuit
wizards that self-generate circuitry to meet user defined parameters
for filters and 555 Timers, automatic SPICE model makers, integration
with National Instruments(R) Labview(R) for acquisition of real
signals and comparison to simulated results, Simulation Advisor, new
Virtual Instruments e.g. 4-channel oscilloscope, frequency counter,
and new analyses e.g. characteristic I-V curves and 3dB point.
"Multisim 7 and Multicap 7 are completely devoted to the
requirements of professional mainstream designers," said Ian Suttie,
vice president of sales and marketing for Electronics Workbench. "They
form the foundation of our future integrated design solutions and
underscore our commitment to this market. We have more users around
the globe than any other supplier of shrink-wrapped EDA software. They
have spoken and we have responded with innovative functionality simply
not available anywhere else."
Added Bill Wignall, Electronics Workbench CEO, "These releases
demonstrate our serious on-going commitment to mainstream, desktop
EDA. We are the only company in this portion of the market that is
increasing its investments and its attention to the customer, while
dramatically enhancing its products with new features, power and
functionality. Electronics Workbench provides the long-term stability
that corporations require and professional designers demand."
In the coming months Electronics Workbench will be rolling out
next generation versions of its popular Ultiboard and Ultiroute PCB
design software.
Professional designers can expect these tools to be tightly
integrated with Multisim 7 and Multicap 7, packed with innovation and
accessible from a unified GUI for increased productivity and
ease-of-use. Every product from Electronics Workbench operates as a
stand-alone tool, or as part of a complete design suite.
Pricing and Availability
Multisim 7 and Multicap 7 are now available. Electronics
Workbench's Professional and PowerPro design portfolios are available
starting at approximately $4,000, by far the best price/performance in
the industry. Contact the factory at 800/263-5552 for further
details, or visit www.electronicsworkbench.com.
About Electronics Workbench
Electronics Workbench provides mainstream, professional PCB
designers with innovative, advanced, yet easy to use design software.
The company's integrated design flow incorporates schematic capture;
co-simulation of analog and digital circuits using SPICE, VHDL and
Verilog; RF design tools; PCB layout and routing; and CAM verification
tools. Electronics Workbench's proven technology is built on 15 years
of history developing award-winning EDA tools. The company's products
help users improve their productivity and the accuracy of circuit
designs in order to get products to market faster.
Electronics Workbench has sales and support offices in North
America and Europe and distribution partners in more than 35 countries
around the world. The company can be reached at 800/263-5552, or at
electronicsworkbench.com.
LabVIEW(TM) and NI(TM) are trademarks of National Instruments.
Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names
of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Electronics Workbench
Ian Suttie, P.Eng., 416/977-5550
isuttie@electronicsworkbench.com
or
Acclaim Public Relations
Nancy Sheffield, 408/269-0849
nancypr@aol.com
