Use the NI Circuit Design Suite to develop circuit simulations to gain an in-depth understanding of circuit theory. When combined with NI Education Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), students can move from theory to real-world implementation using one integrated platform.

Multisim is an industry-standard, best-in-class SPICE simulation environment. It is the cornerstone of the NI circuits teaching solution to build expertise through practical application in designing, prototyping, and testing electrical circuits. The Multisim design approach helps you save prototype iterations and optimize printed circuit board (PCB) designs earlier in the process.

Benefits for Education
Developed for the educator who needs to teach all aspects of circuits and electronics, Multisim Education Edition provides the ability to seamlessly move students from theory to simulation to the lab. Regardless of the application area, the powerful environment offers the following benefits:

• Visualize and interact with circuit theory and equations
• Focus on course-specific concepts with SPICE simulation
• Transition to lab easier with seamless integration to NI hardware teaching platforms
• Facilitate student design projects in the same environment

Benefits for Circuit Design
Multisim Professional Edition provides the SPICE simulation and prototyping tools for reliable circuit design. Multisim has been optimized for usability to ensure domain experts and researchers can quickly realize their PCBs through:

• Improved designs earlier with accurate part selection
• Intuitive analysis and visualization of designs with simulation
• Rapid layout and routing with NI Ultiboard prototyping environment
• Simplified designs of NI hardware accessories
• Integrated prototype validation approach with NI LabVIEW

For more information, visit http://www.ni.com/multisim/

To run NI Circuit Design Suite 12.0.1, your OS must be one of:

• Windows XP 32-bit edition.
• Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit edition.
• Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit edition.
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) or 2008 R2 (64-bit) edition.

Note Circuit Design Suite 12.0.1 does not support Windows 8

• Pentium 4 class microprocessor or equivalent (Pentium III class minimum).
• 512 MB of memory (256 MB minimum).
• 1.5 GB of free hard disk space (1 GB minimum).
• Open GL® capable 3D graphics card recommended (SVGA resolution video adapter with 800 × 600 video resolution minimum, 1024 × 768 or higher preferred).
• To develop custom LabVIEW-based instruments for use in Multisim, LabVIEW 2011 or 2012 is required.
• For the NI Multisim LabVIEW Co-Simulation Plug-in to successfully install, you must already have NI LabVIEW 2011 or 2012 (32-bit) and the NI LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module 2011 or 2012 installed on the machine.