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NI acquires Electronics Workbench
National Instruments has acquired Toronto, Canada-based Electronics Workbench, a leading supplier of electronics design automation software.
National Instruments has acquired Toronto, Canada-based Electronics Workbench, a leading supplier of electronics design automation software The Electronics Workbench flagship product, Multisim circuit simulation software, is widely used for electronic circuit design, board layout and electrical engineering training programmes by companies and academic institutions including Sony, Boeing, MIT and DeVry University
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our customers are not satisfied with the integration of design, simulation and test tools in the industry today", said Ray Almgren, NI Vice President of Product Marketing and Academic Relations.
"A graphical system design platform that integrates these disparate tools will increase productivity and make testing throughout the design process more seamless".
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"Our acquisition of Electronics Workbench is a major step forward in making this vision a reality and satisfying the needs of the design engineering community in industry and academia".
For several years, Electronics Workbench and National Instruments have collaborated to integrate Multisim with the NI LabView graphical development environment through downloadable software and technical resources that have helped thousands of engineers quickly design, simulate and validate electronic circuits.
The Electronics Workbench acquisition adds graphical design and simulation software to the National Instruments platform of graphical development tools.
"We migrated to Multisim last year because it is a superior tool for teaching electronic circuits and because students can use it to easily integrate their simulations into LabView", said Dr Archie Holmes, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, one of the leading institutions for engineering education in the USA.
"The complex design of current and future systems demands a higher level of integration among design, simulation and test tools".
"This acquisition provides a closer link among these tools, which helps us better prepare our students to serve the growing demands of the market".
NI will retain all Electronics Workbench employees and continue to operate the company as a separate entity in Toronto, Canada.
National Instruments and Electronics Workbench development teams will work to further integrate the products and knowledge of the two companies.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of NI, Electronics Workbench plans to continue to develop and offer its complete line of design automation software and directly support educational initiatives with uninterrupted support to participating schools.
The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on National Instruments earnings for the first quarter of 2005. Request free introductory details about products from National Instruments ...
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