Analog Devices Press Release - January 31, 2011

Analog Devices’ SPICE Simulation Tool Upgrade Now Allows Engineers to Design Larger, Complex Circuits and Import Models

- Free download of National Instruments’ Multisim™ Component Evaluator - Analog Devices® Edition
   provides designers with access to industry’s premier simulation environment and 1,000 ADI linear
   circuit models.


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January 31, 2011 -- NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) and National Instruments (NI) collaborated on a new release of NI’s Multisim™ component evaluation tool with added features and functionality to provide engineers with an easy-to-use environment for the simulation of linear circuits using ADI components. The free component evaluation tool is available on ADI’s website. Download a copy of the Multisim SPICE Simulation Program at http://www.analog.com/multisim.

Two important feature enhancements available in this edition of the component evaluation tool allow engineers to design larger, more complex circuits and easily import their own models into the tool. By matching more than 1,000 of ADI’s amplifiers, switches and voltage references to over 550 of NI’s simulation models, designers have free access to the industry’s premier simulation environment allowing them to easily experiment with circuit designs and reduce system development time and cost.

SPICE Simulation and Component Evaluation Made Easy

“With this custom version of the NI Multisim simulation environment, engineers can take a graphical approach to evaluating many of ADI’s industry-leading linear analog components. The result is the flexibility and creative freedom to quickly improve design decisions,” said Bhavesh Mistry, general manager, National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group. “Engineers working to tight schedules and budgets can avoid costly and time-consuming re-design work due to component choice by enhancing productivity with this SPICE simulator.”
“Finding the right solution for a linear circuit often means sorting through many products and specifications,” said Steve Sockolov, director, Precision Signal Conditioning Group, Analog Devices. “With ADI’s extensive portfolio of amplifiers and other linear components, it’s important that we offer innovative ways to help customers find what they need quickly. Multisim joins a suite of free resources, such as ADI’s DiffAmp Calculator, developed with the engineer’s product selection and evaluation needs in mind.”

NI Multisim Component Evaluator - Analog Devices Edition Features and Benefits:
  • Build simulatable circuits to evaluate a library of Analog Devices’ operational amplifiers, switches and voltage references.
  • Simulate better with SPICE parser improvements, updated BSIM models, support for advanced parameters and enhanced digital simulation accuracy.
  • Improve design communication with on-page connectors and a new WYSIWYG net naming system.
About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data-conversion and signal-conditioning technologies, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ADI” and is included in the S&P 500 Index. http://www.analog.com

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Download NI Multisim Component Evaluator - Analog Devices Edition:
http://www.analog.com/en/amplifiers-and-comparators/audio-amplifiers/products/dt-multisim-spice-program-download/CU_multisim_SPICE_program_download/resources/fca.html

Analog Circuit Simulation Tutorial:
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/tutorials/MT-099.pdf

ADI DiffAmp Calculator : http://www.analog.com/en/amplifiers-and-comparators/differential-amplifiers/products/over_diff_amp_calculator/fca.html



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Date Posted 1/10/2011