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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">14.3 / 2022/04/28</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/File_size" title="File size">Size</a></th><td class="infobox-data">~260mb</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electronic_design_automation" title="Electronic design automation">Electronic design automation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> <a href="/wiki/EULA" class="mw-redirect" title="EULA">EULA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.multisim.com/">www<wbr />.multisim<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>NI Multisim</b> (formerly <b>MultiSIM</b>) is an electronic <a href="/wiki/Schematic_capture" title="Schematic capture">schematic capture</a> and simulation program which is part of a <a href="/wiki/Software_suite" title="Software suite">suite</a> of circuit design programs,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with <a href="/wiki/NI_Ultiboard" title="NI Ultiboard">NI Ultiboard</a>. Multisim is one of the few circuit design programs to employ the original <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">Berkeley</a> <a href="/wiki/SPICE" title="SPICE">SPICE</a> based software simulation.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Multisim was originally created by a company named <a href="/wiki/National_Instruments#Electronics_Workbench_Group" title="National Instruments">Electronics Workbench Group</a>, which is now a division of <a href="/wiki/National_Instruments" title="National Instruments">National Instruments</a>. Multisim includes microcontroller simulation (formerly known as MultiMCU),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as integrated import and export features to the <a href="/wiki/Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit board</a> layout software in the suite, <a href="/wiki/NI_Ultiboard" title="NI Ultiboard">NI Ultiboard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multisim is widely used in academia and industry for circuits education, electronic schematic design and SPICE simulation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NI_Multisim&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multisim was originally called <b>Electronics Workbench</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and created by a company called <a href="/wiki/Interactive_Image_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Interactive Image Technologies">Interactive Image Technologies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time it was mainly used as an educational tool to teach <a href="/wiki/Electronics_technician" title="Electronics technician">electronics technician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronics_engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronics engineering">electronics engineering</a> programs in <a href="/wiki/Colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Colleges">colleges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Universities">universities</a>. National Instruments has maintained this educational legacy, with a specific version of Multisim with features developed for teaching electronics.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1999, Multisim was integrated with Ultiboard after the original company merged with <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate Technology">Ultimate Technology</a>, a PCB layout software company.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2005, Interactive Image Technologies was acquired by <a href="/wiki/National_Instruments" title="National Instruments">National Instruments</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Instruments_Electronics_Workbench_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group">Electronics Workbench Group</a> and Multisim was renamed to NI Multisim.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pricing">Pricing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NI_Multisim&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pricing"><span>edit</span></a><span 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