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MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:36 am
by Shannon Parks
http://www.mouser.com/MultiSimBlue/

Very interesting! A special Mouser version of MultiSIM from NI. Digikey recently started their own software solution, too, but this looks better. No Linux or Apple support (sorry, Geek!).

Shannon

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:18 pm
by Ray
Interesting indeed. Since even the "Base" version of MultiSim costs over $1,500 US, I wonder how stripped down this Mouser version must be to give away for free.

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:55 pm
by Geek
Heh, doubt my one Windoze box (a lappy) has the RAM to run it, dang!! =:o

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:40 am
by Ray
From this write-up, it looks like you're limited to designs with 50 components or less. That will probably be enough for most of my tube projects, but maybe not all.

http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/08/mous ... nstruments

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:59 pm
by Geek
Circuit Maker Student was so limited. DIY'ers still use it!

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:53 pm
by Ray
Geek wrote:Circuit Maker Student was so limited. DIY'ers still use it!

Good point. The most attractive feature of the Mouser tool, for me, would be its integration with a circuit board layout application, something that is clumsy at best using LTspice. Anyway, it sounds interesting and I'll certainly give it a try.

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:08 am
by Shannon Parks
Ray wrote:From this write-up, it looks like you're limited to designs with 50 components or less. That will probably be enough for most of my tube projects, but maybe not all.


Unlimited layers and board size, but 50 components max? Good grief.

Shannon

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:40 pm
by Ray
It looks like MultiSIM Blue has been released:

https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/US/GB_INFOMU ... tent.xhtml

Has anyone tried it?

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:43 am
by Shannon Parks
No online reviews yet. I'll keep on eye on Twitter. Must let someone else be the test subject. :[

Shannon

Re: MultiSIM Blue: Full Schematic, Layout & Spice Package

PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:16 pm
by Ray
Shannon Parks wrote:No online reviews yet. I'll keep on eye on Twitter. Must let someone else be the test subject. :[
Shannon


Amen to that!