Talk:National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group

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The following was added by John Reeder directly in the article, so I moved it here. HУтaя  talk2me contribs  00:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC) As the author of the "Using MultiSim" series of textbooks published initially by Delmar Publishing and currently, and after several mergers, by Delmar/Cengage Learning, I thought that a limited history of the various versions of the software might be applicable. Early in the progression of the software package, I purchased a copy of Electronics Workbench Version 2 for my electronics classroom at Modesto High School, Modesto, CA. In those days we were using 386 level computers and there were many difficulties in using the software, thus the whole effort was dropped and the software sat on a shelf. The EWB software gradually improved and a purchase of Version 5.3 was made for my electronics classroom at Merced College, Merced, CA. I found Version 5.3 to be an excellent software package which simulated electronic circuits quite well. At this point, I was asked by Delmar to write a text for students using EWB in the electronics classroom. I finished the first textbook around Version 5.3 and was then informed that the main customer for the text wanted it using the newest version, EWB/MultiSim Version 6. With Version 6, the software company (Interactive Image Technologies - IIT) changed the programming method of the software because, as I was informed at the time, they had reached the technical programming limits of the previous software with Version 5. I was disappointed, as I had just completed the new textbook around Version 5.3 and now I had to completely rewrite the text around Version 6. In my opinion, Version 6 was a complete boondoggle (it was offered before it was ready), the simulations were a nightmare and many of the neat tools that were available in Version 5 were no longer available; it took me an additional 6 months or so to rewrite the newer text. It was published and did quite well and meanwhile IIT was busy trying to fix the software (they reached Version 6.11, if I remember correctly) and finally came out with Versions 7 and 8 in quick succession with each version being better. I was asked to revise the "Using MultiSim" text for Version 8, which I did; then the 'big' customer wanted it in the later Version 9. So, Version 6 had a text, Version 8 had a text, and now came Version 9. Version 9 was a dream to use for me and I have no complaints and haven't heard any from my textbook users. Version 10 is out now and Version 11 is in the offing from what I hear, time to bring the text up to date. BTW, when I wrote the "Using MultiSim: Version 6", I also wrote "Using MultiSim: Digital Electronics" around EWB Version 6; that text is still available and actually is being used in classrooms because all of the Version 6 files work quite well with the later Version 7-10 software packages. (John Reeder)
 * Hardly anything of value, this is not even the standard of a decent software review. Just a paragraph musing about "my personal history with MultiSim". -- Tom Jenkins (reply) 06:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I beg to differ. While not belonging on the article page, as T.J. says, the main article page is now woefully lacking in the early development of EWB by IIT. As a previous user of EWB Pro V.5.12, I find Reeder's comments regarding the problems surrounding the reorganization of the software beyond that version, with fits and starts to bring it back up to snuff over the next several iterations, to be very informative - especially for those using older versions of this software. My suggestion is to rewrite/edit Reeder's contribution to incorporate the facts contained, but leaving out the personal musings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.4.187 (talk) 18:31, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

EWB introduction
EWB software is called ELECTRONICS WORKBENCH EDA.It is used fo rhybrid simulation of analog circuits and digital circuits. Using it you can directly see a variety of circuit output waveform from the screen. It has very powerful simulation function. you can see almost 100% of the true circuit simulation results. It is available on the desktop multimeter, oscilloscope, signal generator, Sweep, logic analyzer, digital signal generator, logic converter tool. It's device library contains a number of large companies transistor components, integrated circuit and digital gate circuit chip. The device that is not the library components can also be imported from external modules. In a great many of circuit simulation softwares, EWB is the most easy to use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Linjt (talk • contribs) 09:22, 21 October 2010 (UTC)