National Instruments buys Electronics Workbench

National Instruments announced the acquisition of Toronto, Canada-based Electronics Workbench, a 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 programs by companies and academic institutions including Sony, Boeing, MIT and DeVry. The acquisition strengthens the integration between functional test and design tools and will advance graphical system design technology.

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.