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Does anyone have experince with NI/Mouser's MultiSim BLUE?

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I just saw an ad for Mouser's NI based developemnt environemnt called MultiSIM BLUE.  It is billed as a schematic capture, board layout, simulation and BOM tool chain, and it is available for free.  The only caveat seems to be that the BOM links exclusively to Mouser products, but given the feature set they describe and the free price tag, I'm not sure limiting myself to Mouser as a vendor is a bad thing.

 

Before I download this software I thought I'd ask the E14 community if anyone has had experience with this tool chain, positive or negative.

 

Mark

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  • Multi-Sim Blue is pretty much junk.

     

    The limitations on just using the mouser database is one cause of this.

     

    I was going to use the program to make schematics for already existing devices such as Car Amps, Power Supplies and other things and use it as more of a learning tool than anything.

     

    I guess it would be great for someone with alot of knowledge on the substitution of parts etc etc, however MultiSim lacks most of your actual components for older analog equipment two being and example are

     

    1N134 Diodes (*Common RF diodes)

    Bridge Rectifier Diodes PBPC602 *Commonly found in Ryobi battery chargers

    most of your MOSFETS are listed however most are also not even mentioned.

     

    When conatacting support for even the paid version of MultiSim they always come back and tell you

    "Oh look up the datasheet on it and make your own component and add it to the database).

     

    I thought that the purpose of this program is for teaching, education and the ability to use it for creating schematics of current devices.  Or at least that is what I would imagine that it would be used for.

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  • Multi-Sim Blue is pretty much junk.

     

    The limitations on just using the mouser database is one cause of this.

     

    I was going to use the program to make schematics for already existing devices such as Car Amps, Power Supplies and other things and use it as more of a learning tool than anything.

     

    I guess it would be great for someone with alot of knowledge on the substitution of parts etc etc, however MultiSim lacks most of your actual components for older analog equipment two being and example are

     

    1N134 Diodes (*Common RF diodes)

    Bridge Rectifier Diodes PBPC602 *Commonly found in Ryobi battery chargers

    most of your MOSFETS are listed however most are also not even mentioned.

     

    When conatacting support for even the paid version of MultiSim they always come back and tell you

    "Oh look up the datasheet on it and make your own component and add it to the database).

     

    I thought that the purpose of this program is for teaching, education and the ability to use it for creating schematics of current devices.  Or at least that is what I would imagine that it would be used for.

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