Intuitive Schematic Entry and Analysis for the Analog Engineer

DALLAS, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced TINA-TI(TM), a powerful, easy-to-use circuit simulation program for designing, simulating and analyzing analog electronic circuits. The free, Windows(TM)-based software program is available for downloading at http://www.ti.com/tina-ti . Installed within the program is TI's extensive library of macromodels for precision and high-speed amplifiers. Example circuits for each macromodel show simulation results and serve as an excellent starting point for more complex designs.

TINA-TI, a special complimentary version of TINA PRO(TM) prepared by DesignSoft exclusively for TI, offers extensive analysis options. The program is fully functional and can simulate two IC macromodels. Full-featured versions of TINA PRO that provide extended analysis options and unlimited circuit size are available from DesignSoft at http://www.tina.com starting at $360. Links on http://www.ti.com/tina-ti offer selected discounts.

Based on a SPICE simulation engine, TINA-TI features an intuitive schematic entry and capture screen. Components are chosen from convenient toolbars, allowing easy circuit entry and modification. Analysis options include DC, AC, transient, Fourier and noise. Virtual instruments such as a function generator, multimeter, oscilloscope, X-Y recorder and signal analyzer provide an alternative to standard analysis with the familiar appearance and function of common laboratory instruments.

Simulation results appear in separate windows with versatile scaling, formatting and annotation capabilities. Schematics and simulation results can easily be pasted into presentations and e-mails.

Download TINA-TI

TINA-TI runs in Windows and is free for downloading (approximately 20MB) at http://www.ti.com/tina-ti .

About DesignSoft

Founded in 1992, DesignSoft develops and produces high-tech engineering and educational software for electronics, physics, architectural design, multimedia and 3D-graphics. DesignSoft products are well-known in more than 40 countries and available in English, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish, as well as Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Korean. Headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, DesignSoft is represented by distributors in 40 countries. For further information, please visit http://www.designsoftware.com .

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

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