National Semiconductor Launches Industry's First Korean Online Analog Design Tool

Simplify power, lighting, and sensing system design using WEBENCH tools

– National Semiconductor Korea (CEO: Choi Chung-won) announced today the release of a new Korean version of the award-winning WEBENCH® Designer tool. Since its launch in 1999, structural engineers, as well as experts and novice electronics engineers, have used WEBENCH to quickly and cost-effectively design over 1.5 million analog designs worldwide.

National’s proprietary WEBENCH environment features the WEBENCH Visualizer and WEBENCH Power Architect. The WEBENCH Visualizer is the only tool that provides visual navigation of virtually configured infinite power and lighting designs optimized to desired specifications within seconds. Additionally, the WEBENCH Power Architect, which generates highly optimized multi-loads, is highly convenient for use as a multi-supply power regulation system.

National is providing the first online design tool for power, lighting, and sensing applications supported in Korean. Phil Gibson, Vice President of Marketing and Web Operations at National Semiconductor, explained, “The WEBENCH Designer tool offers the advantage of immediate access to the latest models, pricing, availability, and system trade-offs,” adding, “By using this tool, design engineers can make valuable business decisions by simultaneously comparing the performance and devices of various products from numerous vendors within a single, simple application.”

The WEBENCH Designer component library contains over 21,000 components from 110 manufacturers. Pricing and feasibility information is updated in real-time through National's distribution partners to establish accurate budgets and production plans. Users can compare complete system designs and determine the supply process within just a few minutes. The tools provided on the site are as follows:

WEBENCH LED Designer and LED Architect
With WEBENCH LED Designer, designers can configure lighting systems containing up to 60 different types of LEDs in series or parallel. They can select hundreds of high-brightness LEDs and combine them with National's energy-efficient PowerWise® LED drivers to create optimized constant-current power supply circuits within minutes. Additionally, WEBENCH LED Architect is available as a visual tool for easily and quickly designing lighting systems with outputs up to 100,000 lumens. Factors such as LED performance, electronic drive current, and thermal compensation can be adjusted in seconds. This tool can analyze up to 21,000 electronic passive components, including 350 of the latest LEDs, 30 heat sinks, and 35 LED drivers from 12 industry-leading manufacturers. This allows users to focus solely on system-level results, while the tool conveniently handles complex electrical and thermal mathematical calculations. Electrical simulation capabilities are included as options for additional testing, verification, or component selection.

WEBENCH Power Designer and Power Architect
Designers can use WEBENCH Power Designer to create power supplies using DC-DC converters that meet power design requirements. Designers can easily find the most suitable switching regulator or MOSFET controller for their application and resolve switching power supply design issues before prototyping. Additionally, using WEBENCH Power Architect