NI AWR Design Environment 12.01 NI (formerly AWR Corporation) has released 12.0 version of NI AWR Design Environment high-frequency software, includes upgrades, updates and enhancements to Microwave Office, Analog Office, Visual System Simulator, AXIEM and Analyst software products. V12 New Feature Highlights Include: NI AWR Design Environment (Microwave Office and Analog Office) - View measured data and design matching networks using swept load pull files - APLAC tuning and optimization speed enhancement - Improved simulation controls Advanced measurement editor Measurements on user defined groups of schematics or system diagrams - Schematic editing, layout viewing and layout editing improvements - Sticky notes for schematics, system diagrams and graphs - AWR Connected - STAN for nonlinear stability analysis - AWR Connected - DWT for enhanced DRC/LVS functionality - AWR Connected - HFSS for interconnect characterization Analyst and AXIEM 3D EM Simulation - Easier 3D EM setup Automatically create 3D EM documents using Extraction flow Annotations track down 3D EM setup issues - Improved 3D editor experience; geometry cleanup and STEP import for Analyst - Anisotropic dielectric materials supported within AXIEM - Faster and more accurate simulation results Threading Frequency sweep algorithm improvements Meshing options/refinements enhances Remote simulation - Visualize impact of circuits on antenna patterns Visual System Simulator Environment - Enhanced phased array block - Use real antenna data in system analysis - Simplified Microwave Office consistent VSS sources - Bidirectional blocks which simplify managing both transmit and receive systems - RF models auto-configuration option Phased array block WLAN 802.11ac library Enhanced radar library RF block temperature dependency PID (proportional-integral-derivative) controller