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Website Guide

National Semiconductor's Website is comprised of five primary sections per webpage:

National's new header carries a multi-search box and horizontal drop-down menu. This allows convenient access to any page on the site.

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Expediting the Development Cycle

National's website content has been segmented into four basic categories to provide you with the best solution at the right time in your development cycle.

Select
-Provides our best products from the customer's point of view. Several interactive tools are provided to help the user select part numbers, view parameters, application notes, or Product folder.

Design
-Virtual prototyping, evaluation, and design advice from the Analog experts at National.

Buy
-This section gives purchasing/component managers the information they need to purchase and use National Semiconductor's products selected by their design engineers. The primary goal of this section is to provide all the information a purchasing manager needs regarding National Semiconductor's devices in one place.

Explore
-This section offers online platforms to educate the engineering environment.

 

Select Features

Solutions.National.Com is an easy-to-use interactive online design support environment that slashes the time needed to find the best products for an application. Design engineers can use the graphical navigation guide to access the system solutions, get a list of recommended integrated circuits, perform thermal or electrical simulations online using National's WEBENCH design tools, and order product samples for worldwide delivery in only 24 to 48 hours.

Analog Product Communities - View our featured Analog and other product communities to view product tree, "What's New", and comprehensive assembly of content/tools to support your design requirements.

 

Design Features

The WEBENCH™ 4.0 toolset has been the industry's premier online design environment since 1999. Now National pushes online design into new territory again. WEBENCH™ 4.0 now features the LM50xx switching regulators tailored for high-voltage power supply designs. WEBENCH™ 4.0 also has industry-standard SPICE simulation models for easier, more accurate simulations.

Easy PLL performs optimization and simulation of Phase-Locked Loop designs from any Web browser.

WebTHERM™ is an online tool which simulates the thermal behavior of an electronic printed circuit board with components.

Build It allows you to receive your ICs, boards, software, or completed custom prototypes based on your WEBENCH™ design.

 

Buy
Shop OnlineNational's new online shopping basket allows you to purchase National Semiconductor devices online with a credit card.

24HR SamplesNational Semiconductor is delighted to offer 24 hour delivery of Samples for many of our newest devices.

 

Evaluation BoardsEvaluation boards for some of National's products can be purchased at a nominal price. Buy ICs OnlineBuy National Semiconductor IC's online with a credit card.

 

Explore

Analog University
- An innovative and user friendly way to expand your knowledge and understanding of analog electronics technology using National's vast knowledge base of real-world systems and semiconductor devices.

Knowledge Base
- Our powerful Knowledge Base Search researches National's technical documentation to find relevant information to answer your query.

National Edge
- The National Edge is a monthly online technical publication that features articles written by National's Engineers as well as other pertinent technical information.

Online Seminars
- Upcoming and archived online seminars conducted by National's engineers on various topics.