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PCI Express and USB 2.0 improve performance of PC-based measurements - Advances in PC and silicon technologies allow low-cost, PC-based plug-in devices to accurately and quickly perform measurements and control.
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National Instruments LabVIEW 8 Delivers Distributed Intelligence for Design, Control and Test; Major Release Features Streamlined Distributed System Development and New LabVIEW Project
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI), a global leader in virtual instrumentation, announced LabVIEW 8, a major upgrade to the LabVIEW graphical development platform that improves the productivity of engineers and scientists in design, control and test. This upgrade introduces distributed intelligence -- a powerful suite of new capabilities for engineers and scientists to easily design, distribute and synchronize intelligent devices and systems. LabVIEW 8 also features a new project-based environment for developing and managing large-scale applications as well as the latest in Express technology for simplified instrument control. This release also includes significant updates to the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, LabVIEW FPGA Module, LabVIEW PDA Module and LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module.
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National Instruments and Leading Sensor Vendors Release More Than 3,200 TEDS Smart Sensor Products; NI and Sensors Plug&Play Program Members Respond to Industry Need for Easier Sensor Measurements
National Instruments and leading sensor manufacturers participating in the Sensors Plug&Play Program continue to develop and release innovative, timesaving data acquisition products that support transducer electronic data sheet (TEDS) smart sensors. During the last 18 months, this collaboration with vendors such as Honeywell-Lebow Products Inc., Watlow and PCB Piezotronics has delivered more than 3,200 TEDS sensors and measurement systems that work with the IEEE 1451.4 standard. The standard specifies technology that simplifies system setup and improves sensor accuracy by digitally storing sensor parameters on an embedded EEPROM chip.
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CEC (National Instruments' Subsidiary) Releases DASYLab 9
CEC Capital Equipment, a subsidiary of National Instruments, has released version 9.0 of its DASYLab graphical data-acquisition software. DASYLab 9 features an updated user interface, improved online help, an interactive tutorial, and more than 150 examples to help engineers develop data-acquisition, process-monitoring, datalogging and display, process-control, data-analysis, and reporting applications.
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Mathsoft and National Instruments integrate software products
Mathsoft, a provider of calculation management software, has integrated its Mathcad software with National Instruments’ LabView graphical development environment to provide advanced joint calculation and measurement solutions. According to Mathsoft, the integration will create an end-to-end design, measurement, analysis, and reporting environment that will help engineers better execute their product development work.
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National Instruments Acquires IOtech; Acquisition Strengthens NI Offering in Portable and Vibration Measurement Applications
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) announced that it has acquired the operating assets of IOtech Inc., a provider of PC-based data acquisition and instrumentation products. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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NI LabVIEW Reduces Development Time for Hardware-in-the-Loop Systems; NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit 3.0 Adds Configuration-Based FPGA and CAN I/O to Simulink Models
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) announced the NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit 3.0, the latest version of the company's software that gives control system design and test engineers a seamless link between the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment and The MathWorks Inc. Simulink(R) software. With the LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit 3.0, engineers now can reduce development time for hardware-in-the-loop systems with new configuration-based deployment to CAN and FPGA I/O; run-time parameter selection; and thread scheduling for multirate models.
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National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 8.0 Speeds Test Execution and Deployment; Proven ANSI C Development Environment Now Offers New Real-Time Integration for Test
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) today announced NI LabWindows/CVI Version 8.0, the proven ANSI C development environment for test and automation. This latest version continues to build upon the software's 17-year history of continued innovation and backward compatibility with faster code execution and deployment in addition to better real-time integration that extends LabWindows/CVI to deterministic and reliable test applications.
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The PCI bus is at the heart of many benchtop test instruments. Ian Bell from National Instruments looks at how PCI Express will drive it forward
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National Instruments Introduces New USB Device for I2C and SPI Communication
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) released a new USB device for use with inter-integrated circuit (I2C) and serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication devices. Engineers and scientists can use the new NI USB-8451 interface with NI LabVIEW software to easily create programs to test, validate and program devices such as such as analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and EEPROMs. Because the module operates on the USB bus, it offers plug-and-play setup and is ideal for use in close proximity to the system components.
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National Instruments Extends Linux Support to More than 200 Devices; New Drivers Increase Productivity, Lower System Costs for Scientists and Engineers Using Linux
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) released its newest virtual instrumentation tools for Linux operating systems, including NI-DAQmx 8 driver software and new instrument drivers for modular instruments. These innovative products not only triple the number of NI devices for the Linux OS but also make it even easier for the growing number of global Linux OS users to take advantage of the benefits of virtual instrumentation, including increased productivity and lower system costs. These new products build on the release of the NI LabVIEW 8 graphical development platform, National Instruments powerful flagship software that now is fully supported on the Linux OS.
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National Instruments Releases Comprehensive Machine Vision Software Suite
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) released the NI Vision 8 Development Module, a comprehensive suite of vision software tools that engineers, integrators and machine builders can use to improve system efficiency and save money by increasing quality control in the manufacturing process. The Vision 8 Development Module combines an extensive collection of vision libraries with acquisition software for thousands of cameras -- including those based on the IEEE 1394 (FireWire(R)) connection standard -- all optimized for common programming environments like NI LabVIEW and Microsoft C++, Visual Basic and .NET. In addition, the Vision 8 Development Module includes new algorithms for golden template comparison, optical character verification (OCV) and Data Matrix grading that are designed to help engineers identify packaging and assembly errors earlier in production.
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NI Expands Industrial Offering with Isolated PCI Data Acquisition, Motion Boards; New Devices Extend Direct Connectivity to Industrial Sensors and Yaskawa, Mitsubishi and Panasonic Drives
National Instruments is extending its offering for industrial applications with new PCI data acquisition (DAQ) and motion control devices. The NI PCI-6230 isolated M Series DAQ board features analog and digital I/O lines with built-in digital isolation for direct connectivity to industrial sensors. The NI PCI-7390 position (pulse) command motion controller with built-in isolation offers direct connectivity to popular motion drives, including Yaskawa Sigma II, Mitsubishi MR-J2S and Panasonic Minas A, and provides advanced synchronization capabilities with NI vision and DAQ hardware.
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NI LabVIEW Embedded Design Platform Now Available for Analog Devices Blackfin Processors; LabVIEW Empowers Domain Experts with Graphical Design Tools for Embedded Development
Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE:ADI) and National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) today released the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors, which extends the LabVIEW graphical dataflow development environment to directly target high-performance, low-power Blackfin Processors for faster embedded system development. With a single graphical development platform, ADI and NI deliver an out-of-the-box, integrated solution for solving real-world problems, empowering domain experts without embedded programming experience to overcome the traditional challenges of embedded development and deliver sophisticated applications quickly.
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NI Announces PCI Version of Industry's Highest Dynamic Range Digitizer
Design and test engineers can use the new PCI version of the National Instruments PXI-5922 flexible-resolution digitizer, also known as a PC-based oscilloscope, to make a wide range of dynamic measurements. The NI PXI-5922 digitizer provides the highest dynamic range of any digitizer on the market. This universal instrument with unprecedented dynamic performance and flexibility is now available in a PCI form factor for applications in a variety of industries including communications, semiconductor, biomedical and ultrasonic nondestructive test (NDT).
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National Instruments High-Performance PXI Chassis and Controllers Increase Dedicated Bandwidth up to 1 GB/s per Slot; PXI Express Features Deliver Industry's Leading Synchronization and Backward Compatibility
National Instruments announced the industry's first PXI chassis and controllers based on PCI Express signaling, delivering up to 1 GB/s per-slot dedicated bandwidth. Engineers can use the new PXI Express chassis and controllers to improve performance for PXI systems and integrate high-bandwidth PXI Express modules as they become available. The new chassis and controllers add capabilities from the latest PXI Specification, which defines PXI Express to increase PXI bandwidth by 45 times, to integrate the industry's best timing and synchronization and to preserve compatibility with existing software and more than 1,000 PXI modules. By increasing throughput and improving measurement accuracy, the new chassis and controllers are ideal for high-channel-count, high-throughput or multimodule applications, such as IF streaming, mixed-signal or image acquisition.
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National Instruments Releases LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) announced the release of the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite, a full-featured version of the graphical development platform that provides students a flexible, hands-on learning environment for designing, prototyping and deploying engineering and science concepts into real-world applications. The software suite, for the first time, includes a collection of powerful National Instruments LabVIEW add-ons for mathematics, control design, signal processing and communications.
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NI Releases Industry's Highest Performance USB Multifunction Data Acquisition Devices; Devices Deliver NI M Series Performance, New Data Streaming Technology to the USB Bus
National Instruments released its first M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the USB bus -- two new external DAQ devices that offer up to 32 analog input channels and data acquisition rates of up to 1.25 MS/s. The NI USB-6251 and USB-6259 DAQ devices feature the same high-performance M Series capabilities but add the simplicity of USB plug-and-play connectivity as well as new high-speed signal streaming technology. These new devices offer a 5 times overall performance increase compared to previous devices and set a new performance precedent for USB data acquisition measurements.
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NI releases new data acquisition devices for USB bus
National Instruments today released its first M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the USB bus - two new external DAQ devices that offer up to 32 analogue input channels and data acquisition rates of up to 1.25MS/s. The NI USB-6251 and USB-6259 DAQ devices feature the same high-performance M Series capabilities but add the simplicity of USB plug-and-play connectivity as well as new high-speed signal streaming technology. These new devices offer a five times overall performance increase compared to previous devices and set a new performance precedent for USB data acquisition measurements.
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NI introduces LabView 8.20, 20th anniversary edition
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its flagship software, National Instruments introduced LabView 8.20 on Aug. 8, the opening day of its NIWeek 2006 users' conference.
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National Instruments Introduces Four New USB Bus-Powered M Series Data Acquisition Devices Starting Under $500
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) released four USB bus-powered data acquisition (DAQ) devices, the first bus-powered NI data acquisition products to feature high-performance multifunction M Series capabilities. With low-cost and isolated options, these devices are ideal for applications such as simple data logging, portable measurements and academic lab experiments.
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National Instruments introduces four new USB DAQ Devices starting under $500
National Instruments released four USB bus-powered data acquisition (DAQ) devices, the first bus-powered NI data acquisition products to feature high-performance multifunction M Series capabilities. With low-cost and isolated options, these devices are ideal for applications such as simple data logging, portable measurements and academic lab experiments.
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NI Introduces First PCI Express High-Speed Digital Instruments up to 200 MB/s
National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) announced the industry’s first high-speed digital I/O instruments for PCI Express to deliver up to 200 MB/s dedicated throughput per direction to and from the host processor. The NI PCIe-6536 25 MHz and NI PCIe-6537 50 MHz low-cost digital I/O boards build on the throughput of the PCI Express interface to acquire and generate large digital patterns that are otherwise impossible to sustain. Using this high-performance bus, the new digital I/O boards can directly stream data to and from the host processor at full data rates with increased performance and lower costs than traditional proprietary test systems. Engineers can use the new instruments to meet a variety of applications including interfacing to memory devices, emulating communications protocols and testing image sensors and display panels.
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