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May 12, 2008
NI Products Honored with Multiple Industry Awards
National Instruments LabVIEW, CompactRIO and PXI platforms have received eight awards and honorable mentions from leading industry trade publications.
May 6, 2008
NI Introduces Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit
National Instruments announced the NI Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit, a software solution that helps engineers and scientists identify differences between models built using The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink(R) software.
May 5, 2008
NI Announces New USB Multifunction DAQ Devices
National Instruments announced the release of two new bus-powered M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for USB that deliver faster sampling rates and more digital I/O features than previously released bus-powered M Series devices for USB.
May 1, 2008
EE Times Names NI Small/Medium Company of the Year
EE Times awarded National Instruments its 2008 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for Small/Medium Company of the Year at a gala event held during TechInsight's Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.
April 29, 2008
NI Integrates Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA into New I/O Devices
National Instruments announced the release of four new R Series I/O modules for the PXI platform that are equipped with high-performance Xilinx Virtex(R)-5 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
April 29, 2008
NI Announces Integrated PXI Monitor and Keyboard Accessory
National Instruments announced the NI PMA-1115 portable touch screen monitor with integrated keyboard that attaches to any NI eight-slot PXI or PXI Express chassis.
April 28, 2008
NI Hosts the Online Automated Test Summit 2008
National Instruments announced the fifth annual Automated Test Summit, an online event featuring technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming challenges in automated test.
April 22, 2008
NI Software Adds Support for New Tektronix Oscilloscopes
National Instruments announced support for new Tektronix value line oscilloscopes in the latest version of LabVIEW SignalExpress Tektronix Edition, an interactive PC-based measurement software for quickly acquiring, analyzing and presenting data without programming.
April 21, 2008
NI Announces Two Low-Cost PXI Embedded Controllers
National Instruments announced two new low-cost embedded controllers - the PXI-8104 and PXI-8183 - that deliver exceptional performance for value-based test, measurement, and control applications.
April 17, 2008
FIRST Selects NI CompactRIO for Robot Control System
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a nonprofit organization inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders, has selected the National Instruments CompactRIO embedded control platform as its next-generation FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) robot controller.
April 15, 2008
NI LabVIEW Targets Industry-Leading ARM Microcontrollers
National Instruments and ARM announced the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers, an extension of the LabVIEW graphical system design platform that directly targets the ARM 7(TM), ARM 9(TM) and Cortex(TM)-M3 microcontroller families.
April 8, 2008
NI Introduces High-Density Industrial Digital I/O for USB
National Instruments announced the NI USB-6509, a bus-powered, portable, USB digital I/O device for acquiring data in a broad range of applications.
April 7, 2008
NI Announces Global Multicore Programming Workshop
National Instruments announced an initiative to deliver free, hands-on multicore programming workshops based on the NI LabVIEW graphical programming language and sponsored by Intel Corporation to engineers and scientists around the globe.
March 18, 2008
NI Introduces Highest-Accuracy Multifunction DAQ Devices
National Instruments announced a new line of M Series USB data acquisition (DAQ) devices with 18-bit analog input accuracy at sampling rates up to 625 kS/s.
March 18, 2008
NI Expands C Series Family for Data Logging
National Instruments announced four new C Series modules for data-logging applications including vibration/acoustical data logging and in-vehicle, structural, temperature and pressure testing.
March 4, 2008
NI Announces VXI-MXI-Express Controller Built on Cabled PCI Express
National Instruments announced the industry's first VXI-MXI-Express controller using cabled PCI Express technology to deliver a high-bandwidth, low-latency VXI interface.
February 19, 2008
NI Introduces PROFIBUS Interfaces for Industrial Control
National Instruments announced new PCI and PXI PROFIBUS interfaces to add compatibility and flexibility to industrial systems.
February 19, 2008
NI Introduces LabVIEW 8.5 Control Design and Simulation Module
National Instruments announced the release of the NI LabVIEW 8.5 Control Design and Simulation Module, an extension of the LabVIEW graphical system design platform that helps engineers and scientists analyze open-loop model behavior, design closed-loop controllers, simulate systems and create real-time implementations.
February 12, 2008
NI Introduces PXI Source Measure Unit, Highest-Density PXI Switches
National Instruments announced its first PXI source measure unit (SMU) and the industry's highest-density PXI switches.
February 7, 2008
NI Acquisition Strengthens Its Video and Audio Automated Test Portfolio
National Instruments announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of microLEX Systems A/S, a premier provider of virtual instrumentation-based video, audio and mixed-signal test solutions.
February 6, 2008
NI Extends Portable Measurement Performance
National Instruments announced the release of the NI USB-5132/5133 digitizers and the NI USB-4065 6 1/2-digit digital multimeter (DMM).
February 5, 2008
Tektronix Builds Compliance Test Solution Using NI TestStand
National Instruments announced that Tektronix built its newly released TekExpress SATA (Serial ATA) automated compliance test solution on NI TestStand test management software.
January 29, 2008
National Instruments Joins The Multicore Association
National Instruments announced it has joined The Multicore Association, a global nonprofit organization focused on developing standards that help shorten time to market for products that involve multicore implementations.
January 23, 2008
NI Named Among FORTUNE's '100 Best Companies to Work For' List
FORTUNE magazine released its annual ranking of the nation's top 100 companies to work for, listing Austin-based National Instruments as number 79.
January 14, 2008
T&M Industry Trending Toward Software-Defined Instrumentation and Multicore Systems
National Instruments, a worldwide leader in automated test solutions, has identified five trends it anticipates will significantly influence the test and measurement industry over the next three years.
January 8, 2008
NI Introduces New Sound and Vibration Tools
National Instruments announced the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite Version 6.0 and the newest 16-channel data acquisition module for sound and vibration, the NI PXI-4495.
January 7, 2008
NI Introduces USB-Controlled RMS RF Power Meter
National Instruments announced the company's first USB-controlled true RMS RF power meter, which provides a highly flexible solution for automated test, measurement and monitoring applications in a small footprint.
December 18, 2007
NI and Emona Instruments Announce New Plug-In Module for NI ELVIS
National Instruments and Emona Instruments, a National Instruments Alliance Partner, are working together to help educators teach students analog and digital communication fundamentals with the release of a new add-on telecommunications board, the Digital Analog Telecommunications EXperimenter (DATEx) for the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS).
December 11, 2007
NI LabVIEW Tools Network Offers More Than 400 Tools and Add-Ons
National Instruments announced that the LabVIEW Tools Network, an online portal that delivers the industry's largest source of add-ons and connectivity products for NI LabVIEW, has expanded by more than 100 new tools developed by NI and third-party vendors in 2007.
November 28, 2007
NI LabWindows/CVI 8.5 Provides Flexible Multicore Programming
National Instruments announced LabWindows/CVI 8.5, the latest version of the ANSI C integrated development environment for test and embedded applications.
November 27, 2007
NI Releases CompactRIO Systems for High-Volume Machines
National Instruments announced the release of the new NI cRIO-9072 and cRIO-9074 CompactRIO systems that give engineers and machine builders an ideal solution for rapidly deploying industrial machines at high volume.
November 20, 2007
National Instruments Joins Power.org Collaboration
National Instruments announced it has joined Power.org, an open and collaborative organization dedicated to developing and promoting Power Architecture technology as the preferred open standard platform for the electronics industry.
November 19, 2007
NI Arabia Director Addresses UN Expert Technology Meeting
National Instruments Arabia managing director Michel Haddad addressed entrepreneurs from Western Asia on Nov. 4 at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) expert group meeting in Cairo, Egypt.
November 13, 2007
NI and Collaborators Deliver New IP for FPGA Development
National Instruments announced a new suite of software and hardware intellectual property (IP) to make using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in measurement, control and signal processing applications easier.
November 12, 2007
NI and QNX Deliver Measurement-Quality Analog I/O to OEMs
National Instruments and QNX Software Systems today announced an OEM evaluation bundle of software and hardware that reduces the barrier to entry for engineers and scientists using graphical system design to create embedded devices that require measurement-quality analog I/O.
November 8, 2007
Virginia Tech Wins Third Place in DARPA Urban Challenge
Virginia Tech, along with TORC Technologies, won the $500,000 third place prize last weekend at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge. In a close race with teams from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford universities, the Virginia Tech team used National Instruments LabVIEW software and CompactRIO hardware in its vehicle.
November 7, 2007
NI Extends Power of Multicore to PXI and PXI Express
National Instruments announced the release of the NI 8352 and NI 8353 high-performance, multicore-based, server-class controllers for use in PXI or PXI Express systems.
November 6, 2007
NI Offers LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition for Multicore Programming
National Instruments announced the availability of the LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition, the latest version of the graphical system design software that gives students a flexible, hands-on environment to design, prototype and deploy engineering and science concepts into real-world applications.
November 5, 2007
NI Introduces High-Performance Smart Camera Family
National Instruments announced the NI 1722 and NI 1742 Smart Cameras to provide engineers and scientists with high-performance systems at a low cost.
October 30, 2007
NI LabVIEW 8.5 Wins Best of Show Award at ESC
National Instruments announced that LabVIEW 8.5, the latest version of the graphical system design platform for test, control and embedded system development, was named by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) as the Best in Show winner at the 2007 Embedded Systems Conference.
October 25, 2007
Virginia Tech Students Use LabVIEW to Develop Autonomous Robot
Engineering students from the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech have developed a bipedal humanoid robot using the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical system design platform.
October 23, 2007
Improve Measurement Accuracy with NI LabVIEW SignalExpress 2.5
National Instruments today announced the release of LabVIEW SignalExpress 2.5, the interactive measurement software that simplifies the acquisition, analysis and presentation of data from hundreds of data acquisition devices and instruments.
October 16, 2007
NI and Anritsu Company Collaborate on Instrument Drivers
National Instruments and Anritsu Company announced a joint effort to develop LabVIEW Plug and Play and LabWindows/CVI instrument drivers for Anritsu test instruments.
October 15, 2007
NI Introduces PXI Express System Timing Controller
National Instruments announced the latest additions to NI timing tools including the industrys first PXI Express timing and synchronization controller and a PXI module that synchronizes PXI systems over GPS, Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) and IEEE 1588.
September 25, 2007
NI Introduces New USB Data Acquisition Devices
National Instruments announced the industrys first 80-channel USB data acquisition devices, new BNC USB M Series devices and a new USB-9237 C Series module.
September 18, 2007
NI Extends LabVIEW Embedded Platform to New Processors
National Instruments announced the extension of the NI LabVIEW 8.5 graphical system design platform to new embedded targets with the release of the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors 2.5 and the LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK (Software Development Kit) 2.5.
September 17, 2007
NI Introduces PXI Express RF Vector Signal Generator
National Instruments announced the release of the NI PXIe-5672, an RF vector signal generator that delivers signal generation from 250 kHz to 2.7 GHz, 20 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth and real-time data streaming at up to 25 MS/s.
September 17, 2007
PXI Systems Alliance Announces 10th Anniversary of PXI
The PXI Systems Alliance announced the 10th anniversary of the PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) specification, the PC-based modular I/O platform for test, measurement and control systems.
September 11, 2007
University of California, Berkeley, Unveils NI Embedded Systems Laboratory
National Instruments and the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering are working together to offer electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) students a new graphical system design environment in which to design, prototype and deploy their projects.
September 4, 2007
NI Announces Vision Development Module 8.5
National Instruments announced the newest version of the NI Vision Development Module, a comprehensive library of image processing and machine vision functions for multiple programming languages, including NI LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI as well as Microsoft C, C++, Visual Basic and .NET.
September 4, 2007
NI Hosts Technical Conferences in 26 U.S. Cities
National Instruments announced open registration for the 2007 NI Technical Symposium, the companys free annual series of virtual instrumentation conferences that take place in 26 U.S. cities as well as Mexico and Canada.
