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  February 2011  
Your Resource for Research, Teaching, and Learning With NI LabVIEW ni.com/academic
In This Issue
Top 5 Crazy-Cool NI myDAQ and NI LabVIEW Projects
1. Musical Staircase
2. Optical Theremin
3. Secret Knock Door Unlocker
4. Clap on Lights and Music

5. Dorm Room DJ

*VI code and guided instructions for building your own included.

 
Are YOUR Students Ready?   Resources for Teaching Program Design
 Are YOUR students ready?   Resources for Teaching Program Design to Engineernig Students
How do you determine if YOU are effectively preparing students for a career in engineering? How do you know that students are grasping the concepts YOU are teaching to solve the grand engineering challenges facing our future?  In this article, we use Bloom's Taxonomy to guide you through an introductory circuits concept, breaking it down step-by-step to go all the way from theory, through simulation, and into experimentation.

Read the step-by-step guide »
 

Use these downloadable course materials to teach students the aspects of program design and planning fundamentals required to engineer a complete system. Discover how LabVIEW and the LabVIEW NXT Module, combined with the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT, create a powerful platform for enabling engineering students to think through problems with a skilled engineering mindset.

Program a robot to run a maze in one semester »

Teaching Tools

Yes, You Can Program our Controllers in ANSI C!
Access this all-encompassing guide to programming NI controllers in ANSI C. Learn how to program stand-alone applications, or how to integrate ANSI C code with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module. You can expose your students to multiple levels of abstraction, from low-level ANSI C to the LabVIEW graphical design environment. 

The Definitive Guide: Programming NI VxWorks Real-Time Controllers in C/C++ »

Access the Analog Circuits Courseware Packet
Combine these resources with interactive SPICE simulation in NI Multisim, hands-on prototyping on the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), and LabVIEW for a complete approach to teaching circuit and electronic concepts in the classroom and lab. 

Access the complimentary courseware »

Teaching Sensor Fundamentals
This set of tutorials provides you with essential information about using and understanding various types of sensors to acquire data through theory and practical examples.

View the tutorials »

Research Lab

Download the Free NI Biomedical Starter Kit
Visit our NI Biomedical User Community to download the FREE NI Biomedical Starter Kit with applications written in LabVIEW for ECG analysis, 3D image reconstruction, and more.

Download the Biomedical Kit »

Improving Your Control Algorithms With FPGAs 
Explore several use cases where you can use the NI reconfigurable I/O architecture to design or test your advanced control algorithms.

Take advantage of new solutions to improve your system. »

Top 5 Reasons Scientists Should Take Advantage of PC-Based Data Acquisition 
PC-based data loggers offer more than just the basic PC connectivity of traditional stand-alone data loggers. With a PC-based data logger like the NI USB-TC01, the PC is part of the system so the data logger can take advantage of the ever-increasing performance of the PC processor, hard drive, display, and I/O bus.

Ditch your traditional data logger »

Student Corner

Enter the LabVIEW Student Design Competition and Win!
Show us how you're using LabVIEW to do engineering for a chance to win cash prizes, trips, and networking opportunities. We've already received our first submission from Sweden, so start planning your LabVIEW project entry today. 

More about the competition »

Like Robots? Code Sharing Unleashed
Robotics developers can share code and examples, and learn about other projects being done with LabVIEW. Upload pics of your own robots to share with the community.

Start sharing code »

LabVIEW Gets You Hired
Checkout the LabVIEW career resource center. You will find new industry jobs demanding your LabVIEW expertise.

Find jobs »


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