Teaching Tools

Try LabVIEW 8.6
Download free, 30-day evaluation versions of NI software, including LabVIEW 8.6. If your campus has an active NI Academic Site License, you can get the serial number to activate the software by contacting your software administrator.

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Program Xilinx Board Using LabVIEW
Download this free driver to use LabVIEW and the LabVIEW FPGA Module to graphically program the Xilinx SPARTAN-3E board without writing any VHDL code.

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Circuit Design and Education Resource Kit
Download the Circuit Design Academic Information Kit to see how you can use NI Multisim and the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) II to teach circuit theory, design, and instrumentation. Access relevant courseware, interactive tutorials, circuit examples, and more.

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Research Lab

Connect Sensor Data to 3D Models
With the new 3D Sensor Mapping Express VI in LabVIEW 8.6, you can import CAD models and sensor location data to create a dynamic 3D visualization that overlays live acquired data on a model that includes the sensor locations.

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Experience Control Design, Simulation for Mac and Linux
The LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module 8.6 now works with Mac and Linux^® OSs. Use this module to analyze open-loop models, design closed-loop controllers, simulate nonlinear systems, and more.

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Transmit and Receive up to 6.6 GHz with New RF Instruments
PXI-based modular instruments for RF/communications offer the performance and flexibility required for research and teaching. The latest releases feature signal acquisition and generation up to 6.6 GHz with high-speed streaming for HDD record and playback.

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Student Corner

Explore the FIRST Community Online
Help thousands of high school students learn LabVIEW. Sign up to be a virtual mentor and share your LabVIEW expertise with participants in the  FIRST Robotics Competition.

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Bring NI to Your Campus
Register online for a LabVIEW hands-on campus workshop in your area. Professors, graduate students, and undergraduates can receive three hours of free LabVIEW hands-on training from a senior engineer.

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2008 NI Technical Symposium
Register for the National Instruments Technical Symposium, a series of free, full-day conferences that explore the latest trends in automation, design, and test.

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