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January 13, 2009
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In This Issue
Eight Rules for Prototyping   Test Goes Software-Defined
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Learn how you can rapidly turn your ideas and concepts into a prototype and get real feedback from customers on the value of your innovation.

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  See how software-defined instrumentation can help you meet the challenges of rapid design cycles and ever-changing test requirements.

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Developer Resources

Did You Know LabVIEW Can Make Your Sensors Wireless?
Discover how you can transform your existing analog sensors into new wireless devices with LabVIEW software and NI Wi-Fi data acquisition hardware.
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Example Code: Robotics Simulation Using 3D Picture Control
Download this example code to build a "robot," or any 3D object, using a tree control and 3D picture control.
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I-V Characterization of Photovoltaic Cells
Read how you can use NI hardware and download a free library of LabVIEW code to assess the performance of photovoltaic cells through I-V characterization in this three-part white paper series.
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Webcast: Introduction to the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Control System
Learn about the new control system for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), including control kit specifications as well as tips for programming with LabVIEW for FRC.
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Video: Custom Designs with FPGA Technology
Watch how vendors are developing the tools needed to make field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology more accessible to engineers seeking to create custom designs.
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New Products and Technologies

Help Define the Future of LabVIEW
Vote in this poll to help NI determine which new technology or market area LabVIEW should tackle next.
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Getting Started with the G Web Server
Discover how you can use the G Web Server, an HTTP/1.0-compatible server included in the LabVIEW Internet Toolkit, to run applications on the Web.
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Monitoring Record-Setting Train Speed with LabVIEW and NI LabWindows™/CVI
See how engineers at SNCF developed a data acquisition application with a client/server architecture using LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI software.
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Deterministic Distributed I/O for Real-Time Control Systems
Explore how you can easily add synchronized, distributed I/O into real-time control systems with the new NI 9144 high-speed, deterministic chassis and the LabVIEW Real-Time Module 8.6.
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Faster Processing, Higher Resolution with New Smart Cameras
Learn how you can achieve faster processing speeds and higher image resolution for your applications such as packaging inspection and assembly verification.
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Events and Training 

Virtual User Group: LabVIEW Real-Time Module 8.6 – CompactRIO Scan Mode under the Hood
See how you can use the new CompactRIO Scan Mode, featuring the ability to directly program FPGAs for hardware decision making, custom triggering and protocols, off-loading signal processing and analysis from the CPU, and more.
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Find NI at SolidWorks World 2009
Discover at this SolidWorks event how you can use the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment and SolidWorks Mechanical 3D CAD software to reduce machine design costs and accelerate the mechanical design validation process.
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Get Hands-On Technical Training at NIDays
Find out how you can join thousands of industry experts and NI employees worldwide to learn about the latest technologies and trends in design, test, and control at a city near you.
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Top Five Articles of 2008 
1. The Future of GPIB »
2. Five Tips to Reduce Measurement Noise »
3. A New Age of Robotics »
4. Five LabVIEW 8.5 Features You Might Not Know About »
5. How Does LabVIEW Measure Up to C? »
NI in the Press
Desktop Engineering Will Change the World »
LabVIEW Digital Network Servo Amps and Motors Your Application PC »
Top 10 Green Engineering Trends, Stories for 2008 »
Look, No Wires! »

Community News
2009 New Year’s Resolutions for LabVIEW
Learn about the top six resolutions for LabVIEW in 2009 from LabVIEW evangelist and vice president of NI Software Marketing John Pasquarette.
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LabVIEW Tool of the Month
GSM SMS Toolkit
Discover how your LabVIEW applications can send and receive SMS messages through a GSM cellular phone network with the GSM SMS Toolkit from ViTec Co. Ltd.
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