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February 12, 2008
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In This Issue
Five LabVIEW 8.5 Features You Might Not Know About   LabVIEW to the Pin - New Capabilities for Semiconductor Validation
 
Learn about five NI LabVIEW software features, such as improvements to object-oriented programming and interoperability with DLLs, that you might not have noticed in Version 8.5.

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  Precisely characterize voltage and current parameters on high-pin-count devices using the first PXI source measure unit (SMU) and the industry's highest-density PXI switches from NI.

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Development Resources

NI Smart Camera Out-of-the-Box Video
Learn how to set up and quickly begin using your NI Smart Camera.
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Take NI Training Courses Online
These instructor-led online training courses incorporate interactive learning technology over the Internet with live instruction and an online hardware laboratory to simulate a classroom environment.
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ATML – A Standard for Interfacing Test System Components
Learn how the new XML-based standard for ATE and test information data exchange, known as Automatic Test Markup Language (ATML), can help you interface with test system components.
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Example Code: Calculator Built with LabVIEW
This VI demonstrates a fully functional calculator built using LabVIEW.
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Overview of Human Vibration Weighting Filters
Learn about human vibration weighting filters and how you can implement them using the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite.
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New Products and Technologies

New Portable, High-Performance USB Instruments
See how you can benefit from these small, lightweight instruments featuring bus-powered and plug-and-play operation, which is ideal for portable, benchtop, and OEM applications.
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Deploying LabVIEW to Monitor Pipelines in the North Sea
See how Schmid Engineering and Bjørge AS developed and installed a long-term monitoring system for a 120 km pipeline off the coast of Norway.
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Inspecting 3D Particles with LabVIEW and NI Vision
Learn how engineers at Petromodel Ltd. and the University of the West of England, Franchay Campus used LabVIEW and IMAQ Vision tools to design a system for rapidly acquiring and analyzing accurate 3D particle data.
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The Best Data-Logging Software You Didn’t Know You Owned
The latest version of LabVIEW SignalExpress, an interactive software tool for quickly automating simple data-logging and instrument control applications, introduces several improvements to help you identify and address common measurement mistakes.

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Events

NIWeek: Call for Presentations
Submit your presentation by February 15 for the chance to highlight your industry and technical expertise at NIWeek 2008, the 14th annual worldwide graphical system design conference hosted by National Instruments.
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Webcast: Introduction to the LabVIEW Platform
Explore the fundamentals of graphical programming and discover how you can use LabVIEW to enhance your applications.
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Webcast: LabVIEW FPGA Under the Hood
Explore the low-level implementation of a LabVIEW block diagram into FPGA gates and learn how to increase the efficiency and performance of your LabVIEW FPGA code and how to integrate your own VHDL code into a LabVIEW block diagram.
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Webcast: Testing RFID Technology
Learn about the technology behind RF identification (RFID), basic testing requirements, and a software-defined instrumentation strategy to meet the various challenges of validation and verification testing.
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Find Events in Your Area
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Top Five Instrument Control Resources
1. The Future of GPIB »
2. Instrument Control 101 E-Kit »
3. Getting Started with Instrument Control »
4. Bus Technologies for Test and Measurement Systems » 
5. Long-Term Instrument Control and Connectivity Solutions »
NI in the Press
PACs for Communications and Data Handling »
Throughput, Bandwidth, Usability, Cost Drive Instrumentation »
Closing the Skills Gap »
Better Tools, More Options Mean Embedded for the Masses »

Community News
Wii Remote, Robotics, and LabVIEW
Check out this VI Road Show video to see how NI engineer Evan Dozier found an old robotic arm with a broken controller and revamped it using NI hardware, LabVIEW, and the Nintendo Wii Remote. Evan uses special Bluetooth LabVIEW VIs to control the robot.
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