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New High-Speed Digital Features Fuel New Test Applications
Learn about new, advanced digital test features, such as per cycle, per channel tristate for bidirectional control and real-time hardware comparison of expected data with acquired response data, in NI high-speed digital waveform generator/analyzers. See how you can use these new features to develop new solutions for digital test applications ranging from the functional testing of memory devices to characterization of circuits and systems.
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Transform Modular Instruments into Communication Systems
Using flexible, out-of-the-box solutions is essential to keeping up with the long list of communication standards. The new NI Modulation Toolkit 3.1 for LabVIEW delivers this flexibility by performing encoding, modulation, and upconversion functions in user-defined software. This approach simplifies the way modern communication systems are defined by building on the intuitive LabVIEW dataflow-based programming model.
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EEMBC Standardizes on LabVIEW, PXI for Silicon Benchmark Test
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has standardized on LabVIEW and NI PXI data acquisition hardware to implement EnergyBench, a new EEMBC metric that shows the energy a processor uses to run EEMBC performance benchmarks. LabVIEW integrates with NI PXI data acquisition hardware to provide engineers with a quick and low-cost approach to evaluating silicon.
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Creating a PXI-Based RF Spectral Monitoring System
Chengdu Huari Telecommunications Company, a major developer and manufacturer of radio directional finding systems in China, required a solution for spectral monitoring, directional finding, and signal identification. Discover how the company used NI software and hardware to develop an enhanced wideband radio receiver and monitoring system.
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NI Developer Suite Expanded for Greater Customization
National Instruments has expanded NI Developer Suite, the software subscription program that bundles together the software tools needed to build a complete measurement system. The expansion features more of the NI software platform, making it easier for you to get all the products you need for design, test and control applications.
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Customer feedback is critical when planning new products and product features. You can provide opinions and suggestions on LabVIEW software and other NI products via a number of direct avenues, including discussion forums, the product suggestion center, beta programs, developer blogs, and the LabVIEW developer feature brainstorming forum.
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Using the LabVIEW Shared Variable
The shared variable is a new feature in LabVIEW 8 that simplifies communication. This application note examines the technology that enables shared variables to efficiently pass data between nodes on a network and discusses the proper use of shared variables and detailed performance benchmarks.
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PXI RF Platform Approaches Theoretical Noise Floor Limit
With the rapid increase in wireless services available today, the RF spectrum is becoming more crowded. Sometimes these signals show up where they do not belong, whether by accident or by design. Effective RF spectrum monitoring requires a test system capable of seeing well below the typical noise floor of most spectrum analyzers.
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Tutorial: The Benefits of Deep Onboard Memory
Learn about the advantages of deep memory on a high-speed digital I/O device. Digital I/O devices often use multiple megabytes of onboard memory to acquire and generate data. Onboard memory offers much higher data rates than streaming from system memory across a communication bus.
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Tutorial: M Series -- The New Data Acquisition Standard
This interactive tutorial puts you in touch with NI engineers as they explain the new technologies behind M Series data acquisition. Learn how NI delivers M Series with more performance and more I/O at lower prices.
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Webcast: Sound and Vibration Analysis from A to Z
What types of analyses can help you meet your sound and vibration design performance targets? Learn the analysis techniques and strategies behind noise and vibration performance industry standards during this Webcast. See how to ensure the raw data is valid, extract results from that data, and present the test results in a usable and meaningful format.
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Webcast: M Series Data Acquisition for Control
Learn about the technology behind analog output, counter/timer, and digital I/O functions in an M Series device, and see how you can use this technology for multiaxis coordinated motion control, quadrature encoder inputs, relay monitoring, and control with your low-cost M Series multifunction I/O device.
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Webcast: Using New .NET Features in LabVIEW 8
See how LabVIEW 8 continues to provide LabVIEW programmers with seamless access to the power of .NET. In addition to the ability to call .NET assemblies, LabVIEW 8 now supports .NET user interface controls in the front panel and .NET events.
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Webcast: Make Sense Out of Acquired Data with NI LabVIEW
Turn your raw data into useful information easily and quickly with LabVIEW. Analyzing data can be a daunting task, especially with the different types of data and measurements you log. In this Webcast, see how to integrate analysis routines directly into your data acquisition functions.
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Webcast: Techniques for Automating Thermography
Recent technology advancements and lower costs in infrared imaging have made it feasible for maintenance and reliability engineers to automate their thermal measurements. Learn ways to set up, collect, analyze, and act on variations in machinery temperature.
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Example Code: Backing up LabVIEW VIs at a Set Time Interval
Use this code to save a VI at a time interval that you set. This VI also saves a backup copy of the VI with a ".old" extension.
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Example Code: Compact FieldPoint Embedded Data Logger
The Compact FieldPoint embedded data logger is an easy-to-use, configuration-based, stand-alone application written completely in LabVIEW. This application covers the most basic data-logging needs of Compact FieldPoint customers and specifically targets those who initially do not want to program at all.
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