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Top Stories July 22, 2005
Issue at a Glance
Company and Product News
NI RT PXI Embedded Controllers Increase Real-Time Performance
Lockheed Martin Uses NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit, PXI
NI Introduces Ethernet Device for Sound and Vibration Measurements
Obtaining Zero-Defect Production Quality with NI Machine Vision

Development Resources
NI Compact FieldPoint 2120 Controller Benchmarks and Performance
Test New HTML Manuals and Help Systems
NI SignalExpress Connects Design and Test
Tutorial: Using Source Code Control with LabVIEW and Perforce
Maximize Software Value with NI Volume License Program

Events
Tutorial: Digital Measurements
Introduction to Data Acquisition in Visual Basic 6

Support
Get Your Questions Answered by LabVIEW Developers
Programming NI-DAQ in Text-Based Languages
Performing Texture Analysis
Teaching FIR Filter Design
Setting the Digital Line Default State on E Series DAQ Boards



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24-Bit USB Data Acquisition in the Palm of Your Hand
The National Instruments USB-9233 - the first NI USB dynamic signal acquisition device for sound and vibration applications - delivers 24-bit performance and USB 2.0 portability for integrated electronic piezoelectric sensors such as accelerometers and microphones.
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NI CompactRIO Adds CAN Communication
National Instruments introduces the NI 9853 Controller Area Network (CAN) interface module for the flexible, high-performance NI CompactRIO platform. The NI 9853, a two-port, high-speed CAN interface, works with NI reconfigurable I/O technology to deliver the highest-performance in-vehicle measurement and control platform on the market.
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Company and Product News
NI RT PXI Embedded Controllers Increase Real-Time Performance
Engineers can use two new National Instruments RT PXI embedded controllers, the NI PXI-8196 RT and the NI PXI-8195 RT, to increase their real-time control rates and data-streaming throughput.
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Lockheed Martin Uses NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit, PXI
Lockheed Martin needed to build a prototype integrated avionics unit (IAU) and a hardware-in-the-loop simulator to test the light detection and ranging (LIDAR) control software functionality. Their solution - develop a real-time IAU controller prototype with the NI LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit and a real-time NI PXI system.
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NI Introduces Ethernet Device for Sound and Vibration Measurements
National Instruments released a small, rugged dynamic signal analyzer (DSA) built on NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware. The new cRIO-4408 DSA is a 24-bit, eight-channel data acquisition device for making high-accuracy sound and vibration measurements from integrated electronic piezoelectric sensors.
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Obtaining Zero-Defect Production Quality with NI Machine Vision
Using National Instruments PCI frame grabbers, image processing software, and LabVIEW, along with robust electromechanical design and disciplined system integration, Averna Technologies Inc. implemented a highly successful inspection and process control system.
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Development Resources

NI Compact FieldPoint 2120 Controller Benchmarks and Performance
This white paper describes improvements in the new cFP-2120 controller, compares its processing capabilities to older cFP-20xx controllers, explores benchmarks for I/O and CPU performance improvements, and offers a glimpse into the technical advantages that make this controller faster and better suited for control applications.
Read this white paper.

Test New HTML Manuals and Help Systems
Check out the new HTML versions of NI product manuals. The answers to your support and product reference inquiries are now available without your needing to browse through PDF or CHM versions of product reference guides. Simply search the technical resources on the site to get answers to your questions.
Read NI product manuals in HTML.

NI SignalExpress Connects Design and Test
As electronics products become more and more complex, driving more and more functionality into smaller and cheaper devices, the design and testing process becomes more difficult. Learn about the impact of the widening productivity gap between design and test software and how NI SignalExpress and virtual instrumentation alleviate these challenges.
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Tutorial: Using Source Code Control with LabVIEW and Perforce
You can use a source code control (SCC) system such as Perforce to share files among multiple developers, improve security and quality, and track changes to shared projects. Learn how to set up and use Perforce in LabVIEW on a computer running Windows XP.
Take this tutorial.

Maximize Software Value with NI Volume License Program
Are you part of a large organization that faces software-tracking challenges? Is your company small yet poised for growth? Do you like saving money on your software purchases? If so, you and your company can reap substantial benefits from participating in the National Instruments Volume License Program.
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Events

Tutorial: Digital Measurements
Learn about commonly used logic families, digital levels, and drive states and understand the functions of digital test devices, as well as the digital tests these devices perform.
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Introduction to Data Acquisition in Visual Basic 6
Get a detailed introduction to programming data acquisition (DAQ) applications using the next generation of DAQ drivers - NI-DAQmx - in this Web event. Learn about data acquisition fundamentals, NI-DAQmx support for Visual Basic 6, and add-on tools for Visual Studio designed to make you more productive.
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Support

Get Your Questions Answered by LabVIEW Developers
Post your LabVIEW program architecture questions and feedback in this discussion board thread to get the information you need and provide a framework for upcoming discussions with LabVIEW developers at NI.
Go to discussion forum.

Programming NI-DAQ in Text-Based Languages
Learn your options when programming NI-DAQ in text-based languages using different versions of Visual Studio.
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Performing Texture Analysis
Check out this active thread from the NI discussion forum about performing texture analysis using NI products.
Go to the discussion forum.

Teaching FIR Filter Design
With NI LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit, you can easily teach fundamental digital signal processing and filtering concepts. See an example that uses LabVIEW Digital Filter Design to solve a common digital filter design problem involving FIR filter design and windowing effects.
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Setting the Digital Line Default State on E Series DAQ Boards
Learn how to set the digital line default state on an E Series data acquisition board. E series boards have a default high-impedance input power-up state for the digital lines. If you want them to power up in the low state, you can wire in pull-down resistors.
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