NI News: New LabVIEW 8.5 Brings You the Power of Multicore Processors


	Aug. 7, 2007
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NI LabVIEW 8.5 Brings You the Power of Multicore Processors

What's Happening at NIWeek 2007

See how new National Instruments LabVIEW 8.5 software is well suited for engineers and scientists to fully exploit the processing power of multicore chips.
Learn more about LabVIEW 8.5 >>

Keep up with the latest news this week from NIWeek 2007, including daily updates from the showroom floor, keynote recaps, and more.
Keep up with NIWeek 2007 >>

Development Resources

View Six LabVIEW 8.5 Video Demos
Watch these short demos to see how you can take advantage of the new features in LabVIEW 8.5.
Watch the demos >>

Data Streaming Architectures in PXI Systems
Explore how your instruments can use the PXI platform to stream data to and from sources other than onboard device memory, such as controller memory, controller hard drives, and direct-to-disk controllers.
Learn more >>

All You Want to Know about Motion Control
Visit the NI motion control technical library for access to more than 120 technical notes, webcasts, application solutions, advisors, and selection guides, as well as more than 150 example programs.
Visit this technical library >>

Example Code: Find NI-DAQmx Devices in LabVIEW
Learn how to find and select a task an NI-DAQmx device installed in a system.
Download this example >>

Example Code: Setting Cursor Position
Use this VI to set the position of the mouse cursor on the screen programmatically.
Download this example >>

New Products and Technologies

LabVIEW 8.5 Q&A with NI CEO Dr. James Truchard
Read this Q&A from Dr. James Truchard, NI president, CEO, and co-founder, as he discusses the benefits of multicore processing and how LabVIEW graphical system design software takes advantage of the next generation of processors.
Learn more >>

LabVIEW 8.5 Introduces the LabVIEW Statechart Module, Improves FPGA Development
Explore how the latest version of LabVIEW running on multicore processors can deliver faster test throughput, more efficient processor-intensive analysis, and more reliable real-time systems on dedicated processor cores.
Learn more >>

New PXI Express Products Offer Higher Data Streaming Rates than Previously Possible
Achieve higher sustained acquisition and generation rates, reduce test times, and meet new application challenges with the data streaming capabilities of new PXI Express products, including sustained hard drive recording and playback at 600 MB/s.
Learn more >>

New NI Sound and Vibration Devices Offer 16 Simultaneous DAQ Channels in a Single PXI Slot
See how you now can easily build complex, synchronized systems for high-channel-count applications with new National Instruments high-accuracy data acquisition (DAQ) devices specifically designed for sound and vibration applications.
Learn more >>

Events

Webcast: What's New in LabVIEW 8.5
Explore new tools you can use to connect LabVIEW Project folders to physical directories, manage application files on disk, prevent and debug VI cross-linking, and more.
View this webcast >>

Webcast: Design Complex Control Systems with LabVIEW
See how you can combine different design methods and computation models for a hybrid approach to solving dynamic control system problems using LabVIEW. Also, find out how to deploy your control system to desktop, real-time, and FPGA-based targets.
View this webcast >>

Webcast: Graphical System Design with LabVIEW Statecharts
Discover LabVIEW 8.5 statecharts. Learn how, using tight integration with off-the-shelf hardware and modular I/O as well as the ability to deploy to custom hardware designs, you can design your system and validate the design through real-world implementation.
View this webcast >>

Webcast: Integrating PXI Express with Existing PXI Modules
Learn how to take advantage of high-performance options when building PXI systems. PXI Express is fully integrated in the PXI platform with backward software and hardware compatibility.
View this webcast >>

Find events in your area

Top Five LabVIEW Tutorials on ni.com

1. Optimizing Automated Test Applications for Multicore Processors with NI LabVIEW >>

2. Creating New Front Panel Objects with LabVIEW XControls >>

3. LabVIEW and Virtual Instrumentation >>

4. How to Use an Instrument Driver in LabVIEW Tutorial >>

5. The Fundamentals of FFT-Based Signal Analysis and Measurement in LabVIEW and LabWindows™/CVI >>

NI in the Press

Demystifying ESL for Embedded Systems Designs
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Agile Software Empowers Wireless-Sensor Networks
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Windows Vista for Embedded Engineers
Read this RTC article >>

Why is Autocode Generation Slow to Adoption?
Read this embedded.com article >>

Community News

LabVIEW Tools Network Receives Face-Lift
The LabVIEW Tools Network gives you access to the industry’s largest source of information on LabVIEW add-on and connectivity tools. The updated network better organizes third-party tools into logical groupings and highlights key products for each area.
Visit the LabVIEW Tools Network >>

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