NI News: Achieve Maximum System Performance at Minimum Cost

	December 2, 2008
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In This Issue

Achieve Maximum System Performance at Minimum Cost		Perform Adaptive PID Tuning with LabVIEW 8.6

Learn how to maximize system uptime, longevity, and performance at minimum cost and take advantage of NI service programs to ensure your system performs exactly as specified. Learn more »		Overcome limitations of using a proportional integral derivative (PID) algorithm by detecting, responding, and adapting to control system changes with the LabVIEW System Identification Toolkit. Read article »

Developer Resources

LabVIEW 8.6 Bug Fixes and Upgrade Information
Explore the new features, software and driver compatibility information, bug fixes, and upgrade details for LabVIEW 8.6 software.
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How to Perform Serial Loopback Tests
Find out how you can verify if ports are operational by performing serial loopback tests, which allow you to send and receive data from the same ports.
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LabVIEW and PXI Drive Next-Generation Wireless Test
Examine three trends in the wireless industry that are creating a new approach to wireless device test and how you can use new NI tools that are optimized for next-generation wireless device testing.
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Create Your Own Real-Time System with Distributed I/O
Learn how you can develop a real-time system using the new NI 9144 expansion chassis for the NI CompactRIO platform and other programmable automation controllers over deterministic Ethernet.
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Adding a User Interface to Your Embedded System
Discover how you can design a variety of user interfaces for embedded systems, from simple text displays to LEDs to complex touch panels, using LabVIEW.
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New Products and Technologies

LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO^® MINDSTORMS^® NXT
Program and control your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot using LabVIEW and learn how to create your own native blocks with this free LabVIEW toolkit.
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Portable, Bus-Powered, USB DMM and Digitizer
Expand the performance and capabilities of your portable, benchtop, and OEM applications with USB instruments designed for portability and ease of use.
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NI Measurement Studio Now Supports Visual Studio 2008
Increase test and measurement functionality for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with Measurement Studio 8.6 software, which features the industry’s first complete set of .NET and C++ class libraries and tools.
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LabVIEW Application Named a Finalist in Supercomputing Analytics Challenge
Discover how the LabVIEW Real-Time Module establishes high-performance computing benchmarks in the European Extremely Large Telescope application, which was named a finalist in the 2008 Supercomputing Analytics Challenge.
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Measuring Wind Tunnel Velocity with LabVIEW and USB DAQ
See how CPP Engineering used the LabVIEW Statechart Module and an NI M Series USB data acquisition (DAQ) device to quickly measure the vertical wind speed distribution and turbulence on a wind tunnel floor.
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Webcasts and Events

Live Webcast: Building Web-Based Data Acquisition Applications
Learn how to take advantage of new Web-based technologies for data acquisition, including LabVIEW Web services software and Wi-Fi and Ethernet data acquisition hardware, to develop remote or distributed measurement applications.
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Webcast: Get Going with GigE Vision
Quickly get started using GigE Vision for your machine vision applications, from out-of-the-box setup to saving images to a disk in 90 seconds, using a GigE Vision camera and programming with LabVIEW and NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection.
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NI Is Coming to a Trade Show Near You
Find out where you can see the latest NI products in action and talk to NI product experts face-to-face at trade shows around the globe.
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Webcast: Did You Know LabVIEW Could Drive a Car?
Learn how Virginia Tech and TORC Technologies gained a competitive edge in the DARPA Urban Challenge with LabVIEW, CompactRIO, and graphical system design.
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Community News
"Microwave Dave" on GPS Receiver Sensitivity
Learn about GPS receiver sensitivity in the new RF Developer’s Network, an online group that features news, tutorials, code, and other resources for engineers that design and test RF and wireless devices.
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LabVIEW Tool of the Month
VI Package Manager by JKI Software
Discover how to get your reusable LabVIEW VIs into LabVIEW palettes, organized the way you want, in just minutes.
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