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February 7, 2012
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Tech Trends for Embedded Systems in 2012    Equipping You With the Tools for Scientific Discovery
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See what experts are deeming some of the latest technology trends, such as hardware architectures and design tools, for embedded control and monitoring systems to ensure your embedded systems stay ahead of the competition.

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  Today’s engineers and scientists can measure and control phenomena in ways they never could before, and they depend on the invention of new tools to keep pace with the escalation of complex technology. 

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Tech Tips

How To Choose the Right Computer for Your Application
The computer can be the most crucial part of your data acquisition system. It provides flexibility over traditional boxed systems by housing the data acquisition device, running the software to control the device, analyzing the measurements, and saving the results. 
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The NI Approach to Fuel Cell Test
Find out why testing fuel cells with NI products can make you more efficient and provide consistent and dependable results.
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How Accurate Are Your Strain Gage Measurements?
Improve your accuracy in determining the measure of strain from a strain gage, and see examples on how to use the necessary calculation. 
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Your FPGA-Based Control Questions, Answered
Check out this FAQ to read questions and answers about field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based control systems versus processor-based systems, and what FPGA-based control systems can do to make you more efficient. 
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Community Highlights

Sweet Apps: Stay Smelly, My Friends
New biometric technology can now recognize different people based on the chemical make-up of their body odor. 
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Example Code: 2D Array Sorter
Download this example code to create a program with LabVIEW that can sort data in ascending or descending order, much like a spreadsheet.
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Congrats to the LabVIEW Coding Challenge Winners!
Meet Matt Wilkinson and Richard Thomas, the January NI Community Members of the Month! Read about their winning submissions to the LabVIEW coding challenge.
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Example Code: Cool Tools to Control Front Panel Objects
This example program helps you organize and control front panel (UI) objects when you’re programming in LabVIEW.
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What's New

NI Now Supports the 802.11ac WLAN Standard
NI recently announced early access support for testing next-generation 802.11ac WLAN chipsets and devices.
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Crash Safety Tests Now Standardizing on NI DIAdem Software in Europe
Europe has standardized crash safety tests for automobiles by requiring the use of crash-X, a software package based on DIAdem and created by Select National Instruments Alliance Partner measX.
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Gas Well Fracturing Proppant Delivery System Based on LabVIEW Enhances Safety
Using LabVIEW, Data Science Automation built an acquisition and control system to monitor and control the amount of proppant material being pumped into an oil well being fractured, giving operators more time to focus on safety-critical aspects of the process.
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Top 5 Example Codes in 2011

  1. Splash Screen Effect in NI LabVIEW Software »




2. Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis »




3. FIRST Robotics Competition 2012 Image Processing Tutorial »




4. FIRST Robotics Competition 2012 Line Following Tutorial »




5. LabVIEW UI Tips and Tricks—Part II »



Events and Training

February 15 LabVIEW Tech Webcast: Introduction to XControls »
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Question of the Month
Do you want to help make LabVIEW programmers more proficient? Share your best LabVIEW tip!
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NI in the Press

Managing Test Code Provides Flexibility »
National Instruments: High-Performance VSA Moves Into PXI Express Realm »
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Industrial Software: Programming With Old and New »

LabVIEW Tool of the Week
ImagingLab Robotics Libraries

Use the ImagingLab Robotics Libraries to control DENSO, KUKA, and Mitsubishi robots for machine control, automation, advanced measurements, and machine vision directly from LabVIEW.
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