The Future of Machines

	February 8, 2011
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In This Issue

The Future of Machines: Self-Aware Control Systems Ditch Your
Traditional Data Logger for PC-Based DAQ

Machine builders have made advances in developing technology that can complete repetitive tasks with great speed. See how you can integrate the next generation of machines into your control systems.

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Share: PC-based data loggers offer more than just the basic PC connectivity of traditional, stand-alone data loggers. You can also take advantage of the increasing processor performance, hard drive, display, and I/O bus.

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Tech Tips

Webcasts: Getting Started With Instrument Control
Learn how to increase your efficiency with LabVIEW software and how to quickly configure, customize, and implement your instrument control applications.
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Webcast: What Can You Do With LabVIEW?
See how engineering students around the world are using LabVIEW and NI technology to engineer a better world.
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Video: Dr. Truchard Touches on Moore's Law for Test
Dr. James Truchard, National Instruments CEO, president, and cofounder, talks about the importance of investing in software and reducing your hardware footprint to improve your test system.
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Motion Control With CompactRIO Has Never Been Easier
Learn how you can combine the LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module with the reconfigurable I/O (RIO) platform to take advantage of the growing and flexible NI motion technology and deploy your own motion systems.
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Community Highlights

Do You Have the Best LabVIEW Example Code?
Starting February 14, submit your original LabVIEW code in the March Madness Example Code Contest. Enter the qualifying round, and work your way up through the Final Four to the Championship.
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Example Code: File Name Generator for LabVIEW
Download this code to generate a sequence of files automatically using LabVIEW 2009.
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Example Code: Number to String – Hide Trailing Zeros
This handy function is especially useful when going back and forth from numbers to strings in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
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Applying Common Object-Oriented Design Patterns to LabVIEW
When talking about computer programming, a design pattern is a standard, correct way to organize your code. Explore some LabVIEW design patterns, identified by a LabVIEW R&D engineer.
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What's New

NI Named One of the 100 Best Companies to Work For
FORTUNE magazine has named NI to its annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. The award is based on an annual survey that randomly polls employees from hundreds of companies regarding the quality of their corporate cultures.
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New NI Industrial Touch Panel Computers Based on Intel Atom Processor
NI released a new line of touch panel computers with an extended operating temperature range so you can build high-performance human machine interfaces with a low-power, fanless device.
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TriQuint Semiconductor Reduces Characterization Time of RF Power Amplifiers
Learn how engineers at TriQuint Semiconductor used NI PXI and LabVIEW to develop a PA characterization system while improving test throughput 10 times and reducing costs and resources.
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Commercialize Your IP With the New LabVIEW IP Spark Program
The new LabVIEW IP Spark program helps National Instruments Alliance Partners commercialize technologies that can benefit the LabVIEW community and extend LabVIEW into new application areas.
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Top 5 Sweets Apps in 2010

1. Building a Homemade Nuclear Fusion Reactor »

2. Monster Chess With LEGO^® and LabVIEW »

3. NI CompactRIO Goes to Hollywood »

4. High-Precision Testing of Google’s Nexus One Phone »

5. A Green Hot Rod Built by High School Students »

Events and Training
Win a Trip to NIWeek 2011 and a Year of Free Training! »

Revised NI LabWindows™/CVI Courses Begin February 14 »

Register for the Certified LabVIEW Architect Summit March 7–8 »

Register for NIWeek 2011 »

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NI in the Press
Modular Instruments Gain Traction »

5 Tips for Prototyping Robotics »

Your Eyeballs Can Be Game Controllers »

What’s All This MIMO Stuff? »

Featured LabVIEW Add-On
SimulationX by ITI is a gold rated add-on in the LabVIEW Tools Network and an intuitive, multidomain modeling solution for simulating and analyzing plant models. Download this add-on to reuse and integrate plant models within LabVIEW and NI VeriStand.
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