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What Is PXI MultiComputing?   DAQ: Designed for Performance
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The PXI MultiComputing (PXImc) specification looks to address the complex needs of modern day test and control systems by using low-cost, off-the-shelf technology.

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  NI data acquisition (DAQ) devices deliver high-performance I/O and software-driven productivity gains that conventional measurement hardware can't match. 

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Tech Tips

LabVIEW Web UI Builder: Web-Based Remote Monitoring 
If you're familiar with LabVIEW, you can use LabVIEW Web UI Builder and your existing graphical programming knowledge to create lightweight web-based applications that remotely monitor measurement and automation systems. 
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Webcast: Why You Need a Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance System
Hear a multiyear industry veteran explain how monitoring your machines to prevent failures increases your revenue and production reliability and lowers your downtime and repair costs. 
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Test Engineer’s Guide to HDMI 1.4
The HDMI protocol has become vital to any end-of-line test for HDMI devices and components. Get examples for successfully implementing each test. 
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Create Custom Circuitry for Your RIO Platform With NI Multisim
You don't need to be an expert in circuit design to gain greater flexibility for your reconfigurable I/O (RIO) system. 
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Community Highlights

Poll: What Type of Low-Power Design Are You Working On?
Find out how other developers are using low-power design, and continue the conversation by joining the Embedded Insights Question of the Week group. 
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Sweet Apps: Students Build a Robot to Guide a Blind Classmate
Just when you're shaking your head over today's youth, seventh graders from Midland, Texas, program a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot to lead a blind classmate from class to class.
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Example Code: Scroll Like an iPhone
Check out this LabVIEW front panel example that fluidly scrolls through a large number of controls, much like the iPhone iOS, using LabVIEW Event Structures.
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Community Member of the Month: Gaurav Kulkarni
The NI Commuity is built on the ideas and contributions of its members. Meet our March 2011 Member of the Month and see what he thinks is the best part of the NI Community.
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What's New

World's First Real-Time 3D OCT Medical Imaging System
Read how researchers in Japan created a 320-channel DAQ system combining 22 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and GPU computing to achieve real-time 3D imaging that uses reflected light to create an image.
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Remotely Monitoring a Nuclear Reactor With CompactRIO
Read how CompactRIO hardware and LabVIEW were deployed in a nuclear reactor in Tennessee for live online monitoring of equipment that is otherwise hard to access or in hazardous locations.
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National Instruments Expands the NI Wireless Sensor Network Platform
The NI 9792 and NI WSN-3226 extend the measurement capabilities of the NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform to include support for resistance-based measurements, as well as integrated web and file servers.
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5 Blogs Worth Reading 
1. Let's LabVIEW »
2. VI Shots »
3. Bits and Bots »
4. FRC Director's Blog »
5. The Savvy Test Engineer »

Events and Training
April 5 Webcast: Under the Hood of the Smart Grid »
Register for NIWeek 2011 »

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NI in the Press 
Robot's Magic Wheels Transform Into Legs »
The Secret to Sustainable Machines »
Feed Forward: Automation Partnerships »

2011 Engineers’ Choice Awards – Spotlight on Innovation »

 

Featured LabVIEW Add-On
CalVIEW Calibration Toolkit for LabVIEW – Drivven
This gold rated add-on in the LabVIEW Tools Network is a calibration interface toolkit used for efficiently communicating and calibrating data parameters between a real-time target and a Windows host via Ethernet.
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