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April 17, 2012
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The Automation Revelation: Who’s Controlling Whom?   Earth Week and Engineering: Let’s Change the World
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To evaluate the migration process from GPIB to PXI, start by looking at the primary differences in the user experience and system characteristics. The process may be less drastic than you think.

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  If you’re using an NI reconfigurable embedded hardware platform for a potentially world-changing application like smart grid control, you could get a $25,000 software and training grant.

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Tech Tips

Beta: NI Measurement Studio 2012, LabVIEW, and More!
You can evaluate application performance and provide feedback on upcoming software including LabVIEW 2012, Measurement Studio 2012, NI DIAdem 2012, NI TestStand 2012, and NI LabWindows™/CVI 2012.
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Light Intensity Measurement Basics
Explore basic light detection theory and applications and learn how to use the NI myDAQ or National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS II) series to obtain light intensity.
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How to Choose the Right Visualization Techniques for Your Measurement System
From simply graphing an acquired signal to correlating measurement data with video, sound, or 3D model projection, visualization options for DAQ systems are extensive.
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Evolving Embedded Systems With Graphical System Design
Part one of this eight-part series on embedded control and monitoring applications examines the evolution of embedded systems and the benefits of the NI graphical system design platform.
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Community Highlights

YouTube: AR.Drone Toolkit for LabVIEW
Tufts University graduate student Mike Mogenson developed an AR.Drone toolkit based on LabVIEW to help students do things like fly a quadrotor autonomously through a Hula-Hoop. 
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Student Adapts Angry Birds for Autistic Players
After seeing her sister, who is autistic, show an interest in Angry Birds but struggle with some of the features, University of Leeds student Sylvie Garner used NI myDAQ to create an electronic console version in her electronics class.
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Power Electronics Development Center
This NI Community group is dedicated to power electronics design, prototyping, commercialization, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and testing using graphical system design tools.
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Popular NI Community Stats Utility Adds New Features
The NI Stats VI Utility helps you monitor key statistics for items posted on the NI Community without using a web browser.
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What’s New

NI CompactRIO Meets iPad
New iOS and Android mobile apps seamlessly connect with LabVIEW software and NI hardware to accelerate the productivity of engineers and scientists with data visualization needs.
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New RF Soft Front Panels for Debugging and Validation
The new soft front panels for RF analyzers and generators help engineers quickly generate continuous or modulated RF signals and view, save, and make measurements.
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Call for LabVIEW Add-On of the Year Nominations!
The LabVIEW Tools Network recognizes top third-party software products based on LabVIEW during an exclusive NIWeek awards ceremony. Submit your product for one of the LabVIEW Add-On of the Year categories by June 1, 2012.
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Top 5 Earth-Friendly Solutions

  1. Prototyping Tidal Stream Turbines for Power Generation »




2. Creating Bioethanol From Sugarcane »




3. Developing a Microgrid Energy Management System »




4. Monitoring Plastic Biodegradation »




5. Producing Biofuels With Algae »



Events and Training

New Interactive Map: Is There a LabVIEW User Group in Your Area? »
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NI in the Press

Modulation, Symbols, And Bits: Building Your Wireless Vocabulary »
Flexible Manufacturing, Ecosystems Seen as Keys to US Innovation »
Editor’s Pick: New NI Single-Board RIO Embedded Devices From NI »
NI Opens New UK Headquarters »

LabVIEW Tool of the Week

Industry Feedback Controller (ecCST)

Industry Feedback Controller (ecCST) is a flexible control algorithm that works as a variety of controllers: PID, observer-based state controller, LQR, and others.
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