Robot Brains Powered by LabVIEW and CompactRIO

April 20, 2010

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Online Training Now Offered in Eight Languages

Robots Powered by NI LabVIEW and CompactRIO The Automated Test Outlook for 2010 and Beyond

More than 40,000 students competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition use a powerful robotics design platform based on LabVIEW and CompactRIO.
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Explore this comprehensive view of key technologies, methodologies, and trends that we believe will significantly influence automated test in the next one to three years.
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Tech Tips

Try LabVIEW Free for 30 Days
With the LabVIEW evaluation, you can try all the features of the LabVIEW Professional Development System free for 30 days.
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How-To Guide: Strain Measurements with Strain Gages
This guide walks you through the basics of taking strain measurements with strain gages.
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E-Kit: Robotics 101
This resource kit includes tutorials, videos, and more that show you how to use NI hardware and software to create robotics applications.
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Customizing Hardware with LabVIEW FPGA
Take advantage of the onboard field-programmable gate array (FPGA) on CompactRIO for applications such as sensor-level signal conditioning, inline filtering, and more.
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Community Highlights

Smoked Meat + Wireless Sensor Network Modules = Victory!
See how a group of NI employees used NI wireless sensor network (WSN) products to earn a victory in a barbecue contest.
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Example Code: Woot Alert
Use this code to receive an alert every time a new deal is posted on Woot.com, a popular deal-a-day website.
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Example Code: Creating Two Pulse Trains 90 Degrees out of Phase
This example program creates two pulse trains that are 90 degrees out of phase, similar to a quadrature encoder.
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Blog: A UI Challenge and a LabVIEW Response
See how an NI engineer used LabVIEW to build a car-themed user interface (UI), complete with a speedometer, fuel gauge, radio, and navigation information.
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What's New

LabVIEW 2009 Service Pack 1 Now Available
This scheduled maintenance upgrade includes bug fixes and improved stability for LabVIEW 2009.
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Introducing News from NI in Real Time
Check out our new blog, which features all of our big news as well as information on new products, case studies, events and community news.
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Check Out the Latest NI Citizenship Report
This report details NI corporate citizenship efforts in 2009, including areas such as community engagement and environmental impact.
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Top Five Virtual Workshops for Software-Defined Automated Test

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2. Lean Innovation: Testing in a Tough Economy »

3. Moving to a Software-Defined Test Strategy »

4. Software-Defined Instrumentation: Tips from a Systems Integrator »

5. Understanding RF Test: What Every Engineer Should Know »

Events and Training
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Sweet App
Robotics: Building Your Own Friends
Why socialize with humans when you can play games against a computer? See how these students built a robotic arm to act as a competitor in Chinese chess.
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NI in the Press
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Get With the Program: Critical Factors When Choosing a Motion Control Programming Language »

The Softer Side of Military Robots »

Multicore Arrives for Work on the Shop Floor »

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