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How Is NI Securing the Cloud?    Redefining RF and
Microwave Test
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The benefits of offloading system components to the cloud come with inherent new risks and a new security-threat landscape. See how NI and the industry at large are addressing this.

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  RF/microwave measurements either already do, or soon will, affect every engineer making measurements. See how NI is redefining the approach with open software and modular hardware.

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Tech Tips

Learn From the Best: Virtual LabVIEW Developer Days
NI is offering a free training opportunity May 15–17 for LabVIEW users who need time-saving tips and expert development techniques. With keynote presentations from Father of LabVIEW Jeff Kodosky and other LabVIEW experts, this is a must-see event.
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Visit the Embedded System Design Resource Center 
Need tools that can help you prototype and deploy embedded control and monitoring systems faster? NI has a one-stop shop online just for you.
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Using a Desktop PC as a LabVIEW Real-Time Target
The LabVIEW Real-Time and LabWindows™/CVI Real-Time modules support using desktop PCs as real-time targets, so check out this list of compatible components to see what’s required. 
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Machine Condition Monitoring Webcast Series
If you’re interested in reducing your operating and maintenance costs with a condition monitoring program, view this three-part webcast series.
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Community Highlights

NIWeek 2012 Acquires Ties to the White House
Clemson University Professor Thomas R. Kurfess, who is currently on a 12-month appointment with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will present the NIWeek 2012 Day 3 keynote. 
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Sweet App: Karaoke on Fire (The Physics of Sound)
Using a Rubens’ tube, NI myDAQ hardware, and LabVIEW, Waterloo Labs created an application that helps explain the fundamental physics concept of sound in a fun, fiery way.
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Example Code: Calling LabVIEW Web Services
This example shows you how to call a web service created in the LabVIEW Web UI Builder.
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Amplify Your Community With the LabVIEW User Group Resource Center
Locate a LabVIEW user group in your area and get plugged in with other LabVIEW enthusiasts, or use these resources to start your own. You’ll find technical presentations, ideas for driving traffic to your group, and more.  
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What’s New

Wish You Could Take Any Sized Bottle Onto an Aircraft?
Cobalt Light Systems used LabVIEW in a noninvasive system that can detect explosives in liquids, powders, and gels in just five seconds.
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NI Releases Wireless I/O for NI CompactRIO
Some of the world’s most challenging applications require a solution that combines both wired and wireless measurement and control systems, so NI is offering a complete, reconfigurable platform for these hybrid systems.
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NI Opens Lab at Technical High School for Low-Income Students in Costa Rica
NI Costa Rica has just opened a lab at a technical school that educates youth and adults from low-income areas. The lab is part of NI Costa Rica’s larger initiative to enhance the school’s electrical engineering curriculum.
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Top 5 RF Tutorials

  1. Introduction to RF and Wireless Communications Systems »




2. Understanding RF and Microwave Specifications »




3. Spectral Analysis Fundamentals »




4. RF and Communications Terminology and Glossary »




5. Analog Modulation Fundamentals »



Events and Training

Online LabVIEW Training for Students and Educators »
Register for NIWeek 2012 »    
Find Events in Your Area »    

NI in the Press

Apps Ease Test and Measurement Tasks on All Levels »
Top 5 Rides and Robots From DESIGN West 2012 »
Information Systems: Adding Video To Your HMI »
Underwater Autonomous Vehicles Combine Robotics and Vision to Inspect Oil Pipelines »

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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