• Webcast: How to Choose the Right Camera
• Sweet Apps: Can You Say Eyjafjallajökull Three Times Fast?
• A Trio of Data Streaming Technologies 
• Example Code: Change Scrollbar Visibility on Any VI
• Virtual User Group: High-Performance Data Streaming

Tech Tips

Webcast: How to Choose the Right Camera
There are thousands of cameras to choose from. Whether you are searching for "just a camera" or looking for high resolution, low light, or high speed, learn how to find the best camera to meet your requirements. 
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PID Theory Explained
Proportional integral derivative (PID) control is the most common control algorithm used in the industry. Explore the theory of classical PID and more. 
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Three Levels of Data-Logging Software from NI
One of the most common data acquisition applications is logging acquired data to disk for analysis. Learn about the three categories of data-logging software.
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Measuring Strain with Strain Gages
Learn theoretical concepts and techniques for measuring strain with strain gages.
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Community Highlights

Sweet Apps: Can You Say Eyjafjallajökull Three Times Fast?
See how engineers are using LabVIEW and lasers to monitor the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash cloud.
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Example Code: Change Scrollbar Visibility on Any VI
Use this VI to programmatically change the visibility of the horizontal and vertical scrollbars on any VI, including Global VI Front Panels. 
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Blog: Making Prettier LabVIEW Graphs
Learn how to make your LabVIEW graph look more like one in Microsoft Office.
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Using Subversion (SVN) with LabVIEW
Get tips for using source code control to enhance your large LabVIEW application development.
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What's New

New Strain, Thermocouple, and High-Voltage Analog Input Modules for High-Channel-Count  Systems
The new NI SC Express family delivers increased accuracy, high data throughput, and best-in-class synchronization for measuring strain gages, bridge-based transducers, thermocouples, and high-voltage analog inputs. 
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Improved Performance and Higher Data Throughput with New Quad-Core Embedded Controller
Learn about the new NI PXIe-8133 quad-core controller, and see how this new module takes advantage of the Intel microarchitecture to provide performance increases for all types of applications.
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A Trio of Data Streaming Technologies
PCI Express is the preferred bus for high-bandwidth and low-latency data streaming systems. The PCI Express 2.0 standard doubles the data throughput from PCI Express 1.0 while maintaining full hardware and software compatibility.
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LabVIEW Tool of the Month
INRIA Scilab is free software for numerical computation. With the LabVIEW/INRIA Scilab Gateway, you can easily invoke scripts from INRIA Scilab from your LabVIEW programming environment.
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