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June 19, 2012
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Go Beyond PID for Closed-Loop Control   Estimate the Uptime of Your PXI System
Ford   PXI
From fuel-cell research at Ford to earthquake simulation and dyno-testing tanks at universities, INERTIA is powering a wide range of system-level tests for closed-loop control.

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  When was the last time you calculated the availability rating of your PXI system? Do you have a preventive failure plan? Let's look at how to calculate and improve your system uptime.

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Tech Tips

Having Trouble Creating a UI for LabVIEW Real-Time?
Access the LabVIEW Help online for the answer.
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Must-Know Analog Measurement Fundamentals
This set of analog tutorials provides essential information about analog circuits, ground loops, noise, sampling, windowing, isolation, and proper connection schemes for measurements.
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Increase System Efficiency With Condition Monitoring
A condition monitoring system can minimize unscheduled outages, optimize machine performance, and reduce the repair time and maintenance costs of your equipment. 
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Which Primitive Should I Use?
This post in the Large LabVIEW Application Development group explains when to use "preserve run-time class" versus "to more specific."
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Community Highlights

Space Pirates Look to Set Laser-Powered Flight Record
The Kansas City Space Pirates will use laser power beaming to keep a robotic helicopter flying for 48 straight hours. 
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MASTERMIND: The Ultimate Code-Breaking Game
This LabVIEW version of the classic code-breaking game MASTERMIND was created both to prove programming prowess and to appeal to engineers’ love of logical thinking.
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Need LabVIEW Tips? Try Darren’s Nuggets
He may have gone from weekly to just the occasional nugget, but the world's fastest LabVIEW programmer still offers up some of the best LabVIEW tips around.
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Ready-Made Functions in LabVIEW Help Translate Sign Language
See how one university uses pattern matching to identify hand and finger movements to translate sign language in real time with more than 80 percent accuracy.
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What's New

PXI Joins the Navy
Lockheed Martin will integrate NI PXI modular instrumentation into the US Navy’s core test system for on-ship and onshore electronic subassembly diagnostics and repair.
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Canada’s Largest Entertainment Venues Get Smarter Power
NI Alliance Partner Prolucid is building an integrated network of intelligent grid devices to manage, monitor, and control the power grid at Exhibition Place in Toronto.
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NI Releases C Series Engine Control Modules for Rapid Prototyping
Drivven, a National Instruments company, released six new C Series modules that help power train control system developers rapidly prototype engine sensor and actuator interfaces using the LabVIEW FPGA Module.
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Events and Training

NI Is Tweeting From the International Microwave Symposium »    
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Question of the Month
Don't forget to answer the question of the month! What are you most excited to see at NIWeek 2012?
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NI in the Press

Pressure Pump Control for Hydraulic Fracturing »
Innovation Panel: National Instruments »
Internet of Things Creates Interesting New Channel Possibilities »
Mobile Apps for NI Hardware and LabVIEW »

LabVIEW Tool of the Week

GPower Toolsets

GPower toolsets offer a variety of general-purpose functions for LabVIEW operations. Functions include advanced error handling, timing functions, simplified dynamic VI calls.
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