Case Studies for Educators

Students Choose LabVIEW for Signal Processing
Mark Yoder at Rose-Hulman University created interactive signal processing simulations and mini-projects using both graphical programming and textual math with NI LabVIEW MathScript. Students interacted with signal processing concepts and focused on the pedagogy through the intuitive nature of graphical programming software. More...

The NI Electronics Education Platform: A Case Study
Using NI Multisim, National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), and SignalExpress, instructors used an integrated laboratory to enhance their electronics courses. The NI electronics education platform provided an uninterrupted flow of data from simulation to prototyping and measurement, bridging the gap between theory and hands-on learning. The platform currently consists of NI Multisim for schematic capture and SPICE simulation, NI ELVIS for prototyping, and LabVIEW and SignalExpress for measurement and comparison. More...

Advanced Cancer Research Using Next-Generation Medical Imaging with PXI Modular Instrumentation and NI LabVIEW
Using optical coherence tomography (OCT), researchers from Kitasato University created a medical instrument to detect cancer during medical checkups. The high-speed (60 MS/s) data acquisition system with 32 NI PXI-5105 digitizers provided the required resolution to prevent a patient from undergoing severe stress during the checkup. More...

Researchers Use NI LabVIEW and NI CompactRIO to Perform Environmental Monitoring in the Costa Rican Rain Forest
Using LabVIEW software and NI CompactRIO hardware, UCLA researchers developed a wireless sensor system that collected a variety of environmental measurements and provided researchers around the world access to the measurements over the Internet. Researchers used the measurement system to characterize the forest understory microclimate and fluxes of carbon between the rain forest floor and the atmosphere. More...