Delivering ten times the speed of its predecessor, version 12 of the Analyst-MP 3D multiphysics FEM EM analysis software has been introduced by National Instruments (NI). The software analyses complex high-frequency, multiphysics structures such as the X- and L-band accelerators designed by Japan’s High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).

At Wimbledon, strawberries and cream were being served up. At the Madejski Stadium, Reading National Instruments was serving up PXI and 5G, as natural a complement says the company as the traditional fare for the tennis folk. Abhay Samant, Section Manager, RF & Wireless Test, makes a compelling case. There is no doubt in his mind that PXI is on the charge.

A 2015 edition of the eBook, RF Electronics: Design and Simulation from NI (formerly AWR) is now available free of charge to students, graduates, professors and industry professionals through its Professors in Partnership web portal. The Professors in Partnership program is designed to provide engineering students, faculty and graduates with access to ongoing microwave and RF educational content that enhances and promotes the use of NI AWR softwa...

Designers of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), radio-frequency printed circuit boards (RF PCBs) and modules will be the target audience for the V12 NI AWR Design Environment. V12 was previewed for the first time at International Microwave Symposium 2015 (IMS2015) in May 2015, creating significant interest. Feedback from early-access customers has been positive.

Registration is now open for the Automated Test Summit 2015, hosted by National Instruments on Thursday July 2 at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading, UK. This free-to-attend industry technical conference allows engineers and test managers to learn more about the top trends and technologies influencing automated test.

National Instruments will host its first European Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance Summit from July 6-10 2015. This virtual summit explores how the risk and cost of failure is increasing, and why more companies are turning to 24/7 on-line predictive maintenance to improve the effectiveness of their workforce, while reducing downtime.

NI has opened a Wireless Innovation Lab at its Austin headquarters.NI will pursue collaborations with top academic and industry research groups participating in its RF/Communications Lead User program. Researchers at Intel, Lund University, Nokia Networks, NYU Wireless, Samsung, The University of Texas at Austin and TU Dresden are driving significant advances in the development of next-generation wireless systems and furthering research in 5G.

Orders above $100,000 rose 37 per cent year on year to buoy NI’s Q1 revenue. The company announced total Q1 revenue of $289 million, up 2 percent year over year in US dollar terms and up 8 percent YOY in constant currency terms. In Q1 2015, NI received $3 million in orders from its largest customer compared with $12 million in orders from this customer in Q1 2014.

NI’s new CompactDAQ 8-slot controller expands the CompactDAQ controller offering to meet high-channel count applications in rugged environments. By integrating the processor, signal conditioning and I/O into a single CompactDAQ system, engineers can reduce overall system cost and complexity while increasing measurement accuracy.

National Instruments is inviting engineers and scientists to improve their graphical programming skills by attendingLabVIEW Developer Days. These are free, one day professional development events held in 12 locations throughout Northern Europe. As well as providing in-depth technical presentations and valuable programming tips for new and experienced users, LabVIEW Developer Days also gives attendees the opportunity to network with fellow program...

Seeking to strengthen its position in 5G wireless technology NI has acquired BEEcube, a technology innovator and leading supplier of high-performance FPGA prototyping and deployment products for advanced wireless research, wireless infrastructure and military/defence applications.

NI has unveiled the NI PXIe-8880 controller, which is based on the Intel Xeon processor, and the NI PXIe-1085 chassis, the industry’s first chassis that uses PCI Express Gen 3 technology. The combination of the eight-core, server-class Intel Xeon processor E5-2618L v3 and full system bandwidth of 24 GB/s delivers high performance for computationally intensive and highly parallel applications such as wireless test, semiconductor test and 5G ...

Cobham Wireless and National Instruments (NI) have sealed an agreement to collaborate on PXI technology. The deal is that NI acquires the existing Cobham PXI modular instruments hardware product line. The acquired PXI modular instruments will be manufactured by NI and supplied exclusively to Cobham for sale through the Cobham Wireless business unit’s direct sales channels and brand.

NI has reported record revenues of $1,24bn, up 6 per cent on 2013 and a profit of $126m. Strong revenue growth in LabVIEW, PXI, RF and CompactRIO products in the fourth quarter drove sales up 11 per cent year on year to $333m. The company posted a profit of $43m for the quarter.

NI is to collaborate with CERN to push the standardisation of all CERN control systems to Linux 64-bit OSs, with goals to boost system performance, design cost-effective distributed control systems and enlarge opportunities for small and medium enterprises with expertise in NI and open-source technologies.

NI has developed the LabVIEW Communications System Design Suite to cut the time to produce a 5G system prototype by half. The suite combines software defined radio (SDR) hardware with a comprehensive software design flow. Wireless prototyping was previously undertaken by separate design teams using disparate design tools. The LabVIEW Communications environment enables the entire design team to map an idea from algorithm to FPGA using a single hig...

  Rahman Jamal, Technology and Marketing Director for Europe at National Instruments and spokesman of the Sensors for Digital Production working group looks at the building blocks that will define the impact of Industry 4.0 on manufacturing.

NI racked up record revenues of $314m in Q3, an increase of 8 percent year-on-year. Profit grew to $40m compared to $15.7m in Q3 last year. NI’s largest customer contributed $17m of revenues in the quarter up from $4m last year. Year to year up to October 30 the same customer had placed orders worth $56m compared to $35m at the same time last year.

NI is collaborating with CROWD, the European Union Framework Project 7 (EU FP7), to define next-generation wireless 5G communications. CROWD researches the combination of small- and large-density cells in a heterogeneous wireless network for an efficient architecture in which small cells meet traffic hot-spot needs while large cells offer reliable coverage for high-mobility users.

NI arrived at European Microwave Week brandishing a new high-performance 26.5 GHz microwave vector signal analyser (VSA) and a fast tuning 20 GHz continuous wave signal generator. The two instruments combine to complement NI’s modular instruments offering and expand the measurement capabilities of the PXI platform.