Engineers and scientists from industry or academia are invited to submit their case study to the Graphical System Design Case Study Contest, organised by National Instruments UK & Ireland. This annual technical paper contest, now in its 6th year, showcases the most innovative solutions for measurement and automation, using NI products and technologies.

National Instruments UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Kyle Voosen as its new Director of Marketing. Previously Product Marketing Group Manager for Industrial & Embedded Systems at NI Corporate Headquarters in Austin, Texas, Voosen takes responsibility for NI UK & Ireland marketing strategy and execution, including managing a team of technical marketing engineers and marketing communications professionals.

National Instruments announced its acquisition of Phase Matrix, Inc. (PMI). The acquisition brings key RF talent, technologies and manufacturing capabilities to NI and will significantly increase the capability of NI products in high-frequency RF and microwave applications, extending the frequency range of NI products to 26.5 GHz and beyond. Phase Matrix will continue to operate under the name “Phase Matrix, Inc.” as a wholly owned NI subsid...

New Low-Cost NI cRIO-9075/9076 Systems Offer a Smaller Form Factor and Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs for Advanced Control and Monitoring Applications

Microwave Office and Visual System Simulator Products Will Strengthen NI Capabilities in RF Design and Test

National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek, the world’s leading graphical system design conference and exhibition that attracts more than 3,000 of the world’s most innovative engineers, educators and scientists. NIWeek 2011, the company’s 17th annual technology conference, takes place from August 2 to 4 at the Austin Convention Center and inspires attendees to explore cutting-edge technologies such as the use of graphical system de...

National Instruments announced two PXI Express products that extend the platform’s performance and capabilities, especially for multichassis systems. The NI PXIe-6674T timing module is the industry’s highest performance timing and synchronisation module, and the NI PXIe-PCIe8388 controller is the industry’s first 8 GB/s/direction remote controller. Engineers can use the new products to create high-performance PXI Express systems with tight ...

National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) has announced the release of the new NI cRIO-9075 and cRIO-9076 integrated chassis and controllers, which lower the cost of the NI CompactRIO platform for embedded control and monitoring applications.

Using the LabVIEW Interface for Arduino toolkit and XBee wireless modules, Andy made a suit out of Christmas lights which synchronizes with Christmas music playing in a laptop. Using the XBee modules as a wireless link, he also synchronized a music staff and a friend's light suit.

Aeropace and defence engineers can learn more about the latest technologies and advances affecting their industry by attending the National Instruments Aerospace & Defence Forum, held at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London, on Thursday 9th June 2011.

National Instruments has released the industry’s highest bandwidth PXI digitiser, complementing the rapidly expanding suite of performance instrumentation available in PXI.

National Instruments has introduced LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS, a new education-focused version of the company’s professional LabVIEW graphical system design software. Developed specifically for secondary school students to use with the LEGO Education robotics platform in classrooms or competitions, LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS is a teaching tool that helps students visually control and program MINDSTORMS NXT robots, while learning the same sof...

National Instruments UK & Ireland has launched an exciting new Technology for Academia webcast series about the latest NI tools and technologies that enable educators, researchers and students to ‘do engineering’. This four-part series will take place between 23rd and 27th May.

National Instruments has accounted for all employees working in and traveling to Japan, and its offices in Japan were undamaged. The NI offices in Nagoya and Osaka are fully functional, and the NI Tokyo office is largely operational, with some employees working remotely.

National Instruments has announced two new products that extend the communication and measurement capabilities of the NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. The new NI 9792 is a programmable WSN gateway that can communicate with NI WSN measurement nodes as well as other hardware through a variety of open communication standards.

National Instruments has introduced the NI PXIe-5665, a 3.6 GHz RF vector signal analyser (VSA) that delivers best-in-class RF performance in a cost-effective PXI form factor. The new VSA features industry-leading phase noise, average noise level, amplitude accuracy and dynamic range. The VSA’s PXI platform also facilitates peer-to-peer streaming; includes a flexible multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) architecture for phase-coherent measure...

National Instruments has announced a line of touch panel computers with an extended operating temperature range based on the 1.33 GHz Intel Atom processor. With Intel Atom processors, engineers can build high-performance human machine interfaces (HMIs) with a low-power, fanless device. The NI TPC-2206 and TPC-2212 feature a -20 to 60° C operating temperature range for harsh industrial applications, 4 GB solid state drives for reliable operation ...

National Instruments UK & Ireland is producing a series of webcasts to provide tips and techniques for engineers and scientists involved in developing automated test systems. The six-part series of interactive webcasts will highlight key enabling technologies, from modular instrumentation to test executive software.

Watch this video for a step-by-step guide to replacing the fan in your NI PXIe-1073

National Instruments has released its 2011 Automated Test Outlook report, which shares findings of the company’s research into the technologies and methodologies shaping test and measurement. The report details trends that apply across numerous industries including consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductor, aerospace and defence, medical devices and communications. With insight from the report, engineers and managers can take advantage of...