Learn how you can use high-throughput NI PXI Express instruments, chassis, and controllers to create these type of systems with up to 2.8 GB/s of streaming to and from disk datarates.

National Instruments now offers more than 9,000 drivers from more than 350 vendors through the Instrument Driver Network (IDNet) that simplify and automate connection to stand-alone instruments. IDNet, the industry’s largest source of instrument drivers, includes more than 1,000 new drivers added since November 2009. The drivers are written for the NI LabVIEW graphical development platform, the NI LabWindows/CVI ANSI C integrated development en...

See Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO, and cofounder of National Instruments, deliver an in-depth address about the next phase in integrating design and test.

National Instruments today announced the NI PXIe-449x devices, the most flexible high-channel-count dynamic signal acquisition (DSA) modules NI has to offer. The modules provide AC/DC coupling both for sensor measurements with a microphone or accelerometer and voltage measurements from a tachometer or device under test, making it possible for engineers to use a single device for all their sound and vibration acquisition needs.

National Instruments has announced two new PXI Express chassis that deliver added value and performance to automated test and control applications at the same price as similar PXI chassis. Engineers can use the NI PXIe-1078 nine-slot and NI PXIe-1071 four-slot chassis to take advantage of the latest PXI Express modules and controllers with the flexibility of backward compatibility with existing PXI modules.

National Instruments UK & Ireland recognised innovative applications developed by engineers, scientists and researchers in its NIDays 2010 Graphical System Design Case Study Contest. This annual technical paper contest, now in its 5th year, is intended to encourage and showcase the most innovative uses of virtual instrumentation and graphical system design in teaching or by engineers in industry. The winner and finalists, who used graphical sys...

National Instruments has announced Measurement Studio 2010 with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET. The new version of the software fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 and provides tools designed specifically for data acquisition, signal processing, analysis and visualisation. Microsoft Visual Studio developers using Measurement Studio 2010 can create Windows Forms and Web Forms applications in a shorter amount of t...

National Instruments announced NI LabWindows/CVI 2010, which includes features that build on the proven ANSI C test and measurement software platform to offer increased developer productivity and simplified field-programmable gate array (FPGA) communication. Additional announcements include the LabWindows/CVI 2010 Linux Run-Time Module and the LabWindows/CVI 2010 Real-Time Module that provide functionality to extend the development environment fo...

National Instruments, a global company that develops and manufactures software and hardware products engineers and scientists use for test, control and embedded design applications, today formally opened temporary offices for its planned R&D and operations facility in Penang, Malaysia. The permanent building is currently under design, and National Instruments plans to break ground on the new facility in 2011. National Instruments also is actively...

National Instruments announced it is opening a shared operations center in San José, Costa Rica. Scheduled to open in Q2 2011, the new center is expected to employ 200 people over the next five years in customer relationship management, financial services, IT and sales operations positions. National Instruments is opening the center, which is expected to be a $700,000 USD investment by the end of 2011, to optimize global operations to support th...

National Instruments has introduced NI TestStand 2010, the industry’s most widely used commercial off-the-shelf test management software for automated validation and production testing. NI TestStand helps test engineers build a powerful software framework for accelerating the development of test sequences and minimises the total cost of ownership of maintaining test executive software deployed across many test stations. The latest version adds ...

National Instruments UK & Ireland invites engineers and scientists to join three interactive webcasts to gain valuable tips on creating a prototype and learn about tools to save money and achieve a faster, high-quality product to market.

How to measure a load cell with an NI DAQ and Labview

This video shows a treaded robot from MESA Robotics climbing stairs. The robot is controlled with a National Instruments CompactRIO and programmed using LabVIEW Robotics.

National Instruments has introduced four new adapter modules for its NI FlexRIO product family, which provides FPGA-based reconfigurable I/O (RIO) for PXI systems, using the LabVIEW FPGA Module software. The user-configurable NI FlexRIO product family takes advantage of industry-leading PXI hardware and software integration to give engineers a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution that is specifically designed to more easily implement field-pr...

National Instruments UK & Ireland today announced the speakers on its Industry Experts Panel Discussion, taking place at NIDays 2010, held at the London home of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Savoy Place, on Tuesday 9th November. Professor Brian Cox OBE – scientist and media figure, Andrew Miller MP – Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Science & Technology, Chris Kirby - MD of Magnomatics and start-up entrepreneur, ...

See how a leader in wind power uses NI LabVIEW graphical software and user-defined hardware to develop highly reliable, state-of-the art wind turbines.

National Instruments reported quarterly revenue for Q3 2010 of $220 million, representing a 34 percent year-over-year increase and a 4 percent sequential increase. For the first nine months of 2010, the company reported a 31 percent year-over-year increase in revenue and a significant year-over-year increase in operating margins. Also during the quarter, backlog increased by $7 million.

National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) has announced that it will be adding Long Term Evolution (LTE) test capabilities to its RF test product portfolio with the forthcoming NI LTE Measurement Suite, which operates with PXI RF signal generators and analysers. NI engineers will demonstrate the new LTE Measurement Suite at the 2010 4G World conference in Chicago on October 20–21. Designed for testing 3GPP LTE wireless components, subsystem component...

National Instruments announced today that Alex Davern has been appointed executive vice president (EVP) and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. As COO, Davern will focus on enhancing the alignment between sales, manufacturing, legal, finance and IT functions to maintain the strength of the core business and drive system-level sales growth. Davern will continue to serve as the National Instruments CFO.