National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek, the world’s leading graphical system design conference and exhibition that attracts more than 3,300 engineers, scientists and members of the academic community. NIWeek 2010, the company’s 16th annual technology conference, opens Aug. 3 at the Austin Convention Centre in Austin, Texas, for three days filled with targeted summits and tracks, technical sessions, interactive demonstrations and ...

National Instruments has released its 2009 Citizenship Report, and, as part of its citizenship efforts, announced a long-term commitment to increase the technical literacy of students around the world. The annual report reviews the company’s corporate citizenship achievements in 2009, from the production of more environmentally friendly products to initiatives that enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. It outlines ...

National Instruments UK & Ireland is producing a series of Robotics Webcasts aimed at engineers seeking solutions for innovation and design with robotics. Taking place between 24th and 28th May, the series will give a fascinating insight into the next generation of robots and embedded technologies.

National Instruments offers board-level backplanes from all of its industry-leading PXI/CompactPCI and PXI Express chassis for OEMs to use in applications ranging from aerospace/defence to industrial embedded control. Engineers and scientists can use the PXI/CompactPCI backplanes to create custom, rugged applications that meet their unique form factor needs or environmental specifications.

National Instruments UK & Ireland has opened registration for a free one day conference to address current trends in test. The Automated Test Summit 2010 is an essential conference for engineers wanting to learn about the latest advances in automated and software-defined test.

National Instruments announced the availability of its 2010 Automated Test Outlook report, which shares findings of the company’s research into innovations and technologies shaping today’s test and measurement applications. The business and technology insights presented in the outlook apply across many industries including communications, aerospace and defence, semiconductor, automotive and consumer electronics. The goal of the 2010 Automated...

National Instruments has announced the NI USB-TC01, a USB data acquisition (DAQ) device that measures and records temperature data from a thermocouple. The new device combines a quick and easy plug-and-play setup with the high-quality capabilities and features of NI DAQ products. The USB-TC01 thermocouple measurement device features NI InstantDAQ technology, which helps customers to instantly take temperature measurements with no set-up time or d...

National Instruments UK & Ireland Seminar Tour is well under way, but engineers and scientists still have time to improve their knowledge and understanding of Data Acquisition by attending two free seminars being held through March and April, in a dozen central locations around the UK & Ireland.

Registration is now open for military and aerospace engineers to attend a series of webcasts that focus on the many demands facing engineers in the industry, including software, electronic, and mechanical design challenges; complex testing requirements; pressure on development and life cycle costs; and increasing requirements for safety, efficiency and innovation.

National Instruments today announced that it has awarded $1 million USD in software, support and training to medical device manufacturers through its medical device grant program. Since the program began in 2008, 59 grant recipients from around the world have used technology such as the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform to reduce the cost and complexity of medical device development and quickly create functional prototypes that help pro...

National Instruments UK & Ireland (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced a grant programme to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in embedded development. Starting in 2009, National Instruments UK and Ireland began offering very low cost training and certification to unemployed scientists and engineers to help them develop skills to aid in finding employment.

National Instruments has introduced new RF vector signal generators (VSGs) and vector signal analysers (VSAs) in two-channel, three-channel and four-channel versions for multichannel multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) RF design and test applications. The NI PXIe-5663E 6.6 GHz two-, three- and four-channel RF VSA and NI PXIe-5673E 6.6 GHz two-, three- and four-channel RF VSG versions, based on PXI Express, incorporate a shared local oscillator ...

National Instruments has announced the release of two CompactRIO programmable automation controllers (PACs), which offer engineers and machine builders an ideal solution for high-performance measurement and control applications operating at extended temperatures. The NI cRIO-9023 and NI cRIO-9025 real-time controllers are also available with conformal coating for additional protection of components and circuitry within harsh conditions.

National Instruments has announced the expansion of its NI FlexRIO product line with a new offering of NI FlexRIO FPGA modules for PXI Express and a new baseband transceiver adapter module. These new products deliver optimised solutions for high-speed signal processing and other automated test and measurement applications. They also represent the industry’s first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution with the flexibility of NI LabVIEW FPGA t...

National Instruments annonce LabVIEW Robotics 2009, une nouvelle version de son logiciel de conception graphique de systèmes qui fournit une plate-forme de développement standard pour la conception de systèmes de contrôle robotisés et autonomes. NI LabVIEW Robotics 2009 intègre une bibliothèque complète de fonctions dédiées à la robotique, incluant la connectivité aux capteurs et actionneurs standards, les algorithmes fondamentaux pou...

National Instruments announced the addition of machine vision capabilities to NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO hardware devices that provide engineers with an integrated measurement and control platform for industrial and embedded systems. With this integrated platform solution, CompactRIO becomes one of the only programmable automation controllers (PACs) on the market to perform vision tasks, providing a more efficient, all-in-one design wi...

National Instruments annonce Multisim 11, la toute dernière version de son logiciel de simulation de circuits, avec des éditions spécialisées d’une part dans la conception professionnelle de circuits et d’autre part dans l’apprentissage pratique. Simple d’emploi, le logiciel Multisim offre une approche graphique qui fait abstraction de la complexité inhérente à la simulation de circuits traditionnelle, et qui aide les enseignants, ...

National Instruments and Tektronix announced open registration for the Measurement and Analysis Techniques for Embedded System Design Engineers Seminar, a free half-day technical event that helps engineers increase efficiency in their embedded system design processes. Held from March 2 through May 18 in 11 cities, the seminar focuses on time-saving techniques for measurement and analysis and illustrates how integrating tools such as Tektronix os...

FORTUNE magazine named National Instruments to its annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the 11th consecutive year. The annual survey randomly polls employees from hundreds of companies nationwide regarding the quality of their corporate cultures and filters results through strict criteria to select the best workplaces.

National Instruments has introduced two new PXI Express RF modular instruments for automated wireless device test. The NI PXIe-5663E 6.6 GHz vector signal analyser (VSA) and the NI PXIe-5673E 6.6 GHz vector signal generator (VSG) significantly improve automated test times for a wide range of devices that use the latest wireless standards including wireless local area network (WLAN), WiMAX and GSM/EDGE/WCDMA.