National Instruments has announced four new R Series multifunction RIO boards for PCI Express that give engineers and scientists the benefits of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology in a widely adopted form factor. The boards deliver exceptional performance and value by combining a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, eight analog inputs, eight analog outputs and 96 digital I/O lines on a single board. Using the NI LabVIEW FPGA Module, engineers and...

National Instruments has announced its collaboration with Test System Strategies, Inc. (TSSI), inventor of the Waveform Generation Language (WGL), on a new software tool that is compatible with NI LabVIEW graphical system design software. This software tool makes it possible for semiconductor test engineers to import WGL and IEEE 1450 Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) simulation vectors into NI PXI digital test systems, a task which previou...

National Instruments has announced X Series multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for PCI Express and PXI Express. The 16 new X Series DAQ devices provide enhancements to analogue I/O, digital I/O, onboard counters and multidevice synchronisation. X Series devices integrate native PCI Express support for high-throughput data transfer, advanced timing and synchronisation technology for precise measurement and control and the ability to perf...

National Instruments has announced NI DIAdem 11.1, a new version of the interactive software for managing, analysing, visualising and reporting test data that includes new features and filtering capabilities for advanced development and automated analysis. DIAdem is designed to help engineers make informed decisions and meet the demands of today’s testing environments, which require quick access to large volumes of scattered data, consistent re...

National Instruments has announced a new portable bus-powered dynamic signal acquisition (DSA) module and a suite of vibration sensors that are ideal for making high-accuracy vibration measurements required for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and machine condition monitoring applications. The NI USB-4431 DSA module acquires data at rates from 1 to 102.4 kS/s, which makes it possible to obtain a wide measurement bandwidth. The combination of ...

National Instruments UK & Ireland has announced a programme to support engineers who have recently been made redundant, by greatly reducing the cost of National Instruments UK & Ireland has announced a programme to support engineers who have recently been made redundant, by greatly reducing the cost of NI LabVIEW training and certification. For just £395, engineers can take two training courses and a certification exam (for example, LabVIEW B...

National Instruments has announced that Dr. David Barrett, Director of the Senior Consulting Program for Engineering (SCOPE) and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Olin College, will deliver the closing keynote address at NIWeek 2009, the world’s largest graphical system design conference and exhibition scheduled for Aug. 4–6 in Austin, Texas. Dr. Barrett will share his insights on how robotics in industry and engineering educat...

National Instruments has announced the release of a new embedded vision system that gives manufacturing engineers and system integrators the ability to build high-speed real-time machine vision systems for applications such as sorting products, verifying assembly and inspecting packaging. The NI EVS-1464RT Embedded Vision System is a high-performance, multicore controller capable of processing images from multiple IEEE 1394 and GigE Vision camera...

National Instruments has announced the NI 9213, which adds high-density thermocouple measurements to the NI C Series platform. Using the NI 9213, engineers can create a compact, modular data acquisition system to collect data from up to 16 independent thermocouples. The NI 9213 takes up less space than standard instrumentation in a measurement system and provides more channels for measurement with a sampling rate of 75 samples/second per channel,...

National Instruments has introduced a digital learning device that gives high school, university and vocational students hands-on experience with digital logic and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The NI Digital Electronics FPGA Board, which integrates with the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) II and NI ELVIS II+ educational design and prototyping platforms, combines analogue and digital design in...

National Instruments has announced an expansion of live instructor-led online training that provides more product training courses in more locations, giving even more engineers the opportunity to participate in interactive, instructor-led training without requiring them to travel or leave their desks. To broaden the NI training offering and to provide more flexible options for NI customers working to improve their technical skills, instructor-led...

National Instruments has announced the 15 recipients of the company’s Global Supplier Awards for 2009. The annual awards were presented to suppliers who through their commitment to excellence, continuous improvement and innovative practices, delivered world-class performance within the global supply chain.

National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek, its graphical system design conference and exhibition that attracts more than 3,000 engineers, educators and scientists. NIWeek 2009, the company’s 15th annual customer and technology conference, running Aug. 4-6 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, provides three full days of technical sessions, hands-on workshops, targeted summits and interactive exhibitions on the latest devel...

National Instruments simplifies instrument control by offering the NI Instrument Driver Network (IDNet), said to be the industry’s largest source of instrument drivers, and easy-to-use software optimised for instrument control including NI LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI and Measurement Studio for Microsoft Visual Studio.

National Instruments reported quarterly revenue for Q1 2009 of $158 million, representing an 18 percent year-over-year decline. Net income for Q1 was $0.4 million. Non-GAAP net income was $3.1 million, with non-GAAP fully diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.04. The company’s non-GAAP results exclude the impact of both stock-based compensation and the amortization of acquisition-related intangibles. Reconciliations of the company’s GAAP and...

National Instruments UK & Ireland has continued to develop its relationship with Cardiff University, with the School of Engineering refitting its Electronics laboratory with a range of NI measurement and instrument control platforms.

National Instruments has announced the Green Engineering Virtual Event Series, an offering of five live webcasts that provide engineers and scientists information on how to use the most current measurement and control tools and techniques to design, develop and improve technologies that result in environmental and economic benefits. The free Green Engineering Virtual Event Series will be hosted live on ni.com during Earth Week, April 20-24, from ...

National Instruments has introduced the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) II+ design and prototyping platform, a single, integrated system that is ideal for the lab or classroom because it connects theory to real-world applications. The latest addition to the NI ELVIS family incorporates an onboard, 100 MS/s oscilloscope and features a series of new add-on boards to extend the platform beyond instrumentation and c...

National Instruments has announced the NI 31xx series of industrial controllers that provide connectivity to NI test and measurement platforms and a fanless design for long-term deployments. The NI 3110 industrial controller features an Intel SL9JT L2400 1.66 GHz Core Duoprocessor and the NI 3100 industrial controller features an Intel 1.06 GHz Celeron M 423 processor, both are configured with the Windows XP operating system. These controllers a...

National Instruments has announced six new wireless and Ethernet data acquisition modules and two ingress protection enclosures for remote monitoring and control in harsh environments. The new modules combine high-voltage digital I/O and IEEE 802.11b/g (Wi-Fi) or Ethernet communication to remotely monitor and control actuators such as pumps, valves and relays. Engineers and scientists can use these and other NI Wi-Fi or Ethernet devices with the...