National Instruments’ (NI) participation in the quest for highly efficient 5G wireless connectivity has been given a boost. A collaboration between a team of 5G engineers from the Universitiesof Bristol and Lund, NI and BT has undertaken field trials of a massive MIMO system at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Suffolk. The trials were conducted in a large indoor hall mimicking a stadium environment and outdoors within the Adastral Park campus....

A collaboration between a team of 5G engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund, National Instruments (NI), and BT, has seen a research team undertake field trials of a massive MIMO system at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Suffolk. The trials were conducted in a large indoor hall mimicking a stadium environment and outdoors within the Adastral Park campus.

Konrad Technologies, SET, S.E.A. Datentechnik and measX have formed a collaboration - ADAS IIT-Innovation In Test – to leverage their expertise in the field of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), sensor fusion, Hardware in the Loop (HiL), V2X communication, GNSS simulation and data management to provide a one stop solution for fully autonomous vehicles.

A portable fitness device developer, Striiv has used NI AWR software to design a new integrated, high-performance antenna. The new high-performance antenna provides better battery life and Bluetooth wireless performance for its next-generation Fusion 2 and Fusion Bio 2 wearable tracker devices.

Today’s aerospace factory floor is nothing like the hectic, noisy production facility of the past. The latest techniques, designs, and equipment make modern manufacturing efficient, organised, and structured. And what about tomorrow? The future of the aircraft factory is pushing emerging technologies to improve the competitiveness of Airbus manufacturing processes where manual operations are still predominant today.

Availability of the USRP-2945 quad receiver SDR device and the USRP-2944 high-performance 2x2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) SDR device is announced by National Instruments. Both models deliver a new level of performance and capability to the USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) family. These devices feature the widest frequency ranges, highest bandwidth and best RF performance in the USRP family.

NI-RFmx 2.2, the latest version of NI’s advanced measurement software for PXI RF test systems was unveiled today (February 27) at Mobile World Congress. When used with the second-generation PXI Vector Signal Transceiver (VST), engineers can test 4.5G and 5G RF components such as transceivers and amplifiers using a wide range of carrier aggregation schemes, even as the 5G standard is still being defined.

The VB-8054 instrument is a new higher performance model of VirtualBench from National Instruments (NI). VirtualBench consolidates five of the most commonly used instruments into one device. Combined with a modern software experience and simple programming interface, it creates new efficiencies for engineers interacting with benchtop test equipment or developing low-cost automated test systems. 

NI has opened an Industrial IoT Lab at its Austin headquarters. The NI Industrial IoT Lab focuses on intelligent systems that connect operational technology, information technology and the companies working on these systems. Designed with flexibility for the future, the lab’s operational focus includes areas such as microgrid control and communication, advanced control for manufacturing, and asset monitoring for heavy equipment.

  An application note features NI AWR Design Environment as a unified design environment that streamlines complete multi-chip module design, inclusive of simulation, EM verification and yield optimisation.

At the combined 2016 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) and International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC) being held 5th-9th December in New Delhi, NI AWR Design Environment will be on display. Demonstrations showcasing ease-of-use and speed enhancements within NI AWR software, inclusive of Microwave Office, Visual System Simulator, AXIEM, Analyst and AntSyn, will be showcased in Booth 37/38.

  During the Microwave Workshops & Exhibition 2016 (MWE 2016) taking place in Yokohama, Japan from 30th November-2nd December 2016, NI AWR Design Environment will be showcased. 

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is the largest UAS in Finland. Founded in 2008 as the result of the merger of two universities in the Helsinki region, the Helsinki Metropolia UAS has almost 17,000 students, of which approximately 50% study programs in electrical engineering and automation technology. The students in the degree program select electronics, automation technology, or electrical power engineering studies as th...

The PXIe-5164 oscilloscope just released by NI is built on the open, modular PXI architecture, and includes a user-programmable FPGA to help aerospace/defense, semiconductor and research/physics applications that require high-voltage measurements and high levels of amplitude accuracy.

VeriStand 2016, the latest version of software used by embedded software test engineers to build and run hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) verification systems has been released by NI. Today’s engineers face increasingly compressed, shifting schedules and constantly changing requirements driven by the emergence of the connected car and autonomous vehicles.

Vehicle – infotainment systems Automobiles have experienced rapid growth in the amount of in-vehicle electronics in recent years and a key area where these electronics are playing a vital role is in the infotainment system of the vehicle.

This video highlights the design of a flip chip using both Analyst 3D EM simulator and ANSYS HFSS 3D FEM EM simulator.

This video demonstrates the multi-chip module verification and yield optimisation capabilities within NI AWR design environment.

 European Microwave Week 2016 in London provided the platform for NI to demonstrate a new millimeter wave automotive radar test system. The Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is designed for short- and long-range radar in the 76–81GHz range.