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| Top Stories | February 7, 2006 |
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| Increase Your Power Monitoring Efficiency 10X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NI is collaborating with Texas Instruments and Spectrum Digital in the development of the new TI C55X Power Optimization DSP Starter Kit, the industry's first DSP design tool to offer designers incorporated test and measurement functionality. The new kit incorporates virtual instrumentation to offer a 10X increase in efficiency over traditional methods for power monitoring. Learn more. | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Software-Defined Platform for Communications Systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The list of wireless and communications standards continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. Given this insatiable demand for more data bandwidth and the fact that wireless communications now outpace land communications in many countries, the challenge ahead for mobile communications becomes meeting this demand effectively. Learn more. | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Company and Product News
NI Upgrades E-mail System in Response to Multiple NI News Sends To address the multiple copies of recent NI News issues some subscribers have received, NI has upgraded its e-mail infrastructure. This upgrade will result in better delivery, faster server response times, and improved e-mail stability. Learn more and provide feedback. Characterize MP3 Player Power Consumption with LabVIEW New portable consumer electronics devices are constantly driving the leading edge of speed, size, cost, and complexity. You now can make all of the measurements needed to maximize the battery life of these devices with a single instrument - the National Instruments PXI-4071 FlexDMM - using the built-in analysis capability of NI LabVIEW software. Learn more. New LabWindows/CVI 8.0 - Develop, Run, and Deploy Faster Since 1987, National Instruments LabWindows/CVI has delivered the latest tools and technologies for ANSI C programmers, including windows and graphical user interfaces for DOS, automatic code generation and function panels, and ActiveX integration. The latest release, NI LabWindows/CVI 8.0, delivers new features specifically designed for developing, executing, and deploying test and measurement systems faster. Learn more. Measure in Minutes with LabVIEW Instrument Driver Finder The new Instrument Driver Finder for LabVIEW 8 makes it possible to search and download instrument drivers from the Instrument Driver Network within LabVIEW. You can use this tool to find support for more than 4,000 models. Learn more. NI Celebrates 30th Anniversary, 20 Years of LabVIEW Innovation This year marks two major milestones for virtual instrumentation pioneer National Instruments, including its 30th year since inception and 20th year since the creation of LabVIEW, the company's flagship graphical programming software. Learn how NI has redefined the industry through virtual instrumentation. Learn more. Development Resources Techniques for Optimizing Instrument Throughput When designing test and measurement applications, developers can optimize their instrument throughput by employing various techniques. While there are a variety of factors to consider when selecting an instrument, the instrumentation bus used will have a large impact on the instrument performance. Learn more. Working with User-Defined Functions in LabVIEW MathScript With LabVIEW MathScript, you can create user-defined functions that can be called alongside built-in functions. These user-defined functions can be invoked in the LabVIEW MathScript Window or in the LabVIEW MathScript Node. This how-to document helps you get started with user-defined functions. Learn more. View iPod Power Testing and More Online You can view iPod power testing, ultrasonic nondestructive testing, and bit error rate testing among others in this new modular instruments online demonstrations portal. Also available are modular instruments Webcasts and relevant video clips from past NIWeek keynote presentations. View these demonstrations. Tutorial: Optimizing VI Performance Learn how to improve the performance and efficiency of your LabVIEW applications. Find out how LabVIEW manages memory; how you can design better VIs with the state diagram architecture; and how to create more readable, maintainable code. View this tutorial. Creating Vision-Guided Motion Systems Vision-guided motion control systems are useful in a variety of applications, ranging from automated cell colony analysis to simple pick-and-place applications. Designing such a system can be challenging but also can open up new opportunities to maximize your productivity. Learn more. Events Webcast: PXI 101 In this technical Webcast on-Demand, learn about PXI, the PC-based platform optimized for test, measurement, and control. Discover the advantages of using PXI over other platforms. Also, see a demonstration highlighting many PXI features, and learn about some specific customer applications that incorporate PXI. View this Webcast. Webcast: Benefits of Power System Acquisition, Analysis, and Dissemination Throughout the power delivery chain, measuring and controlling electrical power quality and reliability is critical to every plant's operation. Learn strategies for effectively analyzing power quality within the framework of your intelligent maintenance system. View this Webcast. 2006 PXI Technology and Applications Conference Join more than 20 leading test, measurement, and technology companies hosting the PXI Technology and Applications Conference. The conference is a series of free, full-day events in 15 cities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico featuring informational sessions on the latest PXI platform technologies and roadmaps, case study presentations, hands-on technical training, and networking with industry experts. Learn more. Webcast: Advanced Control Schemes with PACs Many real-world systems have multiple inputs or exhibit nonlinearities, so a simple PID I/O module may not provide a good control scheme. Programmable automation controllers (PACs) such as NI Compact FieldPoint can implement flexible control schemes, which use multiple inputs or responds to system nonlinearities but still execute understandable control routines. View this Webcast. Webcast: Graphical Development, Hard Real-Time Performance Learn LabVIEW Real-Time Module basics during this Webcast on-Demand. With demonstrations featuring the LabVIEW 8 Real-Time Module, see firsthand how LabVIEW graphical development helps you develop fully functional real-time applications on a variety of hardware targets. View this Webcast. Support USB Data Acquisition Frequently Asked Questions Get answers to your most frequently asked questions about NI data acquisition products. Learn more. Example Code: Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit Demo With this demo, learn the concepts and applications of advanced signal processing and analysis methods, including time-frequency analysis, time series analysis, and wavelet analysis. Download this example. Example Code: Mask FFT Filter This example program demonstrates how to use IMAQ FFT, IMAQ Mask, and IMAQ Inverse FFT to perform a Mask FFT Filter on an image. It also demonstrates how to display the magnitude plane of a complex image so that it looks like the display of the IMAQ FFT function. Download this example. |
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