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Top Stories June 6, 2006
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Company and Product News
Increase PXI System Performance with PXI Express
Are YOU the Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek 2006?
Create Web Applications with Measurement Studio 8.0.1
NI ELVIS Now Offers USB Plug-and-Play Connectivity
Explore RF and Wireless Communications Advances at NIWeek Summit

Development Resources
Collaborate and Share Code on the New community.ni.com
Using Microsoft Excel and NI Switch Executive in Test System Development
Hot NI Discussion Forum Topics: NI Data Acquisition
Using the National Instruments Logic Analyzer and Pattern Generator Solution
DataPlugins: Supported Data Formats

Events
Webcast: Develop Bluetooth Applications with LabVIEW
Webcast: PC-Based Data Acquisition with USB Devices
Webcast: Improve Instrument Driver Code Quality and Performance in LabVIEW
Webcast: Building Low-Cost, Industrial Machine Control Systems with CompactRIO
Webcast: Integrate Hands-On Learning in Education with NI ELVIS via USB

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Example Code: Simple Data Logger with LabVIEW
Example Code: Synchronized Digital Output on Multiple Devices
Example Code: Programmatically Adjusting Table Control Properties



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Simultaneously Execute Two Tasks with New Dual-Core PXI Embedded Controller
The NI PXI-8105, the industry's first dual-core PXI embedded controller, improves the performance of multithreaded applications up to 100 percent versus single-core PXI controllers with the same processor clock rate. With two computing engines in one physical processor, the dual-core processor can simultaneously execute two computing tasks.
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Small, Easy-to-Use DAQ System Provides Fast, Accurate Measurement and Control
With the new NI CompactDAQ USB data acquisition (DAQ) system, you no longer have to sacrifice ease of use for performance or trade off simplicity for flexibility to meet your application requirements. By combining new semiconductor technologies, a modular design, and flexible software, NI CompactDAQ delivers the simplicity and low cost of a data logger with the performance and accuracy of an instrument.
Learn more.
Company and Product News
Increase PXI System Performance with PXI Express
PXI has become an industry-standard platform for measurement and automation, and the advent of PXI Express promises to expand the applications that PXI serves. With more than 70 vendors and 1,000 different modules available, PXI adoption continues to gain momentum and exceed analyst adoption forecasts.
Learn more.

Are YOU the Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek 2006?
Finally, there is a purpose for all of your LabVIEW trivia knowledge. Compete for eight weeks against the rest of the LabVIEW community to determine who will be the Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek 2006. Visit the LabVIEW Zone and answer the first questions by June 12. You might be the Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek!
Learn more and compete.

Create Web Applications with Measurement Studio 8.0.1
The latest release of National Instruments Measurement Studio, Version 8.0.1, provides a comprehensive suite of scientific Web controls for ASP.NET and offers complete support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. With direct integration in Visual Studio 2005, NI Measurement Studio continues to add test and measurement functionality to the latest development environment from Microsoft.
Learn more.

NI ELVIS Now Offers USB Plug-and-Play Connectivity
NI ELVIS, a premier design and prototyping teaching suite from National Instruments, now offers USB plug-and-play connectivity and LabVIEW Express VIs for point-and-click configuration. With the incorporation of USB M Series data acquisitiondevices into the NI ELVIS product offering, educators will have the plug-and-play simplicity of USB, as well as tight integration with National Instruments LabVIEW, NI SignalExpress, and Electronics Workbench Multisim 9 and MultiMCU, to teach science and engineering concepts in multiple disciplines.
Learn more.

Explore RF and Wireless Communications Advances at NIWeek Summit
The second annual National Instruments RF and Wireless Communications Summit, August 8-9, at NIWeek in Austin, Texas, brings together industry and research experts to discuss the tools engineers are using to design, develop, and test RF and wireless communications products in a rapidly changing market.
Learn more.


Development Resources

Collaborate and Share Code on the New community.ni.com
A new Web resource is now available for the LabVIEW community to contribute and share example code – community.ni.com. With this resource, you maintain ownership of your code, including features such as revision history, categorization, and image attachments. Join today and share example code with your community.
Take a tour.

Using Microsoft Excel and NI Switch Executive in Test System Development
Every automated test system involves some aspect of switching or signal routing. Learn how to easily integrate the native capabilities of NI Switch Executive and the spreadsheet functionality of Microsoft Excel (or any other spreadsheet or database) and simplify your automated test code.
Learn more.

Hot NI Discussion Forum Topics: NI Data Acquisition
This week, posters in the NI Discussion Forums want to know about multiple-channel data acquisition, how to parse a DLL or text file line by line and write it to a device, and more.
Go to the discussion forums.

Using the National Instruments Logic Analyzer and Pattern Generator Solution
The National Instruments 100 MHz logic analyzer and pattern generator solution replaces traditional benchtop logic analyzers and pattern generators with a single PC-based module capable of analyzing and generating digital waveforms. Explore the features of this product, which was created for engineers who need a flexible, easy-to-implement instrument to digitally design, test, and debug applications up to 100 MHz.
Learn more.

DataPlugins: Supported Data Formats
National Instruments DataPlugins extend the data file support capabilities of DIAdem and LabVIEW. Choose from a list of DataPlugins to download and use with LabVIEW VIs and DIAdem, or learn how you can create your own DataPlugin to read data from a custom formatted file into DIAdem.
Learn more.


Events

Webcast: Develop Bluetooth Applications with LabVIEW
Learn how you can wirelessly communicate with PDAs, desktop computers, measurement instruments, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices using the new Bluetooth Compatibility VIs in LabVIEW. See how to configure your system for Bluetooth compatibility and how to establish communication with other devices.
View this Webcast.

Webcast: PC-Based Data Acquisition with USB Devices
Learn how to measure, generate, and analyze analog and digital signals with NI data acquisition hardware and LabVIEW graphical development software. Also, see how to create measurement tasks using DAQ Assistant, included with NI-DAQmx driver and measurement services software, and to develop a fully functional measurement application in minutes with LabVIEW.
View this Webcast.

Webcast: Improve Instrument Driver Code Quality and Performance in LabVIEW
See how easy it is to benefit from the more than 5,000 existing instrument drivers available on ni.com/idnet. Discover how to quickly download, configure, customize, and implement your instrument control applications with the productive LabVIEW graphical development environment. Then learn how to use the new LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit plug-in to verify and validate your instrument drivers.
View this Webcast.

Webcast: Building Low-Cost, Industrial Machine Control Systems with CompactRIO
Get tips and tricks for creating rugged, reliable, and low-cost machine control systems using NI CompactRIO hardware. See how the flexibility and open access to the low-level hardware capabilities of CompactRIO helps you replace costly custom circuit designs and create complete stand-alone embedded control systems while performing both hardware and software design in LabVIEW.
View this Webcast.

Webcast: Integrate Hands-On Learning in Education with NI ELVIS via USB
Explore how you can bring hands-on learning and interactivity to your curriculum using the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). With an integrated suite of instruments commonly used in laboratories, a standard USB interface, rugged construction, and seamless integration with LabVIEW, NI ELVIS provides a complete platform for teaching concepts in measurements, circuits, control, microprocessor system design, and embedded system design.
View this Webcast.


Support

Example Code: Simple Data Logger with LabVIEW
This example acquires data using software timing and logs the data with time and date stamps to a spreadsheet file. To open this example, unzip the NI-DAQmx Simple Data Logger ZIP file. After you extract the files, run the Simple Data Logger VI. This example uses NI-DAQmx drivers.
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Example Code: Synchronized Digital Output on Multiple Devices
This example emits a finite amount of digital data using an external clock created by one of the data acquisition device's counters. It uses the clock generated by the counters to synchronize the digital output of two boards with the RTSI bus.
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Example Code: Programmatically Adjusting Table Control Properties
This example demonstrates how to programmatically set various properties and attributes for table controls in LabWindows/CVI. It illustrates how to use many general table control functions, including different data generation functions, how to get and set table values, and more.
Download this example.



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