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		National Instruments Promotes Jin Bains to VP R&D - 05/01/12 Bains served as director of R&D and led rigorous product development, guided technology acquisitions,and expanded the work of NI engineering centers.

		National Instruments Introduces sbRIO embedded computers - 03/15/12 sbRIO have a real-time processor, Spartan-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA), analog and digital I/O, and built-in peripherals for custom embedded control and monitoring applications.

		National Instruments Establishes Electronic Design Specialty - 03/15/12 The Electronic Design Specialty identifies experts for customers looking to extend and customize NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware products.

		National Instruments Announces Promotions - 02/01/12 David Fuller, Duncan Hudson and David Loadman were promoted to NI's to executive management team.

		National Instruments adds 802.11ac to wireless Test Solution - 01/29/12 WLAN test solution checks WLAN chipsets and devices at signal bandwidths including 20, 40, 80 and 80+80 160 MHz for both Tx and Rx for up to 4x4 MIMO configurations.

		National Instruments Introduces PXI Express Expansion Modules - 11/16/11 NI PXIe-8364 and NI PXIe-8374 directly interface multiple PXI Express chassis to a single host computer.

		National Instruments Helps physicists - 11/16/11 National Instruments has helped many physicists streamline project development and simplify advanced control solutions that otherwise would be cost-prohibitive.

		National Instruments Adds Options to RIO Platform - 11/07/11 Additions expand the options for adding specialized or custom I/O to packaged and board-level embedded control and monitoring systems.

		NI Introduces CAN and LIN Interfaces for CompactDAQ - 11/07/11 C Series 9861 CAN and 9866 LIN interface modules are low-speed modules that integrate with the entire NI CompactDAQ platform.

		NI Announces Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 2011 - 10/17/11 Software provides a comprehensive collection of analysis and signal processing tools for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) testing, machine condition monitoring (MCM) and audio test applications.

		NI Introduces Vision and Motion Hardware - 10/10/11 Products include PCIe-1473R reconfigurable Camera Link frame grabber for demanding embedded vision applications and NI 9502 motion module for the CompactRIO platform.

		National Instruments Expands Smart Camera Family - 10/04/11 177x Smart Cameras have a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor and an IP67 rating to protect the hardware from dust and water, making the cameras ideal for industrial inspection applications.

		National Instruments updates VeriStand test software - 09/28/11 VeriStand 2011 includes a real-time stimulus profile tool that greatly expands deterministic test execution with looping and branching structures, composable arithmetic functions, and more.

		NI enhances LabWindows/CVI 2010 - 08/17/11 Service Pack 1 upgrade includes bug fixes and improved stability for LabWindows/CVI 2010.

		National Instruments Announces Multicore CompactRIO - 08/02/11 cRIO-908x systems feature an Intel Core i7 dual-core processor for increased processing power, Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and Windows Embedded Standard 7.

		National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW 2011 - 08/01/11 LabVIEW 2011 provides a unified platform for designing, prototyping and deploying applications with maximum efficiency.

		National Instruments completes AWR Acquisition - 07/12/11 AWR will operate as a wholly owned NI subsidiary under the leadership of the existing management team.

		National Instruments enhances DIAdem software - 07/10/11 Enhancements in DIAdem 2011 include a data-loading method for access to large data sets, a DataPlugin Wizard for Microsoft Excel, and improvements in the REPORT panel.

		National Instruments to Acquire AWR for $58 million - 05/24/11 WR is a supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) software for RF and high-frequency components and systems for the semiconductor, aerospace and defense, communications and test equipment industries.

		National Instruments acquires Phase Matrix for $38 million - 05/23/11 Phase Matrix designs and manufactures RF and microwave test-and-measurement (T&M) instruments, subsystems and components.

		National Instruments opens office in Vietnam - 05/15/11 The office is based at the CENTEC Tower in Ho Chi Minh City.

		National Instruments releases cRIO-9075 and cRIO-9076 controllers - 05/04/11 Both CompactRIO systems combine an industrial 400 MHz Freescale real-time processor and four-slot chassis with an embedded FPGA for custom timing, control and signal processing capabilities.

		National Instruments announces two fast PXI Express products - 05/04/11 Products include the PXIe-6674T timing and synchronization module and the PXIe-PCIe8388 remote controller.

		National Instruments Introduces PXIe-5186 digitizer - 04/25/11 The NI PXIe-5186 digitizer achieves up to 5 GHz bandwidth and 12.5 GS/s sample rates.

		National Instruments Announces Green Engineering Grant Program - 04/19/11 NI will donate LabVIEW graphical system design software tools and training to eligible startups to help advance clean energy development in applications such as solar, wind and biofuel technology.

		NI adds gateway and voltage/RTD node to Wireless Sensor Network - 03/02/11 The NI 9792 is a programmable gateway that can communicate with measurement nodes as well as other hardware through a variety of open communication standards. The NI WSN-3226 allows RTD and potentiometer measurements.

		National Instruments Introduces Industrial Touch Panel Computers - 02/02/11 NI TPC-2206 and TPC-2212 feature a -20 to 60°C operating temperature range, 4 GB solid state drives for reliable operation in extended vibration environments, and Windows Embedded OS.

		National Instruments expands Instrument Drivers - 01/26/11 National Instruments now offers more than 9,000 drivers from more than 350 vendors through the Instrument Driver Network (IDNet) that simplify and automate connection to stand-alone instruments.

		National Instruments Introduces PXIe-449x Modules for Signal Acquisition - 01/06/11 The modules provide AC/DC coupling both for sensor measurements with a microphone or accelerometer and voltage measurements from a tachometer or device under test.

		National Instruments announces two PXI Express chassis - 12/19/10 PXIe-1078 nine-slot and NI PXIe-1071 four-slot chassis take advantage of the latest PXI Express modules and controllers and are backward compatible with existing PXI modules.

		NI enhances Measurement Studio 2010 - 12/07/10 Enhancements include support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET and test and measurement application development using Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#.

		NI enhances LabWindows/CVI 2010 - 12/07/10 Enhancements include simplified field-programmable gate array (FPGA) communication and a Linux Run-Time Module.

		National Instruments Opens Office in Penang - 12/01/10 National Instruments opened temporary offices for its planned R&D and operations facility in Penang, Malaysia.

		National Instruments to Open Operations Center in Costa Rica - 11/23/10 Scheduled to open in Q2 2011, the center will employ 200 people over in customer relationship management, financial services, IT and sales operations positions.

		National Instruments introduces four FlexRIO modules - 11/17/10 The four adapter modules are ideal for real-time measurements, nondestructive test (NDT) and ultrasound applications, communications systems and scientific research.

		National Instruments enhances LabVIEW FPGA IPNet - 10/24/10 Enhancements include a fully integrated global search with a filter that facilitates sorting results by category, supported versions and rating.

		National Instruments announces LTE Measurement Suite - 10/16/10 Software tests 3GPP LTE wireless components, subsystem components and mobile stations for engineers developing automated validation and production test systems for LTE products.

		NI Introduces GPIB-ENET/1000 Ethernet-to-GPIB controller - 10/05/10 GPIB-ENET/1000 can interface with up to 14 GPIB devices that engineers can access from several network hosts via Intranet or Internet.

		National Instruments Appoints Alex Davern Chief Operating Officer - 10/05/10 Davern joined National Instruments in 1994 and has been serving as CFO and senior vice president of manufacturing and IT operations since 2002.

		National Instruments to supply hardware and software to Vitrociset - 09/26/10 Vitrociset will integrate NI hardware and software into its service packages for organizations developing sophisticated physics projects such as particle accelerators and fusion devices.

		National Instruments Introduces PXIe-4331 Data Acquisition Module - 09/26/10 PXIe-4331 is a simultaneous high-speed bridge input module that provides signal conditioning for dynamic measurements from strain, pressure, torque and load sensors.

		National Instruments Introduces High-Density Switching Solutions - 09/12/10 NI SwitchBlock is for automated test systems with large numbers of channels. It can integrate with other PXI instruments and I/O for use as the core of large-scale automated test systems.

		National Instruments offers Educational Device for Engineering Students - 08/26/10 NI myDAQ portable instrumentation device makes it possible for students to experience engineering outside of the lab, in their dorm room or anywhere they choose, at any time.

		National Instruments Introduces PXIe-4844 optical sensor interrogator - 08/26/10 PXIe-4844 is a two-slot 3U PXI Express module for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors.

		National Instruments updates DIAdem software - 08/17/10 Enhancements in DIAdem 2010 include GPS synchronization, sound data playback and increased offline analysis and reporting capabilities.

		National Instruments Introduces X Series DAQ for USB - 08/04/10 USB X Series DAQ devices include up to 32 analog inputs, four analog outputs, 48 digital I/O lines and four counters.

		National Instruments Introduces Ethernet-based CompactDAQ - 08/04/10 CompactDAQ modular data acquisition system combines the ease of use and low cost of a data logger with the performance and flexibility of modular instrumentation.

		NI enhances LabVIEW FPGA and C Series I/O - 08/04/10 NI 9157 and NI 9159 MXI-Express RIO chassis and NI 9148 Ethernet RIO chassis contain a Xilinx FPGA that is programmable with LabVIEW.

		National Instruments Releases EtherCAT Servo Drives and Motors - 08/03/10 AKD Servo Drives and AKM Servo Motors simplify setup and configuration through EtherCAT technology for deploying custom motion applications.

		National Instruments announces LabVIEW 2010 - 08/03/10 Enhancements include a compiler that executes code an average of 20 percent faster than before.

		National Instruments enhances Embedded Vision System - 07/19/10 Enhancements include the addition of Windows OS support and Camera Link connectivity.

		Dr. Michio Kaku to Deliver NIWeek 2010 Keynote - 07/12/10 Dr. Michio Kaku, author and professor at City College of New York, will deliver the closing keynote address at NIWeek 2010, Aug. 3–5 in Austin, Texas.

		National Instruments Expands NI-XNET Embedded Network Platform - 06/27/10 PXI-8516 and NI PCI-8516 LIN interfaces make it possible to develop LIN applications in NI LabVIEW, NI LabWindows/CVI and C/C++ for Windows and LabVIEW Real-Time OSs.

		NI announces Profibus, FF and DeviceNet interfaces - 06/13/10 Interfaces connect LabVIEW, PACs, DCSes and embedded systems to Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus and DeviceNet industrial networks.

		NI Announces 1483 Module for Camera Link FPGA Image Processing - 06/13/10 NI 1483 Camera Link adapter module offers a solution for embedding vision and control algorithms directly on FPGAs.

		Deadliest Warrior Uses National Instruments LabVIEW - 06/13/10 The show uses LabVIEW software, CompactDAQ data acquisition platform and DIAdem data management software to conduct impact tests and measure and analyze the biomechanics of injury.

		National Instruments Introduces SC Express DAQ modules - 05/25/10 SC Express data acquisition (DAQ) modules have integrated signal conditioning for scalable, high-performance measurements on PXI Express.

		National Instruments enhances WLAN Measurement Suite - 05/25/10 Enhancements include software toolkits for IEEE 802.11n WLAN signal generation and analysis.

		National Instruments introduces PXIe-8133 embedded controller - 05/17/10 PXIe-8133 controller has a quad-core Intel Core i7-820QM processor, ND four x4 Gen 2 PCI Express links for interfacing to the PXI chassis backplane.

		National Instruments reaches 100 C Series Modules - 05/17/10 C Series modules fit into any of the C Series family of chassis including NI CompactDAQ, NI CompactRIO and the NI R Series expansion chassis.

		National Instruments publishes Automated Test Outlook - 04/19/10 Automated Test Outlook report shares findings of research into innovations and technologies shaping today’s test and measurement applications.

		National Instruments Sponsors Robotics shows - 04/14/10 National Instruments has become Series Sponsor of the 2010 Robotics Summit Virtual Conference and Exposition.

		National Instruments introduces USB-TC01 temperature DAQ device - 04/08/10 USB-TC01 USB data acquisition (DAQ) device measures and records temperature data from a thermocouple. Price: $99.

		National Instruments adds Vision to CompactRIO - 02/28/10 National Instruments added machine vision capabilities to CompactRIO and single-board RIO hardware devices.

		National Instruments announces FlexRIO FPGA modules - 02/28/10 PXIe-796xR FPGA modules feature DSP-focused Xilinx Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs with optimized DSP blocks to streamline operations such as fast Fourier transforms.

		National Instruments releases high temperature PACs - 02/28/10 NI cRIO-9023 and NI cRIO-9025 real-time controllers operate at temperatures between -40 and 70 degrees Celsius.

		National Instruments introduces VSGs and VSAs for RF measurements - 02/28/10 The NI PXIe-5663E vector signal analyzer and NI PXIe-5673E RF vector signal generator incorporate a shared local oscillator (LO) architecture to achieve true phase coherency between each RF port.

		National Instruments and Tektronix host Embedded Design Seminar - 02/02/10 Held from March 2 through May 18 in 11 cities, the seminar focuses on time-saving techniques for measurement and analysis using Tektronix oscilloscopes with NI LabVIEW software.

		National Instruments enhances Measurement Studio 2009 - 12/22/09 Measurement Studio 2009 enhancements include support for 64-bit .NET application development and Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems.

		National Instruments connects to DENSO robotics arms - 11/30/09 NI measurement and vision technology has been integrated with DENSO robotic arms.

		National Instruments supports Windows 7 - 11/30/09 LabVIEW software and PCI Express hardware are compatible with Windows 7.

		Panasonic uses National Instruments to test Toughbook laptop PCBs - 11/22/09 Panasonic uses NI PXI hardware with LabVIEW to create a streamlined automated test system that has decreased the cost of system development and maintenance.

		National Instruments introduces LabVIEW Education Edition - 11/15/09 The edition is designed to help educators implement project-based, hands-on learning for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects.

		National Instruments expands PXI for semiconductor test Enhancements include four digital I/O instruments, two digital switches, two enhanced RF instruments, a high-precision source measure unit and specialized digital vector file importing software.

		National Instruments updates LEGO MINDSTORMS software - 11/01/09 With this system, children as young as 9 years old can design their own robots using new features such as color recognition and Bluetooth support.

		National Instruments announces four tough RIO devices - 11/01/09 NI sbRIO-9602XT, sbRIO-9612XT, sbRIO-9632XT and sbRIO-9642XT devices are designed for board-level OEM applications requiring extended temperature operation.

		National Instruments introduces VideoMASTER video test solution - 11/01/09 VideoMASTER simplifies the testing of multimedia devices by using configurable measurement steps within NI TestStand test management software to automate a full suite of video measurements.

		National Instruments enhances CompactDAQ - 10/06/09 cDAQ-9174 four-slot and cDAQ-9178 eight-slot CompactDAQ can take mixed-sensor measurements at different rates and simultaneously perform multiple, high-speed operations.

		National Instruments offers 8,000 Drivers on IDNet - 10/06/09 From IDNet, engineers can download LabVIEW Plug and Play, LabWindows/CVI Plug and Play and Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) instrument drivers to automate measurements from instruments.

		National Instruments introduces free TestStand ATML Toolkit for ATE - 09/20/09 Toolkit adds support for the ATML TestDescription standard, improves support for the ATML TestResults standard, and can be downloaded for free.

		National Instruments introduces FlexRay and CAN interfaces - 08/25/09 NI-XNET embedded networks platform consists of 14 new high-performance PCI- and PXI-based interfaces for FlexRay and CAN and a new, universal API for rapid application development.

		National Instruments and MobileRobots collaborate - 08/17/09 Collaboration combines LabVIEW software and MOBILEROBOTSindoors mobile platforms to help engineers rapidly deploy service robot applications.

		National Instruments introduces PXI Express chassis and controllers - 08/10/09 Models include NI PXIe-8102/01 embedded controllers and the $1,499 (USD) NI PXIe-1073 chassis.

		National Instruments announces LabVIEW SoftMotion - 08/05/09 SoftMotion and C Series modules simplify the development of advanced single- and multi-axis motion applications.

		NI introduces 16 DAQ devices for PCI Express and PXI Express - 08/04/09 The 16 X Series DAQ devices provide enhancements to analog I/O, digital I/O, onboard counters and multidevice synchronization.

		National Instruments introduces Wireless Sensor Network platform - 08/04/09 WSN is a complete remote monitoring solution that consists of LabVIEW graphical programming software and low-power wireless measurement nodes.

		National Instruments introduces PCI Express-Based I/O for LabVIEW - 07/27/09 PCIe-7841R, PCIe-7842R, PCIe-7851R and PCIe-7852R combine a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, eight analog inputs, eight analog outputs and 96 digital I/O lines on a single board.

		National Instruments adds two modules to FlexRIO family - 07/27/09 NI 6581 100 MHz digital I/O (DIO) adapter module and NI 6585 200 MHz low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) DIO module provide application-specific I/O for RF, digital, time-domain and vision inspection systems.

		National Instruments adds TSSI test software - 07/20/09 Software allows semiconductor test engineers to import WGL and IEEE 1450 Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) simulation vectors into NI PXI digital test systems.

		NI announces USB-4431 for sound and vibration applications - 07/12/09 USB-4431 is a five-channel DSA module for making high-accuracy measurements from integrated electronics piezoelectric (IEPE) sensors.

		National Instruments enhances DIAdem test data software - 07/12/09 Enhancements to DIAdem 11.1 include Calculation Manager and filtering capabilities, which are useful for large group development and automated analysis.

		National Instruments introduces PXIe-6544/45 waveform generator/analyzer - 06/28/09 PXIe-6544/45 selectable-voltage digital waveform generator/analyzers optimize test applications by supporting clock rates of up to 100 and 200 MHz, respectively.

		National Instruments and MobileRobots collaborate - 06/25/09 NI LabVIEW graphical system design software and MOBILEROBOTSindoors autonomous mobile platforms help engineers rapidly deploy service robot applications.

		NI LabVIEW works with Particle Accelerator and Tokamak controls - 05/25/09 LabVIEW now integrates with the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) input/output controller, used in particle accelerators, tokamak fusion devices and physics applications.

		National Instruments adds C programming to LabVIEW FPGA - 04/05/09 With the C Interface to LabVIEW FPGA, developers can use LabVIEW graphical tools to program the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) within NI hardware.

		National Instruments announces industrial controllers with Core Duo processor - 04/05/09 3110 has an Intel SL9JT L2400 1.66 GHz Core Duoprocessor and the 3100 has an Intel 1.06 GHz Celeron M 423 processor. Both are configured with the Windows XP operating system.

		National Instruments introduces C Series embedded I/O modules - 04/05/09 Engineers can plug C Series modules into NI Single-Board RIO devices for high-voltage power monitoring, high-resolution analog input, strain and communications in embedded applications.

		National Instruments expands digital audio test product - 03/29/09 Enhancements to AudioMASTER 6.0 let users test devices with Sony/Phillips Digital Interconnect Format (S/PDIF) digital audio interfaces.

		National Instruments introduces Wireless LAN Test Suite - 03/25/09 The test solution combines new NI WLAN Measurement Suite software for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI development environments with NI 6.6 GHz PXI Express RF hardware.

		National Instruments expands Wireless and Ethernet DAQ - 03/25/09 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.

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