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It includes technology presentations and case studies on how companies in the oil and gas industry have applied the latest measurement and control technologies in service, drilling, distributed measurements and oil field inventory management applications.   NI Hosts Automated Test Summit on Web The Automated Test Summit 2007, which was held on the Internet May 8, is for viewing on demand for 90 days.   National Instruments Hosts NIWeek Technical Summit Technical summits on graphical system design; RF and wireless communications; sound and vibration; and vision will take place at NIWeek 2007, starting August 7.   NIWeek Virtual Instrumentation Conference Aug 7 August 7-9, 2007 Austin, Texas Three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted forums, exhibitions and hands-on workshops on the latest developments for design, automation, manufacturing and test.   NI and LEGO develop Robotics Platform for Elementary School Students  - 08/12/08 LEGO Education WeDo Software is a drag-and-drop, icon-based environment that students ages 7 to 11 can use to easily program their own robotics inventions.   National Instruments introduces single-board RIO platform  - 08/05/08 Eight sbRIO-96xx devices combine an embedded real-time processor, reconfigurable FPGA, and analog and digital I/O on a single printed circuit board for embedded applications.   National Instruments introduces 6.6 GHz RF test instruments  - 08/05/08 Equipment includes RF vector signal analyzer, RF vector signal generator and PXI Express 18-slot chassis that make RF measurements up to 10X faster than traditional RF instrumentation.   National Instruments announces Wi-Fi and Ethernet DAQ devices  - 08/05/08 Wireless and Ethernet DAQ devices include built-in signal conditioning and direct sensor connectivity for electrical, physical, mechanical and acoustic signals.   National Instruments upgrades LabVIEW  - 08/04/08 Enhancements to LabVIEW 8.6 include tools to help engineers take advantage of the benefits of multicore processors, FPGAs for embedded systems and wireless communication.   NI reports record revenue for Q2 2008  - 07/30/08 National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $210.5 million, up 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008.   NI introduces PXI-5154 digitizer/PC-based oscilloscope  - 07/29/08 The dual-channel, 1 GHz PXI-5154 digitizer offers up to a 2 GS/s real-time sample rate for acquisition and characterization of fast, nanosecond-edge speeds.   National Instruments enhances DIAdem 11.0  - 07/14/08 DIAdem 11.0 software for managing, analyzing and reporting test data adds sensor data mapping for 3D CAD models to simplify the visualization of high-channel-count systems.   John Medica Elected to National Instruments Board of Directors  - 06/30/08 Medica, former senior vice president for Dell and former senior director for Apple, was elected to the NI Board of Directors.   NI introduces LabVIEW Toolkit for GPS Receiver Testing  - 06/23/08 GPS Toolkit for LabVIEW expands the NI RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation.   NI introduces Dual Gigabit Ethernet Interface for PXI Express  - 06/23/08 NI 8234 module offers two gigabit Ethernet ports with up to 1000 Mb/s transfer speeds per port for high-performance machine vision and dedicated LAN/LXI instrument control networks.   NI introduces three FieldPoint Controllers  - 06/10/08 NI cFP-2220, cFP-2210 and cFP-2200 controllers include a 400 MHz PowerPC processor and Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS).   National Instruments offers 6,000 drivers for control  - 06/10/08 Instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors.   NIWeek 2008 Graphical System Design Conference  - 05/12/08 August 5-8, 2008 Austin, Texas Interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing and test.   National Instruments introduces Graphical Toolkit Software  - 05/11/08 Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit helps identify differences between models built using MathWorks Simulink software.   National Instruments announces two USB-631x I/O devices  - 05/05/08 USB-6212 and USB-6216 have a 60 percent improvement in analog sampling rates, sixteen 400 kS/s analog inputs, and two 250 kS/s analog outputs.   National Instruments reports Q1 Revenue of $193 Million  - 04/30/08 Net income for Q1 2008 was $17.6 million with diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22.   NI introduces PMA-1115 portable touch screen monitor  - 04/29/08 PMA-1115 touch screen monitor and keyboard attaches to any NI eight-slot PXI or PXI Express chassis.   National Instruments releases four PXI I/O modules  - 04/29/08 PXI-7841R, -7842R, -7851R and -7852R modules have eight analog inputs, eight analog outputs, 96 digital I/O lines, and Xilinx FPGAs.   NI LabVIEW adds support for Tektronix DPO3000 Oscilloscopes  - 04/22/08 LabVIEW SignalExpress Tektronix Edition 2.5 connects to and controls all value-line Tektronix oscilloscopes including the new Tektronix DPO3000 and TDS3000C.   NI announces PXI-8104 and PXI-8183 embedded controllers  - 04/21/08 PXI-8104 and PXI-8183 embedded controllers are suitable for test, measurement and control applications. Prices start at $1500.   NI announces M Series USB DAQ devices with 18-bit accuracy  - 03/18/08 USB-6281 and USB-6289 have an 18-bit ADC, which provides a 4X increase in resolution over traditional 16-bit devices.   National Instruments Expands C Series data loggers  - 03/18/08 The NI USB-9219, USB-9229 and USB-9239 modules provide USB, bus-powered connectivity to the C Series for data-logging applications.   NI announces VXI-MXI-Express Controller with Cabled PCI Express  - 03/04/08 Cabled PCI Express greatly reduces the size of the VXI-MXI-Express cable compared to the larger VXI-MXI-2 cables while maintaining similar or improved performance.   National Instruments introduces PROFIBUS Interfaces  - 02/19/08 PCI and PXI PROFIBUS interfaces include a LabVIEW driver for rapid application development.   NI enhances LabVIEW 8.5 Design and Simulation Module  - 02/19/08 Enhancements include an analytical proportional integral derivative (PID) for improving system closed-loop stability and model predictive control to multivariable systems.   NI introduces PXI Power Source and switches  - 02/18/08 Products are for use in PXI-based precision DC applications, such as semiconductor parametric tests and electronic device and component validation.   National Instruments acquires microLEX Systems  - 02/11/08 National Instruments acquired all of the outstanding shares of microLEX Systems A/S, a provider of virtual instrumentation-based video, audio and mixed-signal test solutions.   National Instruments releases USB Digitizers, Digital Multimeter  - 02/11/08 Small, lightweight instruments feature bus-powered and plug-and-play operation, which makes them suitable for portable, benchtop and OEM applications.   National Instruments joins Multicore Association  - 02/04/08 The Multicore Association develops standards that help shorten time to market for products that involve multicore implementations.   National Instruments Reports Record Revenue and Net Income  - 01/30/08 National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $205 million, up 13 percent and the company's best revenue growth quarter for 2007.   Test and Measurement trends include software instrumentation, wireless and multicore  - 01/14/08 National Instruments identified five trends it anticipates will significantly influence the test and measurement industry over the next three years.   NI Introduces Sound and Vibration Tools  - 01/08/08 Products include NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite Version 6.0 and PXI-4495 16-channel data acquisition module.   NI Introduces USB-5680 RF Power Meter  - 01/08/08 Powered from the USB cable, the power meter is ideal for portable applications because it consumes only 100 mA of current without an external power supply.   NI announces DATEx Module for Teaching Telecommunications  - 12/18/07 With DATEx and ELVIS, students can visualize telecommunications concepts in a hands-on learning environment.   NI Introduces USB-5680 RF Power Meter  - 12/18/07 Powered solely from the USB cable, the power meter consumes only 100 mA of current without an external power supply.   NI's LabVIEW Tools Network has 400 tools and add-Ons  - 12/18/07 LabVIEW Tools Network expanded by more than 100 new tools developed by NI and third-party vendors in 2007.   NI announces LabWindows/CVI 8.5  - 12/03/07 With LabWindows/CVI 8.5, programmers can achieve increased performance on multicore systems with full control over thread management, built-in multithreaded libraries and drivers, thread-safe analysis functions and advanced debugging tools.   NI Arabia Director Addresses UN Technology Meeting  - 11/19/07 Michel Haddad addressed the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) meeting in Cairo, Egypt.   NI starts FPGA Development forum  - 11/19/07 FPGA IPNet provides an open forum for sharing LabVIEW FPGA IP and modules for analog and digital I/O, communication buses/protocols and motion control.   NI and QNX offer analog I/O evaluation kit to OEMs  - 11/12/07 The kit has a NI USB DAQ device, single-board computer, and evaluation versions of the QNX Momentics suite and NI's LabVIEW Software Development Kit.   Virginia Tech uses NI LabVIEW to win 3rd Place in DARPA Race  - 11/12/07 Virginia Tech won the $500,000 third place prize at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge.   NI adds Multicore to PXI and PXI Express controllers  - 11/12/07 NI 8352 and NI 8353 controllers now include Intel Multicore processors and enhanced data storage capabilities.   NI enhances LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition  - 11/06/07 The student edition offers all the features of LabVIEW including multicore processing and hybrid programming.   NI introduces Smart Camera Family  - 11/06/07 NI 1722 and NI 1742 Smart Cameras combine an industrial controller with an image sensor, and offer image processing directly on the cameras.   Virginia Tech Students use LabVIEW to develop humanoid robot  - 10/29/07 DARwIn achieves full range of motion and accurately imitates human movement.   NI enhances LabVIEW SignalExpress 2.5  - 10/23/07 Improvements include a Project Analyzer to help engineers and scientists identify and address common measurement mistakes.   National Instruments LabVIEW works with Anritsu Instrumentation  - 10/16/07 LabVIEW development platform and LabWindows/CVI ANSI C development environment work with Anritsu RF and wireless communications test instruments.   NI introduces PXIe-6672 System Timing Controller  - 10/15/07 PXIe-6672 can synchronize multiple PXI Express systems or synchronize PXI Express systems with GPIB, VXI and other measurement and instrumentation systems.   Numerical Mathematics Consortium updates standard  - 09/24/07 NMC updates its technical specification that defines an open mathematics semantics standard for development of numerical algorithms.   NI extends LabVIEW Embedded Platform to new processors  - 09/24/07 LabVIEW Embedded Module now supports ADI Blackfin Processors 2.5, ADSP-BF54X and Freescale ColdFire.   National Instruments connects with Kepware  - 09/24/07 NI used KEPServerEX technology to create the new NI OPC Server.   NI introduces PXIe-5672 RF Vector Signal Generator  - 09/17/07 XIe-5672 delivers signal generation from 250 kHz to 2.7 GHz, 20 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth, and real-time data streaming at up to 25 MS/s.   PXI standard celebrates 10th Anniversary  - 09/17/07 The PXI standard was introduced in 1997 as a modular instrumentation platform for measurement and automation applications.   UC Berkeley teaches Graphical System Design at NI Embedded Systems Laboratory  - 09/11/07 All electrical engineering and computer sciences students at UC Berkeley will work in the lab using NI products.   National Instruments hosts conferences in 26 U.S. cities  - 09/10/07 NI opened registration for the 2007 NI Technical Symposium, the company’s free annual series of virtual instrumentation conferences that take place in 26 U.S. cities as well as Mexico and Canada.   National Instruments upgrades Vision Development Module 8.5  - 09/10/07 Enhancements include improved edge-detection algorithm and support for new 2-D codes, so machine designers can enhance images, check for presence, locate features, identify objects and measure parts.   National Instruments Sponsors RoboDevelopment Conference  - 09/04/07 The RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition, Oct. 25-26, 2007, will be held at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.   NI enhances LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotic Software  - 09/03/07 LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software Version 1.1 now provides support for the Windows Vista operating system and Intel-based Macintosh computers in addition to improving memory usage on the NXT Intelligent Brick.   NI announces fast PXI waveform analysis products  - 08/07/07 With 600 MB/sec data streaming, engineers can achieve higher sustained acquisition and generation rates, and reduce test times.   NI's Truchard to present ISA Keynote/Rimbach Lecture  - 08/07/07 His presentation, "Repairing the Educational System to Meet Industry's Innovation Demands," will focus on how industry trends in multidiscipline design and advanced software tools are speeding innovation.   NI releases LabVIEW 8.5 for Machine Control  - 08/06/07 LabVIEW 8.5 offers deterministic, real-time multicore tools; machine monitoring functions; and expanded OPC connectivity to hundreds of industrial devices.   NI announces LabVIEW 8.5  - 08/06/07 LabVIEW 8.5 extends the platform farther into embedded and industrial applications with a new statechart design module for modeling and implementing system behavior.   NI Announces LabVIEW Compatibility Program  - 08/06/07 Beginning in August, companies can verify their products are compatible with LabVIEW using requirements provided by National Instruments.   NI introduces Sound and Vibration DAQ modules  - 08/06/07 PXI-4498 and PXI-4496 dynamic signal acquisition modules offer 16 analog inputs per module., sampling rate of 204.8 kS/s per channel, and TEDS smart sensor support.   'Project Lead The Way' Selects LabVIEW for high school curriculum  - 07/30/07 PLTW will integrate National Instruments LabVIEW graphical system design software to help facilitate its hands-on learning approach.   NI names 2007 Virtual Instrumentation Paper Winner  - 07/30/07 Murat Guler and Dr. Seniz Ertugrul of Istanbul Technical University are winners of the 2007 National Instruments Arabia Virtual Instrumentation Academic Paper Contest.   National Instruments Reports Q2 results  - 07/27/07 Second Quarter revenue was $179.5 Million, while Net income was $21 million, up 22 percent from Q2 2006.   NASA Uses LabVIEW to test Space Telescope  - 07/24/07 The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s successor to the Hubble, has passed a crucial milestone toward its 2013 launch with the help of National Instruments LabVIEW FPGA.   Freightliner uses LabVIEW and PXI to verify truck assembly  - 07/17/07 Using NI tools, Freightliner integrated electrical test, machine vision and physical measurements into a system that ensures high-quality vehicles and instructs operators on the correct assembly process.   National Instruments announces PXI-4065 DMM  - 07/10/07 PXI-4065 digital multimeter provides 6½-digits of resolution at up to 10 readings per second, or up to 3,000 readings per second at lower resolutions.   Petrobas uses National Instruments LabVIEW for oil and gas well drilling  - 06/26/07 LabVIEW software and hardware are used in a mud-gas separator for underbalanced drilling (UBD) applications. Petrobras has realized savings between $500,000 and $2 million, depending on the size of the well and the cost of the potential fracturing job.   OptiMedia uses NI software to win MDEA award  - 06/19/07 Engineers at OptiMedica created the PASCAL photocoagulator, a fully integrated medical pattern scanning laser system using LabVIEW.   Univ of Tulsa Wins National Instruments Graphical System Design Award  - 06/18/07 The team built an environmentally friendly crossover sports utility vehicle based on the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical design environment.   National Instruments Lookout 6.1 compatible with Vista  - 06/18/07 With the release of Lookout 6.1, automation engineers can upgrade to Windows Vista.   Wired Magazine's Editor to Deliver Keynote at NIWeek 2007 Best-selling author and business and technology pundit Chris Anderson to address more than 2,000 scientists and engineers.   National Instruments wins magazine award  - 05/22/07 An electronic magazine ranked NI as Number 66 in its list of top 100 employers.   NI announces PXIe PXI Express high-speed instruments  - 05/21/07 Instruments include the PXIe-5122 100 MS/s 100 MHz dual-channel digitizer, and PXIe-6537 and -6536 50 MHz and 25 MHz 32-channel digital I/O modules.   National Instruments enhances DIAdem 10.2  - 05/15/07 DIAdem 10.2 data management, analysis and reporting software now offers support for Windows Vista.   NI enhances LabWindows/CVI and Measurement Studio  - 05/15/07 LabWindows/CVI 8.1.1 and Measurement Studio 8.1.1 now provide support for Windows Vista.   NI enhances TestStand 4.0 software  - 05/15/07 TestStand 4.0 has a streamlined sequence editor that reduces development time and increases ease of use.   NI hosts Mechatronics forums for Machine Designers in June  - 05/15/07 Attendees will explore techniques for mechatronics-oriented design with software, electromechanical sensing and actuation; graphical programming for embedded systems; and remote monitoring and support.   NI enhances MATRIXx 8.0 Simulation software  - 05/08/07 Enhancements include a revamped user interface and a project-based development environment to help manage large projects.   National Instruments Hosts Automated Test Summit  - 05/04/07 Automated Test Summit 2007 will be hosted live on the Internet May 8, and will be available on demand for 90 days.   National Instruments Reports Q1 earnings up 51%  - 04/26/07 National Instruments reported revenue in the first quarter of $172 million, up 11 percent from Q1 2006. Earnings were up 51 percent compared to Q1 2006.   National Instruments wins magazine award  - 04/24/07 NI LabVIEW 8.20 won the 2006 Engineers’ Choice Award.   National Instruments LabVIEW supports Windows Vista  - 04/16/07 LabVIEW forWindows Vista. includes both the desktop development environment as well as related application software including the LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA modules. NI also offersg PXI embedded controllers with Windows Vista pre-installed as the default operating system.   NI enhances Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 5.0  - 04/10/07 Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 5.0 now has Sound and Vibration Assistant interactive software for quickly acquiring, analyzing and logging acoustic and vibration measurements. The S&VM Suite 5.0 is a collection of analysis and signal processing tools for noise, vibration, harshness (NVH); machine condition monitoring; and audio test applications.   National Instruments expands Academic Site License  - 04/09/07 Part of the expansion features a new circuit design and simulation option, as well as a student install option that gives students the opportunity to use software included in the license on their personal computers. The Academic Site License covers NI software that fitsd the needs of academic institutions.   NI releases LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin processor  - 04/03/07 LabVIEW Embedded Module for Blackfin Processors 2.0 includes more than 140 Blackfin-specific, hand-optimized math, analysis and signal processing functions; integrated I/O such as audio and video DACs, ADCs and CODECs; and on-chip debugging.   National Instruments releases cRIO-9014 embedded controller  - 04/03/07 The cRIO-9014 controller, based on the Freescale MPC5200 processor and Wind River VxWorks RTOS, delivers processing speed, memory and storage required for embedded and industrial applications such as high-speed machine control, machine monitoring/protection, in-vehicle data logging and embedded device prototyping.   NI LabVIEW Real-Time works with VxWorks RTOS  - 04/03/07 LabVIEW graphical programming environment now works with the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Engineers can use LabVIEW Real-Time to deploy custom real-time applications on VxWorks 6.1 embedded in NI's cRIO-9012 and cRIO-9014 controllers.   NI and Mindready Improve Universal Radio Tester  - 04/03/07 The Universal Radio Tester (URT) Version 3.0 software-defined radio toolkit generates analog and digital radio frequency signals using National Instruments PXI hardware and NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand software.   NI releases PCI-based Oscilloscopes  - 03/27/07 PCI-5152 general-purpose digitizer converts a desktop PC into a full-featured oscilloscope. PCI-5105 eight-channel, 60 MS/s, 12-bit data acquisition board is ideal for building high-channel-count systems in application areas such as linear and phased-array ultrasonic NDT.   The Infinity Project Standardizes on LabVIEW  - 03/20/07 Founded at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, The Infinity Project provides engineering curricula designed for today’s high school and university classrooms, including a complete package of curriculum, industry-standard technology and professional development in more than 230 classrooms in 34 states.   1  2  3  4  5  6   Next
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