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		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 introduces Digital Electronics FPGA Board - 05/25/09 Digital learning device gives high school, university and vocational students hands-on experience with digital logic and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology.

		National Instruments extends ELVIS for hands-on learning - 04/13/09 ELVIS incorporates an onboard, 100 MS/s oscilloscope and a series of add-on boards to extend the platform beyond instrumentation and circuits 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.

		National Instruments updates CompactRIO development kit - 03/19/09 cRIO-9951 Module Development Kit (MDK) helps design custom C Series modules for NI CompactRIO and add-on boards for NI Single-Board RIO.

		National Instruments enhances Multisim circuit design software - 03/14/09 Enhancements include improved database synchronization, temperature simulation parameter support and more than 300 new components from third-party manufacturers.

		National Instruments introduces PXI-8110 quad-core PXI controller - 03/01/09 PXI-8110 provides up to 80 percent performance improvement over dual-core controllers with similar CPU clock frequencies.

		National Instruments announces LabVIEW toolkits - 02/17/09 Engineers can use these toolkits to help validate systems, improve software quality and test code against requirements.

		National Instruments expands machine diagnostic software - 01/19/09 Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite Version 7.0 adds psychoacoustic measurements, making it possible to quickly set up tests to quantify noise, vibration and harshness.

		NI PXI Systems Alliance has 14 new member companies - 01/12/09 The new member companies represent a diverse set of growing industries, including aerospace, consumer electronics, wireless, and semiconductor.

		National Instruments introduces cRIO-9073 CompactRIO PAC - 12/11/08 cRIO-9073 system combines an embedded real-time processor and a user-programmable FPGA chip within a single chassis.

		NI releases strain and voltage modules for CompactDAQ and CompactRIO - 12/11/08 Products include NI 9225 300 V power measurement module as well as the 9235 and 9236 8-channel strain gage measurement modules.

		NI adds Visual Studio 2008 to Measurement Studio 8.6 - 12/01/08 Measurement Studio 8.6 supports Visual Studio 2008, .NET and C++ class libraries, Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) 9.0 and the .NET Framework 3.5.

		National Instruments upgrades LabWindows/CVI 9.0 - 11/24/08 Enhancements include an improved compiler and debugger, and Resource Tracking Window to locate potential resource leaks that can decrease system performance over time.

		National Instruments expands digitizers/oscilloscopes - 10/27/08 Products include PXI-5153, PCI-5153 and PCI-5154 digitizers/PC-based oscilloscopes.

		National Instruments introduces I/O modules with onboard processing - 10/13/08 PXI-7853R and PXI-7854R can be programmed with NI LabVIEW FPGA Module to perform custom onboard processing for inline data analysis and deterministic I/O control.

		National Instruments introduces 26.5 GHz PXI Synthetic Instrument - 09/09/08 BAE Systems, National Instruments and Phase Matrix developed the instrument for military and commercial RF and microwave applications.

		NI announces PXI-8108 fast PXI embedded controller - 08/26/08 PXI-8108 embedded controller has a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 processor and 800 MHz DDR2 memory for high-performance PXI and CompactPCI systems.

		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.

		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.

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