National Instruments, Blackfin

National Instruments, Analog Devices and Silica to Host One-Day Embedded System Design Seminars across Europe

News Release from: National Instruments
28/09/2006

National Instruments is joining Analog Devices and Silica, an Avnet Company, to host a 17-city road show across Europe. Engineers attending these free, one-day seminars will receive an in-depth overview of ADI Blackfin Processors, plus hands-on training with VisualDSP++ 4.5, and a detailed product overview and demonstration of the National Instruments LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors.

“With LabVIEW code executing on Blackfin Processors, we have simplified the process of designing and targeting custom applications by creating a fully integrated, graphical system design approach to embedded product development,” said Anders Frederiksen, ADI marketing manager for industrial and embedded processing. “The comprehensive training series will further simplify the design process by providing attending engineers with the tools they need to build Blackfin-based products using LabVIEW and VDSP++ development environments.”

NI, ADI and Silica experts will be available to discuss the attendees’ design needs. Attendees will receive training on Blackfin Processors using VisualDSP++, and learn how LabVIEW seamlessly integrates with traditional embedded development tools to reduce programming time and lower cost.

“With regard to complex math algorithms, handling and managing multi-sensor signals, and running six asynchronous kernel tasks, LabVIEW exceeds the conventional C approach,” said Marco Schmid, chief engineer at Schmid Engineering. “The ‘G’ environment allowed Schmid Engineering to prototype all critical parts long before hardware was available - for instance, Statelogic, FFTs, Pattern matching and so on.”

The seminar series kicks off in The Netherlands on October 3, 2006, and visits the following cities:
Location Date
Breda, The Netherlands 03-10-2006
Diegem, Belgium 05-10-2006
Dublin, Ireland 17-10-2006
Brondby, Denmark 08-11-2006
Padova, Italy 14-11-2006
Modena, Italy 15-11-2006
Milano, Italy 16-11-2006
Munich, Germany 20-11-2006
Vienna, Austria 22-11-2006
Stevenage, UK 28-11-2006
Palaiseau, France 12-12-2006
Grenoble, France 14-12-2006
Espoo, Finland 30-01-2007
Stockholm, Sweden 01-02-2007
Bilbao, Spain Tba
Barcelona, Spain Tba
Oslo, Norway 08-02-2007
Other locations may be announced