National Instruments has announced the release of two new bus-powered M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for USB that deliver faster sampling rates and more digital I/O features than previously released bus-powered M Series devices for USB. The NI USB-6212 and USB-6216 are available with 68-pin SCSI mass termination, screw terminals or 50-pin IDC connectivity to provide multiple connectivity options.

National Instruments has announced the release of four new R Series I/O modules for the PXI platform that are equipped with high-performance Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The NI PXI-7841R, PXI-7842R, PXI-7851R and PXI-7852R modules feature eight analogue inputs, eight analogue outputs and 96 digital I/O lines as well as analogue input rates that are more than 3.5 times faster than previously released R Series devices.

National Instruments has announced the fifth annual Automated Test Summit, an online event featuring technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming challenges in automated test. The Automated Test Summit 2008 will be hosted live on the Internet on June 5 and will be presented in the Americas, Europe and Asia, giving attendees the opportunity to speak with experts in various languages. At the free full-day event, attendees can vie...

National Instruments has announced support for new Tektronix value line oscilloscopes in the latest version of LabVIEW SignalExpress Tektronix Edition, an interactive PC-based measurement software for quickly acquiring, analysing and presenting data without programming.

National Instruments UK & Ireland today announced that four more UK engineers have achieved the prestigious Certified LabVIEW Architect status: Ian Lloyd and Stephen Swindley from City Technology Ltd, and Peter Davies and Mark Lee from Develop-ing Solutions. This is the highest level of NI LabVIEW certification available, with only six engineers in UK & Ireland and sixteen across the whole of Europe, currently certified at this status.

National Instruments has announced two new low-cost embedded controllers – the PXI-8104 and PXI-8183 – that deliver exceptional performance for value-based test, measurement and control applications. With these new controllers, engineers and scientists can apply PXI in a variety of new applications across many industries including consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductor, telecommunications and aerospace and defense.

National Instruments will join fellow industry leaders including Agilent, Anritsu, Tektronix, QualiSystems and Yokogawa, at the New Electronics Test & Measurement Design Day. Taking place at Reading’s Madejski Stadium on Thursday 15th May 2008, the one day conference and exhibition will focus on next generation test solutions, covering three technology based streams: wireless test, embedded test and software related issues.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a nonprofit organisation inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders, has selected the National Instruments CompactRIO embedded control platform as its next-generation FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) robot controller. With this platform, high school students will create advanced robots starting in the 2009 FIRST season. Students can program their robots based on C...

National Instruments and ARM has announced the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers, an extension of the LabVIEW graphical system design platform that directly targets the ARM 7™, ARM 9™ and Cortex™-M3 microcontroller families. The module is the first product in an ongoing collaboration between the companies that combines the ease of use of LabVIEW with the performance of ARM microcontrollers.

National Instruments has announced the NI USB-6509, a bus-powered, portable, USB digital I/O device for acquiring data in a broad range of applications. With 96 bi-directional digital I/O channels and plug-and-play USB connectivity, the device is ideal for industrial control and automated test applications yet versatile enough for general-purpose data acquisition and academic applications. The USB-6509 delivers, to a portable USB form factor, an ...

National Instruments has announced an initiative sponsored by Intel Corporation to deliver free, hands-on multicore programming workshops based on the NI LabVIEW graphical programming language to engineers and scientists around the globe. The Multicore Programming with NI LabVIEW Hands-On Workshop will be presented in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities beginning in May and 15 international cities this Autumn.

National Instruments UK & Ireland is deploying additional dedicated resources to work directly with academic institutions alongside its existing office and field-based engineers. This move supports the longstanding strategic commitment NI has made globally to enhancing engineering and scientific education and research projects through the use of virtual instrumentation, graphical system design and LabVIEW.

National Instruments has announced four C Series modules for data-logging applications including vibration/acoustical data logging and in-vehicle, structural, temperature and pressure testing. The NI USB-9219, USB-9229 and USB-9239 provide USB, bus-powered connectivity to the C Series while the NI 9234 AC/DC-coupled dynamic signal acquisition module offers selectable IEPE signal conditioning for engineers measuring high-accuracy audio frequency.

National Instruments has announced a new line of M Series USB data acquisition (DAQ) devices with 18-bit analogue input accuracy at sampling rates up to 625 kS/s. The NI USB-6281 and USB-6289 feature an 18-bit ADC, which provides a 4X increase in resolution over traditional 16-bit devices, equivalent to more than 5½ digits of resolution for DC measurements. These devices also offer enhanced analogue output channels that feature programmable rang...

National Instruments has announced what it says is the industry’s first VXI-MXI-Express controller using cabled PCI Express technology to deliver a high-bandwidth, low-latency VXI interface. 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 has announced the release of the NI LabVIEW 8.5 Control Design and Simulation Module, an extension of the LabVIEW graphical system design platform that helps engineers and scientists analyse open-loop model behavior, design closed-loop controllers, simulate systems and create real-time implementations. The latest version of the module introduces new design features such as analytical proportional integral derivative (PID) for...

National Instruments has announced new PCI and PXI PROFIBUS interfaces to add compatibility and flexibility to industrial systems. PROFIBUS is an industrial communications bus with more than 20 million installed nodes worldwide in manufacturing, process control and automation applications. With the new interfaces, PROFIBUS engineers now can integrate NI LabVIEW software into benchtop, real-time and device test PROFIBUS networks.

National Instruments has announced its first PXI source measure unit (SMU) and the industry’s highest-density PXI switches. These products further enhance the PXI platform for use in precision DC applications, such as semiconductor parametric tests and electronic device and component validation. Engineers can use these modules together to precisely characterise voltage and current parameters on high pin-count devices, with the advantages of sma...

National Instruments has announced the release of the NI USB-5132/5133 digitisers and the NI USB-4065 6½-digit digital multimeter (DMM). These small, lightweight instruments feature bus-powered and plug-and-play operation, which makes them ideal for portable, benchtop and OEM applications. They are also shipped with NI LabVIEW SignalExpress LE, an interactive measurement workbench for quickly acquiring, analysing and presenting data, with no pro...

National Instruments has announced that Tektronix built its newly released TekExpress SATA (Serial ATA) automated compliance test solution on NI TestStand test management software. NI TestStand gave Tektronix an open, flexible development platform that facilitated the implementation of the TekExpress compliance test automation framework for Serial ATA and other complex serial data standards. With the ability to execute test modules in any program...