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Flagship Spartan-6 FPGAs Built Into New NI Devices
August 8, 2011 10:05 am | News | CommentsXilinx announced at NIWeek 2011 that National Instruments has expanded its NI Reconfigurable I/O (RIO) advanced control and monitoring product portfolio with the introduction of the highest performance and first multicore NI CompactRIO systems and smallest NI Single-Board RIO devices built using Xilinx flagship Spartan-6 FPGAs.
Increasing Complexity of Devices Under Test (DUTs) - Boom or Doom for the Test Engineer
June 27, 2011 7:06 am | News | CommentsFrost & Sullivan's Industry Director Jessy Cavazos and Industry Analyst Prathima Bommakanti, along with guest speaker Matthew Friedman, Senior Product Manager for Automated Test at National Instruments, have completed extensive analysis on the electronic test equipment market.
The benefits of Real-Time Test in Embedded System Design
October 21, 2010 5:31 am | by Richard McDonell, NI DEveloper Zone - www.zone.ni.com | Blogs | CommentsAs embedded devices become more ubiquitous and complex, embedded design and test engineers are facing significant challenges to streamline the design and test processes of embedded systems and devices.
My SolidWorks World Sessions - Day 3, 10:30am to 12:00pm
January 25, 2010 3:54 am | by Richard Doyle's Community Blog | Blogs | CommentsThe Wednesday general session is always "Sneak Preview" day at SolidWorks World, and you'll get a chance to see some of the functionality being considered for SolidWorks 2011. We'll also be handing out the SWUGN Awards, the Model Mania winners will be announced, and there's always a...
Software Supports Autonomous Ground Robotic System Development
January 15, 2010 6:56 am | Product Releases | CommentsNational Instruments announced LabVIEW Robotics 2009, a new version of its graphical system design software that provides a standard development platform for designing robotic and autonomous control systems.
The ECN Roundtable - Multicore Adoption
December 21, 2009 11:43 am | Articles | CommentsThis month's question, "What is the biggest challenge facing the adoption of multicore processors by the engineering community for more applications?" was answered by people from Texas Instruments, Freescale, The Mathworks, and National Instruments.
Driving a Car with an iPhone Part 2 - How To Waterloo Labs Episode 03
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine | Videos | CommentsA group of engineers from National Instruments, called Waterloo Labs, created an iPhone app that can drive a car and give a detailed explanation of how they designed and implemented our control system.
Driving a Car with an iPhone Part 1 - Overview Waterloo Labs Episode 03
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine | Videos | CommentsA group of engineers from National Instruments, called Waterloo Labs, created an iPhone app that can drive a car and turned an Oldsmobile Delta 88' into a remote control car in just a few weeks.
Practical Considerations for Wireless Sensor Networks and Mesh Networking
September 22, 2009 7:25 am | by Robert Jackson, Wireless and Energy Product Manager, National Instruments | Articles | CommentsIn Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore introduced the Technology Adoption Lifecycle. This curve highlights a chasm that exists between visionaries who are early adopters of technology and pragmatists who wait for proven technologies and products. For technologies to “cross the chasm” one key component are products with defined product specifications and system deployment guidelines.
Ethernet Adoption Encourages Open Protocols
August 30, 2007 5:49 am | by Robert Jackson, PAC and HMI product manager, National Instruments, and Alex McCarthy, instrument control senior product manager, National Instruments | Articles | CommentsEngineers and system designers can exchange information around the world using instant messaging, Web browsers, and e-mail protocols based on Ethernet. The impact on our daily jobs is part of a larger trend described in the book The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman. Friedman describes how broad Ethernet adoption, combined with open protocols and widely adopted platforms such as the World Wide Web, causes a dramatic shift in the global economy. In his words, the global economy is becoming “flat.” In addition to delivering data in the global economy, Ethernet is well suited for distributed test and industrial automation systems. New Ethernet standards have increased bandwidth from 10 Mb/s in 1983 to 1 Gb/s in 1998. It will take several years for the new 10GBASE-T standard (2006) to reach comparable price points with the currently deployed 1GBASE-T and 100BASE-T standards. With Ethernet, as well as PCI Express and USB, industrial automation and test systems can operate with higher performance at lower costs.
