Condition monitoring webcasts announced (17th November 2011)

National Instruments UK & Ireland has announced a series of webcasts to provide tips and techniques for engineers and scientists involved in condition monitoring and predictive maintenance systems.

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  New smart cameras (1st November 2011)

Introducing seven new models, including colour and high-resolution options, National Instruments is expanding its NI Smart Camera family of products. The new NI 177x Smart Cameras feature a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor

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  New sound and vibration suite (1st November 2011)

National Instruments has announced the latest version of its NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite software, which provides a comprehensive collection of analysis and signal processing tools for noise, vibration and

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  Cut the wires, cut the costs (1st July 2011)

A wireless monitoring system can offer benefits over traditional systems, including reduced installation costs and installation time and the ability to solve new application problems.Rhys Bowley, applications engineer at N

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  Date for the diary (1st July 2011)

National Instruments UK & Ireland has announced that NIDays 2011, its annual professional development conference for engineers, scientists and educators, will this year be held at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centr

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  Latest software support (1st January 2011)

National Instruments has announced Measurement Studio 2010 with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET. The new version of the software fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 and provides tools de

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  Faster code execution (1st September 2010)

National Instruments has introduced LabVIEW 2010, the latest version of its graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications. LabVIEW 2010 offers time savings with new features su

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Summer of LabVIEW (1st July 2010)

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  Battle support (1st July 2010)

When staging battles between the most feared warriors in history, the hit Spike TV show, 'Deadliest Warrior,' uses National Instruments software and hardware to help determine the winner. The show, whose engineers have

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  Module for vision (1st July 2010)

National Instruments' has released a vision module for the PXI platform that provides a high-performance parallel processing architecture for hardware-defined timing, control and image pre-processing.

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  Vision added (1st March 2010)

National Instruments has added machine vision capabilities to NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO hardware devices that provide engineers with an integrated measurement and control platform for industrial and embed

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Catch up on NIDays09 (21st December 2009)

See what you missed at NIDays09: view webcasts and download presentations...

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Why Lord Kelvin would have loved LabVIEW (29th November 2009)

LabVIEW has the ability to measure and improve enginering tasks.Graham Green, technical marketing engineer, National Instruments UK explains...

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Sound and vibration measurement suite (1st November 2009)

National Instruments has introduced the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 2009, a collection of analysis and signal processing tools for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), machine condition monitoring and audi

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How can I use LabVIEW for measuring and controlling industrial systems? (9th July 2009)

Explore the top 10 reasons to use LabVIEW for industrial measurement and control...

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Improve productivity with technical resources for industrial measurement and control from NI (4th May 2009)

To increase productivity, you must be able to effectively integrate electronics into your machines and plants...

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  Train on-line (1st May 2009)

National Instruments has expanded its live instructor-led online training to provide more product training courses in more locations, giving more engineers the opportunity to participate in interactive, instructor- led

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  Data acquisition (1st March 2009)

National Instruments will showcase its product innovations in virtual instrumentation through modular hardware, powerful software, and advanced COTS (custom off-theshelf Systems) platforms.

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  Development time reduced (1st March 2009)

"Because the development time for new products has been considerably reduced,we no longer need to send prototypes to European test institutes, which has reduced our development costs," comment Paul McEntee and Boris Bauer -

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Measure it, fix it with graphical system design (27th February 2009)

National Instruments graphical system design platform is able to help to design, develop and deploy more efficient and environmentally friendly products, technologies and processes...

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  Machine vision: A view of trends (1st January 2009)

Machine vision has become a mainstream technology, with the majority of applications moving out of the realm of the specialist and into the domain of the production or process engineer.Mike Bailey, systems engineer for Vis

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  Platform to show the latest PACs (1st January 2009)

National Instruments will be showing recent innovations in programmable automation controllers (PACs), PCbased industrial data acquisition and distributed I/O.

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  Easier programming (1st January 2009)

National Instruments' low-cost NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) offers engineers and machine builders a solution for advanced control and monitoring applications.

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  High speed, jitter-free communication (1st November 2008)

National Instruments has introduced a high-performance 8-slot chassis that delivers deterministic expansion I/O to the NI LabView graphical development platform.

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National Instruments expands C series family for high-performance data logging (29th April 2008)

National Instruments recently announced four new C Series modules for data-logging applications, including vibration/acoustical, in-vehicle, structural, temperature and pressure data logging...

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  Joining up to improve interoperability (1st March 2008)

National Instruments has joined The Multicore Association, a global non-profit organisation that focuses on developing standards that help shorten time-to-market for products that involve multicore implementations.

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  CompactRIO systems (1st January 2008)

National Instruments has released the new NI cRIO-9072 and cRIO- 9074 CompactRIO systems that give engineers and machine builders a solution for rapidly deploying industrial machines at high volume.

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  Virtual instrumentation on show (1st January 2008)

National Instruments' measurement and automation hardware and software products are designed to work seamlessly together to meet the application requirements of engineers and scientists, irrespective of industry sector.

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Machine condition monitoring technical library from National Instruments (7th December 2007)

Machine condition monitoring can help your organisation stop unscheduled outages, optimise machine performance and reduce repair time and maintenance costs...

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  Industrial machine control and measurement (1st September 2007)

At NIWeek 2007, National Instruments announced LabVIEW 8.5, which now brings the power of multicore, real-time processors to engineers and scientists

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Join the National Instruments LabVIEW Roadshow 2007 (20th August 2007)

Test-drive NI LabVIEW during hands-on sessions at 7 locations in UK & Ireland

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Machine condition monitoring and predictive maintenance webcast series (25th June 2007)

Learn how to design your ideal machine condition monitoring system, with the help of National Instruments...

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  USB finds its place on the factory floor (1st May 2007)

Technologies that are popular in the PC industry usually end up making their way to the factory floor.

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Latest catalogue (21st February 2007)

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Latest catalogue (25th January 2007)

The measurement and automation catalogue for 2007 from National Instruments is out now...

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Latest catalogue available (25th January 2007)

The measurement and automation catalogue for 2007 from National Instruments is out now...

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  Simplifies design programming (1st January 2007)

National Instruments and QNX Software Systems have teamed up to extend the LabVIEW graphical dataflow environment to the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system.

Engineers can now use the NI LabVIEW Embedded Development Modu

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  Hundreds attend 2006 NIday (1st January 2007)

National Instruments reports that its 2006 NIday, its annual professional development conference and exhibition for engineers and scientists association with the IET, was a success when it took place in October last year.

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LabVIEW Real-Time and FPGA Resource Kit (22nd November 2006)

Download the NI LabVIEW Real-Time and FPGA Resource Kit to learn how National Instruments LabVIEW can quickly create deterministic control applications with hard real-time performance and reliability for mission-critical applications.

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National Instruments New Products Brochure Volume 2 2006 (23rd October 2006)

The latest edition of the NI New Products Brochure features the latest releases from NI. Download or order your free copy today by visiting ni.com/uk and following the link in the Resources box on the right hand of the page.

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  Grand designs (1st September 2006)

The 20th anniversary edition of Labview, the enhanced Labview 8.20, marks a new era for the programme, reports Georgina Bisby.

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NEW LabVIEW 8.20 20th Anniversary Edition: Easy. Powerful. Open. (23rd August 2006)

For 20 years, engineers and scientists worldwide have relied on LabVIEW graphical development throughout the product design cycle, gaining improved quality, shorter time-to-market, and greater engineering and manufacturing efficiency. Now there's a new version. Read on and take a guided tour.

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Simple, complete USB data acquisition (23rd May 2006)

National Instruments sums up its new NI CompactDAQ in a handful of words: Simple. Complete. USB Data Acquisition.

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  Modular data acquisition (1st May 2006)

National Instruments announced a new USB-based modular data acquisition system - NI CompactDAQ - a new platform ideal for sensor and electrical measurements on the benchtop, in the field and on the production line.

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FREE LabVIEW and data acquisition hands-on technical seminar tour (27th April 2006)

Learn how National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development platform enables you to rapidly and easily develop powerful measurement and automation applications for test, control and design. Learn how to take advantage of high performance and low cos

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  Simplifies test data mining management (1st March 2006)

National Instruments believes the introduction of its NI DIAdem 10.0 software for inspecting, analysing and reporting test data will change the way engineers manage and mine test data.

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  Data acquisition device (1st January 2006)

National Instruments has introduced seven new R Series devices and five CompactRIO modules for embedded digital signal processing and high-speed control.

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Predictive maintenance weekly web seminars (1st January 2006)

Reliability and maintenance professionals looking to improve the consistency and cost-effectiveness of their maintenance programs can learn more about intelligent predictive maintenance strategies through a series of free web events hosted by Nationa

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New HMIs for LabVIEW (1st December 2005)

Engineers and scientists can now use National Instruments new flat-panel touch-screen, touch-panel computer and panel PC human machine interfaces (HMIs) with the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment to develop user interfaces.

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  New board (1st November 2005)

Engineers building machine vision systems now can trigger and synchronise multiple IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cameras without needing additional digital I/O or custom circuitry using the new National Instruments PCI-8254R image acquisition board. The board

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  Easy-to-use (1st September 2005)

New from National Instruments, the NI LabVIEW advanced signal processing toolkit version 7.5 is a suite of easy-to-use, palette-based tools, example programs and utilities that extends the LabVIEW graphical development environment with cutting edge m

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Enjoy the superior LabVIEW (1st September 2005)

After four years of engineering effort from 200 developers and 300 beta testing customers, National Instruments has launched LabVIEW 8.

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  Virtual reality (1st March 2005)

Low-Cost and Portable Data Acquisition: Virtual Instruments on the Factory Floor by Ian Bell, National Instruments

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  LabView helps save costs (1st March 2005)

Boeing has selected a National Instruments’ LabView and PXI-based solution for acquisition of vehicle launch environments on its midcourse defence system vehicle flight test program.

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  IMAGES AT HIGH SPEEDS (1st January 2005)

National Instruments has introduced what it says is industry’s first PCI Express-based image acquisition board for highthroughput vision applications.

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  STREAMLINED CATALOGUE (1st January 2005)

Described as a leading resource for engineers and scientists seeking innovative virtual instrumentation software and hardware, The Measurement and Automation Catalog 2005 is available from National Instruments.

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  Motion controllers (1st September 2004)

Factory automation engineers and machine builders can now choose from four National Instruments’ high-performance motion controller boards for PCI-based integrated motion data acquisition applications.

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  FASTER WORK (1st July 2004)

National Instruments says engineers can execute more sophisticated image processing applications that require fast frame ranges and complex algorithms with the latest version in its Compact Vision System series.

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  Simplified development (1st May 2004)

A point one (.1) software release is usually not the stuff of great trumpeting. However, National Instruments new LabVIEW 7.1 Express bucks this trend and offers a significant upgrade to the family of LabVIEW graphical development products

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  Free CD (1st May 2004)

A National Instruments Measurement and Control Designer 2004 CD enables users to quickly select the best software and hardware for their test, measurement and industrial control applications, saving time and resources. It interfaces with an online ad

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  Two tool kits (1st March 2004)

National Instruments new Modulation Toolkit 2.0 and Spectral Measurements Toolkit 2.0 provide engineers with tools to perform spectrum analysis, analogue modulation and digital modulation. The kits complement the companys RF signal analyser hardware

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  Training day (1st January 2004)

Ian Clay, IP&Es editor attended National Instruments seminar covering Computer-Based Measurement and Automation

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  Tri-annual show piece (1st January 2004)

Now a fixture in the European trade show calendar IMHX 2004 promises to be a successful event.

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  18-slot chassis (1st January 2004)

A new software-configurable 18-slot PXI chassis from National Instruments enables engineers to programmatically configure precise timing and synchronisation signals between modular instruments. With configuration and driver software such as NI Measur

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HIGH SPEED LINK (1st November 2003)

Industrial process engineers can now extend plant-wide control applications to include Ethernet capabilities with the new National Instruments FBUS-HSE/H1 Fieldbus high speed Ethernet (HS) linking device. Using the linking device, engineers can fully

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