Company Profile:
National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 10 percent of revenue.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,300 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past eight years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.
Latest National Instruments Products
NI FPGA-based vision system design platform
November 02 2011 - National Instruments has introduced a reconfigurable camera link frame grabber for embedded vision applications and a motion module for the CompactRIO FPGA-based development platform... more
NI CompactDAQ chassis has wireless interface
August 05 2011 - Signal streaming technology make it possible to achieve sustained high-speed and bidirectional data streams over USB, Ethernet and wireless buses... more
NI shows high accuracy PXI timing module
May 27 2011 - National Instruments says its PXIe-6674T timing module is its highest performance timing and synchronisation module and the NI PXIe-PCIe8388 controller is the company’s first 8Gbyte/s/direction remote controller... more
National Instruments adds cards to wireless sensor network
March 21 2011 - National Instruments has added two cards to its wireless sensor network platform. The new 9792 is a programmable gateway that can communicate with other measurement nodes as well as other hardware through open communication standards. ... more
NI has FlexRIO modules for medical apps
November 24 2010 - National Instruments has introduced four adapter modules for its NI FlexRIO product family, which provides FPGA-based reconfigurable I/O (RIO) for PXI systems, using the LabVIEW FPGA Module software... more
NI has expandable PXI carrier for relays
September 28 2010 - National Instruments has introduced the SwitchBlock for PXI, which is an expandable carrier that occupies four PXI slots and accommodates up to six relay cards... more
NI offers camera adaptor module for FlexRIO
June 09 2010 - National Instruments has introduced a PXI-based vision module which can be used for the development of a hardware system for timing, control and image pre-processing... more
NI adds USB-based temperature DAQ device
March 24 2010 - National Instruments has announced the NI USB-TC01, a USB data acquisition (DAQ) device that measures and records temperature data from a thermocouple... more
NI PXI interface modules are ARINC 429
September 24 2009 - National Instruments is offering PXI interface modules for MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and AFDX military and aerospace avionics applications... more
National Instruments TestStand ATML Toolkit
September 16 2009 - National Instruments has announced the NI TestStand ATML Toolkit. NI says it will help engineers reduce development and maintenance time by expanding test system component interoperability and increasing test system documentation. ... more
NI has prototype tools for CAN and FlexRay designs
August 26 2009 - National Instruments has announced NI-XNET CAN and FlexRay embedded network interfaces for prototyping automotive designs... more
NI data acquisition device has 250Mbyte/s PCIe bandwidth
August 04 2009 - National Instruments has announced its X series multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for PCI Express and PXI Express... more
NI programmable PCIe boards have 96 digital I/O
July 22 2009 - National Instruments has announced four new R Series multifunction FPGA-based RIO boards for PCI Express... more
NI PXIe-6544/45 selectable-voltage digital waveform generator, analyser
July 14 2009 - National Instruments is offering 'off-the-shelf' analysis tools for data intensive application such a high definition video systems. ... more
NI adds thermocouple measurement to C series
July 03 2009 - Using the NI 9213, engineers can create a compact, modular data acquisition system to collect data from up to 16 independent thermocouples. Sampling rate is 75sample/s per channel... more
National Instruments Instrument Driver Network (IDNet)
May 18 2009 - National Instruments has said that its Instrument Driver Network (IDNet) of instrument drivers and control software includes more than 7,500 instrument drivers for instruments from more than 275 vendors.... more
National Instruments expands Wi-Fi and Ethernet DAQ product family
April 21 2009 - NI has added six new modules for remote monitoring and control and new enclosures to protect against harsh environments.... more
National Instruments Elvis II+ platform design and prototyping platform
April 16 2009 - National Instruments' NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI Elvis) II+ design and prototyping platform is a single, integrated system that is ideal for the lab or classroom because it connects theory to real-world applications. ... more
National Instruments NI AudioMaster 6.0 expands digital audio test capabilities
April 09 2009 - National Instruments has expanded the digital audio test capabilities with version 6.0 of NI AudioMaster, a test system for analogue and digital audio validation and production test. ... more
National Instruments NI 31xx industrial controller
April 08 2009 - National Instruments NI 31xx industrial controller with Intel Core Duo Processor.... more
National Instruments cRIO-9951 module development kit
April 03 2009 - National Instruments' new version of CompactRIO module development kit simplifies custom module design.... more
National Instruments WLan Measurement Suite
March 27 2009 - National Instruments wireless local area network (WLan) test system can generate and analyse RF signal measurements four times faster than other modular instrumentation systems... more
NI Multisim and NI Ultiboard printed resources expanded
March 19 2009 - National Instruments has added enhancements to the NI Multisim and NI Ultiboard printed circuit board (PCB) design experience, including the release of the Multisim and Ultiboard 10.1.1 software packages.... more
NI prototyping hardware suite
March 13 2009 - National Instruments has announced a suite of prototyping hardware that makes it possible for engineers and scientists to prototype industrial and embedded projects faster, reduce time to market and lower development costs.... more
National Instruments Labview toolkits automate software testing
February 20 2009 - NI LabView Toolkits automate software testing to ensure high-quality, reliable software.... more
NI LabWindows/CVI 9.0
December 12 2008 - National Instruments addresses challenge of memory management in C programming with NI LabWindows/CVI 9.0.... more
National Instruments Measurement Studio 8.6
December 11 2008 - National Instruments Measurement Studio 8.6 offers complete support for Visual Studio 2008.... more
National Instruments adds three digitisers/PC-based oscilloscopes
November 04 2008 - National Instruments has added the 500MHz NI PXI-5153 and NI PCI-5153 and the 1GHz NI PCI-5154 modules to its digitiser product line.... more
National Instruments 9144 8-slot deterministic Ethernet chassis
October 17 2008 - NI announces high-performance, deterministic Ethernet hardware for LabVIEW.... more
National Instruments USB-GPIB-HS Controller for Macs
October 14 2008 - National Instruments Mac-compatible USB-GPIB controller as well as a low-profile PCI Express GPIB controller. ... more
NI LabVIEW 8.6
August 06 2008 - National Instruments has built on the inherent parallel nature of graphical programming with the latest version of its LabVIEW graphical system design platform for control, test and embedded system development.... more
National Instruments GPS toolkit for LabVIEW
June 26 2008 - National Instruments has announced a GPS toolkit for LabVIEW which expands the RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation.... more
NI Dual Gigabit Ethernet Interface for PXI Express
June 24 2008 - National Instruments has announced its first high-performance dual gigabit Ethernet interface for PXI Express. The NI 8234 module offers 2 gigabit Ethernet ports with up to 1000 Mbyte/s transfer speeds per port for high-performance machine vision and dedicated Lan/LXI instrument control networks. ... more
NI high-performance compact fieldpoint controllers
June 11 2008 - National Instruments announces three new Compact FieldPoint controllers: the NI cFP-2220, cFP-2210 and cFP-2200 controllers include a 400 MHz PowerPC processor and Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system.... more
National Instruments ELVIS II design and prototyping platform
May 23 2008 - National Instruments introduces new version of prototyping platform for interactive, hands-on learning - ELVIS II, which is based on NI LabVIEW.... more
National Instruments launches user interface toolkit
May 19 2008 - National Instruments has introduced a graphical differencing and user interface toolkit that will be used to identify differences between models built using Simulink software from The MathWorks.... more
NI offers Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit
May 09 2008 - National Instruments has announced the NI Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit, a software solution that helps engineers and scientists identify differences between models built using The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink software.... more
NI announces its fastest bus-powered multifunction DAQ devices
May 08 2008 - 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.... more
National Instruments embedded controllers, PXI-8104 and PXI-8183
May 07 2008 - National Instruments has announced two embedded controllers, the PXI-8104 and PXI-8183, for test, measurement and control applications. ... more
National Instruments C Series modules for data-logging apps
April 08 2008 - National Instruments adds four C Series modules for data-logging applications including vibration/acoustical data logging and in-vehicle, structural, temperature and pressure testing.... more
National Instruments introduces Sound and Vibration Tools
January 10 2008 - National Instruments has announced the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite Version 6.0 and the newest 16-channel data acquisition module for sound and vibration, the NI PXI-4495.... more
NI LabWindows/CVI 8.5 development environment for embedded apps
December 06 2007 - LabWindows/CVI 8.5 provides flexible multicore programming for ANSI C development, claims National Instruments... more
National Instruments adds timing tools to range
October 31 2007 - National Instruments has added timing tools including its first PXI Express timing and synchronisation controller and a PXI module that synchronises PXI systems over GPS, Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) and IEEE 1588.... more
NI system timing tools - PXIe-6672 and PXI-6682
October 16 2007 - NI PXIe-6672 system timing controller offers synchronisation of multiple PXI Systems, NI PXI-6682 module features an integrated GPS receiver... more
National Instruments expands LabVIEW design platform
October 11 2007 - National Instruments has extended its LabVIEW 8.5 graphical system design platform to new embedded targets with the release of a module for ADI Blackfin processors 2.5 and the LabVIEW microprocessor software development kit 2.5.... more
National Instruments USB data acquisition devices
September 26 2007 - National Instruments has announced the industry's first 80-channel USB data acquisition devices, new BNC USB M Series devices and a new USB-9237 C Series module.... more
National Instruments Vision Development Module 8.5
September 05 2007 - NI Module offers new edge-detection algorithms and added support for popular machine vision applications... more
National Instruments 6½ digit multimeter
July 23 2007 - National Instruments has added a 6½-digit multimeter for PXI as a low-cost entry point for data-logging measurement. ... more
National offers ADC with 6Gsample/s interleaved sample rate
June 05 2006 - An 8-bit analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) family from National Semiconductor makes its claim for top sampling speed, delivering 6Gsample/s data capture at 3.6W ... more
National Instruments puts measurement on USB 2.0
May 02 2006 - National Instruments has introduced a USB 2.0 based data acquisition system which it claims will simplify sensor and electrical measurements from the benchtop and on the production line ... more
National Instruments adds PCI Express throughput to test
April 27 2006 - National Instruments is offering PXI chassis and controllers based on PCI Express signalling, which deliver up to 1Gbyte/s per-slot dedicated bandwidth... more
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