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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced eight new relay cards that expand its NI SwitchBlock line of high-density switching solutions for PXI systems. The new cards offer additional simultaneous connections and new differential measurement capabilities for high-channel-count switching applications. Engineers can choose from the expanded selection of NI SwitchBlock cards to create a custom matrix of relays that meets their specific...

MANCHESTER, England, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- European Microwave Week -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced that it will demonstrate a complete PXI-based solution for RF power amplifier (PA) validation and production test at European Microwave Week (booth 517) in Manchester, England. The PXI solution exemplifies the NI commitment to meeting engineers' needs for fast, efficient and accurate test and measurement solutions. It also comes at a time when, according to Frost...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced two new additions to its popular NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) technology including a reconfigurable Camera Link frame grabber for demanding embedded vision applications and a motion module for the NI CompactRIO platform. The NI PCIe-1473R frame grabber is a PC-based embedded vision board that combines field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology with a Camera Link interface to help engineers...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced the Watchdog Agent Prognostics Toolkit for NI LabVIEW system design software, which expands the capabilities of LabVIEW in machine prognostics and health management (PHM) applications. The toolkit is a product of collaboration between NI and the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems at the University of Cincinnati. It is...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTEC Instruments today announced that Lockheed Martin and Textron Systems AAI Corp selected the ZT4628 oscilloscope and ZT8442 RF/IF digitizer respectively for the US Navy's electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) to test military aircraft on naval aircraft carriers and shore-based depots. Under the eCASS program, the Navy will replace approximately 600 ship- and land-based CASS systems with about 340 new eCASS units. ZTEC...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTEC Instruments (http://www.ztecinstruments.com), today announced the release of the ZT8651, a 6 GHz Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA) and Spectrum Analyzer for analog or digitally-modulated RF signal analysis. The ZT8651 provides enabling technology for testing the upcoming 802.11 ac standard. This new VSA provides the functionality of a one-box multi-protocol tester in a modular PXI/PXIe architecture. In addition to its 6 GHz RF input, the...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) expands the capabilities of its PXI platform for semiconductor characterization and production test with new per-pin parametric measurement unit (PPMU) modules and source measure unit (SMU) modules. The NI PXIe-6556 200 MHz high-speed digital I/O with PPMU, the NI PXIe-4140 and NI PXIe-4141 four-channel SMUs reduce the cost of capital equipment, decrease test times and increase mixed-signal flexibility for a...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NIWeek - During the 17th annual NIWeek graphical system design conference and exhibition, engineers from National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) discussed how NI products are accelerating engineering innovation. The conference included NI customers who demonstrated the dramatic productivity gains they achieved using the NI approach to graphical system design, which provides a reconfigurable hardware and software platform that accelerates the...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NIWeek - National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced that it is donating design tools to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help expand the use of NI software and hardware in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering via 10 mechatronics, robotics, manufacturing, control and design courses over the next five years. "We are very appreciative of the support from National Instruments. Use of state-of-the-art NI tools...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NIWeek - National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced a 14 GHz version of its NI PXIe-5665 high-performance RF vector signal analyzer (VSA), which delivers best-in-class dynamic range and accuracy in a cost-effective PXI form factor. The new VSA features industry-leading phase noise and dynamic range, regardless of form factor, including traditional rack-and-stack instruments. Because of its PXI platform, the VSA can deliver measurement...