Over the past 30 years, National Instruments has pioneered the concept of virtual instrumentation; the idea of combining open, intuitive graphical programming software with powerful modular hardware to give unparalleled flexibility in the design and implementation of user-defined systems. Additionally, as virtual instrumentation defines the software as the instrument, the performance of applications can improve by simply harnessing the ever increasing power of the desktop PC. By adopting this approach, customers at more than 25,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity and dramatically reduce time-to-market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.
Graphical System Design
The NI approach of integrating intuitive graphical programming and off the shelf modular hardware continues to be adopted into more industries and ever more diverse application areas. As those applications start to focus on the development of new systems and products, scientists and engineers require a set of tools to rapidly develop innovative products that offer increased functionality and operate flawlessly. The National Instruments graphical system design approach for test, control and embedded design meets this need by providing a unified platform for designing, prototyping and deploying applications. From algorithm design on the desktop, prototyping with the latest custom off the shelf hardware, to final volume deployment, graphical system design provides a seamless transition throughout the whole system development cycle, unparalleled by other approaches.
Intuitive, Powerful Software
For more than 20 years, NI LabVIEW, the graphical programming tool at the core of graphical system design, has revolutionised the development of test, measurement and control applications. Regardless of experience, engineers and scientists can rapidly and cost-effectively interface with measurement and control hardware, analyse data, share results and distribute systems.
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Flexible Data Acquisition
In virtual instrumentation applications and graphical system development, engineers require a diverse and flexible range of I/O options to create truly customised solutions. With more than 50 million I/O channels sold in the last 10 years, National Instruments is the global market leader in PC-based data acquisition (DAQ) with a complete family of DAQ products for desktop, portable, industrial and embedded applications. Choose from a variety of major buses and form factors, including USB, PCI, PCI Express, PXI, PXI Express, wireless and Ethernet. By using the same easy-to-use driver software, engineers can easily reuse existing solutions when transitioning between buses and hardware platforms. The driver is also available for many different operating systems includingWindows, Linux OS, Mac OS X and Real-Time OSs, providing the ultimate in flexibility.
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Automated Test
Build next-generation test systems with increased throughput and flexibility in less time.
For more than 30 years, National Instruments has helped companies worldwide build more cost-effective automated test systems. While continuing to serve as today’s leading authority in instrument control, NI is now driving innovation in test system design with virtual instrumentation. Reduce your costs by investing in a platform that combines open PC technologies and modular instrumentation with industry-leading test system software.
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Industrial Measurement and Control
Explore sophisticated, reliable technologies for control and automation.
When it comes to designing newmachines or optimising existing plants, remaining competitive in the industrial automation market is a challenging task. To increase productivity, youmust be able to effectively integrate electronics into yourmachines and plants with high-speed control, precision motion, analogue measurements and human machine interfaces (HMIs).
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Embedded System Design
Graphically design embedded systems faster with off-the-shelf or custom hardware and software.
Whether designing autonomous vehicles, medical devices, industrial machines, semiconductor machines, consumer electronics or other custom devices, you can take advantage of the NI embedded platform to reduce the cost of your embedded design.
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