Product category:
People in Manufacturing
News Release from: National Instruments
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 September 2003
Magazine honours C and I innovator
InTech magazine has named National Instruments President and CEO Dr.James Truchard one of the 50 most influential people in the instrument and control industry.
InTech magazine, the official magazine of ISA, The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society, named National Instruments President and CEO Dr.James Truchard one of the 50 most influential people in the instrument and control industry Named among innovators such as Bill Gates and the Wright brothers, Truchard was recognised for pioneering the concept of virtual instrumentation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Wi-Fi, Ethernet data devices are easy to use
National Instruments has introduced 10 Wi-Fi and Ethernet data acquisition devices with built-in signal conditioning that offer easy-to-use, high performance remote measurements.
1GHz bandwidth digitiser is PC-based
National Instruments' PXI-5154 digitiser/PC-based oscilloscope is said to be ideal for acquisition and characterisation of fast, nanosecond-edge speeds in automated test applications.
"In an industry traditionally known for its slow adoption of new technologies, Truchard has given a whole new look and feel to the way engineers approach measurement and automation through virtual instrumentation software and hardware," said Gregory Hale, editor at InTech .
"Truchard helped pioneer the idea that software can safely control a process." Truchard and NI Business and Technology Fellow Jeff Kodosky invented LabVIEW, intuitive graphical development software that offered for the first time an easy way to acquire data, control instruments and analyse and present data from a personal computer without sacrificing performance or functionality.
LabVIEW spurred the widespread adoption of virtual instrumentation, and by expanding to real-time, FPGA and rugged distributed I/O targets, it continues to push virtual instrumentation into new industries and application areas, including control design and embedded control.
Further reading
Test data management and visualisation expanded
National Instruments has released the latest version of its interactive DIAdem 11.0 software for managing, analysing and reporting test data.
Dual gigabit Ethernet interface suits PXI Express
Said by national Instruments to be ideal for high performance machine vision a dual Gigabit Ethernet interface also controls dedicated LAN and LXI instruments.
USB data acquisition devices sample at 625kS/s
USB data acquisition (DAQ) devices with 18-bit analogue input accuracy at sampling rates up to 625kS/s offer enhanced analogue output channels with programmable range and offset settings.
Today, engineers and scientists use virtual instrumentation in nearly every area of measurement and automation, resulting in shorter development times, higher quality products and lower costs.
"At National Instruments, we remain dedicated to improving the productivity of our customers by continually extending our vision for LabVIEW and virtual instrumentation into all phases of the design cycle, from research to design to the most demanding manufacturing environments," Truchard said.
To compile their list of 50 most influential industry innovators, InTech's editors asked more than 80 instrumentation and control experts for their opinions on the top innovators credited with advancing automation, instrumentation and control technologies.
Armed with these expert opinions, InTech editors paired down the list and made the final decision.
About National Instruments - National Instruments is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists approach measurement and automation.
Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for customers worldwide through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition , instrument control and machine vision.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,000 employees and direct operations in 40 countries.
In 2002, the company sold products to more than 25,000 different companies in more than 80 countries around the world.
For the past four consecutive years, 'Fortune' magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Request free introductory details about products from National Instruments ...
• National Instruments: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Manufacturingtalk email newsletter
• Manufacturingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
