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News Release from: National Instruments
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Virtual instrumentation conference set
up for UK
Hundreds of UK and Irish engineers, scientists and industry experts will gather at a free, one-day multi-track conference to learn how to lower cost through virtual instrumentation.
National Instruments UK and Ireland is hosting NIDays 2006, its popular, annual professional development conference for engineers, in association with the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), at the home of the IET, Savoy Place, London, on Tuesday 31st October 2006 Hundreds of engineers, scientists and industry experts from across the UK and Ireland will gather at this free, one-day multi-track event to learn how the latest developments in computer-based measurement and automation increase productivity and lower cost through virtual instrumentation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Additionally, delegates will get to see the new LEGO Mindstorms NXT - Powered by NI LabVIEW, and will hear from experts on the hottest industry topics during the keynote presentation, entitled Graphical System Design: Virtual Instrumentation Evolved, and technical sessions, including the following.
* What's New in LabVIEW 8.20? * Machine Monitoring for the Masses: What Your Equipment Wants to Tell You.
* Evaluating PCI Express and Multicore Processor Technology for Test and Measurement.
* Head-to-Head Instrument Control Bus Comparison: GPIB, PCI, PCI Express,USB and Ethernet/LAN.
* Effective Signal Processing Algorithm Implementation with LabVIEW and MathScript.
* New USB Data Acquisition: As Easy as it is Powerful.
* Introduction to using LabVIEW for Control Design and Simulation.
* Tips and Tricks to Improve LabVIEW Performance.
* Designing Custom Hardware with LabVIEW FPGA.
* Methods for Benchmarking and Optimising Real-Time Applications.
* Electronics Workbench - Improve Design Productivity with Multisim Simulation and LabVIEW Measurements.
* Implementing RF and Wireless Communications Applications with LabVIEW.
* Build a Complete Automated Test System from Scratch.
* NI LabVIEW Embedded System Design for ADI Blackfin and Other Embedded Hardware.
Delegates can also: sit down informally with a qualified consultant to discuss their application in 'Meet the Engineer' sessions; customise their conference experience through introductory, intermediate and advanced sessions; build application development expertise through hands-on sessions such as Introduction to LabVIEW and Introduction to Real-Time; discuss membership, training and professional development with IET personnel; visit the NIDays exhibition, where Technology and Alliance Partners, including Tektronix, Analog Devices, Amfax and Electronics Workbench, will be showcased; and join NI in celebrating the 30 years of National Instruments excellence and 20 years of LabVIEW innovation.
* How to register - registration is free, but space is limited, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment.
Register through the NI Web site at ni.com/uk/nidays .
Alternatively, call 01635 523545 or send an e-mail to events.uk@ni.com * About National Instruments - for 30 years, National Instruments has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation.
Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PCI, PXI Express, PCI Express, USB and Ethernet.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, NI has more than 4,000 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries.
For the past seven 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 ...
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