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News Release from: National Instruments
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2006
Professional development conference for
test
National Instruments host NIDays 2006 at Savoy Place, the home of the IET
During October, National Instruments UK and Ireland hosted NIDays 2006, its annual professional development conference and exhibition for engineers and scientists, in association with the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology - Europe's largest professional engineering society), at Savoy Place, their prestigious central London headquarters Hundreds of engineers, scientists and industry experts from across the UK and Ireland - including representatives from AWE, Dyson, Motorola, Renishaw and Rutherford Appleton labouratory - gathered at this one-day, multi-track event to learn about the latest developments in graphical system design and virtual instrumentation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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During the conference, delegates networked and exchanged ideas on innovative approaches to technical challenges, studied future industry and technology trends for engineers and scientists designing test and control systems, and explored three core technology themes: software development technologies; data acquisition, instrumentation and test; and real-time control.
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During the keynote, Graphical System Design: Design, Prototype and Deploy in Today's World, delegates heard from experts on the hottest industry topics and saw the new Lego Mindstorms NXT - Powered by NI LabVIEW - in action.
They also enjoyed seeing an engineer beat up a marketing guy with a baseball bat and were treated to a competitive dance-off competition - all in the cause of graphical system design! A broad range of technical sessions included:.
* 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.
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* Methods for Benchmarking and Optimising Real-Time Applications.
* Implementing RF and Wireless Communications Applications with LabVIEW.
* Build a Complete Automated Test System from Scratch.
Delegates also: sat down informally with qualified consultants to discuss their application in 'Meet the Engineer' sessions; customised their conference experience through introductory, intermediate and advanced sessions; built application development expertise through hands-on workshops such as Introduction to LabVIEW and Introduction to Real-Time; discussed membership, training and professional development with IET personnel; visited the NIDays exhibition, where Technology and Alliance Partners, including Tektronix, Analog Devices, Amfax and Electronics Workbench, were showcased; and joined NI in celebrating the 30 years of National Instruments excellence and 20 years of LabVIEW innovation. Request free introductory details about products from National Instruments ...
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