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	February 9, 2010 Vision Capabilities for NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO Advanced control, measurements and vision within a single system Ideal solution for autonomous and semi-autonomous robotics applications for obstacle avoidance, pattern recognition and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), where advanced control and vision functionality are required		January 25, 2010 Enhanced 6.6 GHz PXI Express RF Modular Instruments With new RF list mode and 300 microsecond tuning time, NI PXIe-5663E 6.6 GHz vector signal analyzer (VSA) and NI PXIe-5673E 6.6 GHz vector signal generator (VSG) improve automated test times for devices that use wireless standards including wireless local area network (WLAN), WiMAX and GSM/EDGE/WCDMA
	January 18, 2010 NI PXI-5695 Programmable 8 GHz RF Attenuator and NI PXI-5691 Programmable 8 GHz RF Amplifier Improve signal quality, noise floor and power control of vector signal analyzers and generators Two-channel programmable RF attenuator with one fixed attenuation path and one programmable attenuation path Two-channel programmable RF amplifier functions both as a pre-amplifier and power amplifier		January 12, 2010 Multisim 11 Simplify digital circuits teaching by exporting raw VHDL from a programmable logic device (PLD) schematic with Multisim 11 Academic Simulate better with SPICE parser improvements, updated BSIM models, support for advanced parameters and enhanced digital simulation accuracy with Multisim 11 Professional
	January 11, 2010 LabVIEW Robotics 2009 Extensive robotics library with connectivity to standard robotic sensors and actuators, foundational algorithms for intelligent operations and perception and motion functions for robots and autonomous vehicles Implement ideas faster with seamless deployment to real-time embedded and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware		December 15, 2009 NI Measurement Studio 2009 Dramatically reduces Visual Studio 6.0/2003/2005/2008 test and measurement application development time with integrated support for the latest PC technologies such as Windows 7 and 64-bit .NET applications Enhancements for faster data streaming rates and support for new data acquisition hardware, such as NI CompactDAQ, wireless, and X Series devices
	December 14, 2009 NI Measurement Suite for Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) Performs error vector magnitude (EVM), power and spectral measurements 3-5x faster than traditional instruments Enhanced flexibility with the same equipment for testing Mobile WiMAX devices to test hardware that complies with Fixed WiMAX, WLAN, GPS, and GSM/EDGE/WCDMA cellular standards		December 8, 2009 NI PXIe-PCIe 8375 MXI-Express Fiber-Optic Remote Controller PCI Express control of PXI Express/CompactPCI Express Compatible with NI rack-mount controllers and Dell and Hewlett-Packard computers Lightweight, flexible fiber-optic cabling up to 100 m with electrical isolation
	December 7, 2009 NI LabWindows™/CVI 2009 C Interface to LabVIEW FPGA for LabWindows/CVI host application communication with FPGA-based hardware, Microsoft Windows 7 and 64-bit operating systems Use Execution Profiler Toolkit to analyze and optimize run-time performance of application source code with graphical representation of time required to run every application stage		December 1, 2009 NI AudioMASTER 6.1 Comprehensive measurements using single and multiple tones, amplitude and frequency sweeps, and more Analog audio generation and acquisition at up to 204.8 kS/s with 24 bits of resolution Digital audio acquisition and generation for S/PDIF with up to 24-bit depths from 22 to 192 kHz
	November 25, 2009 ImagingLab Robotics Library for DENSO Build complete industrial robotics systems directly from LabVIEW Directly control movements and motion of DENSO robots Run preexisting routines on DENSO controllers		November 10, 2009 NI PXI Semiconductor Suite 10 new software-defined products include 4 high-speed digital I/O (HSDIO) instruments, 2 digital switches, 2 enhanced RF instruments, a high-precision source measure unit (SMU), and specialized digital vector file importing software Optimized for use with NI LabVIEW graphical system design software
	November 3, 2009 HIL Simulation Platform Expansions Nearly 40 new products for delivering flexible HIL solutions to embedded control system developers within a variety of industries Recent product releases include NI VeriStand software for real-time testing and simulation		October 27, 2009 NI VideoMASTER 3.0 Extended capabilities for HDMI testing of set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and LCD displays Perform more than 100 video measurements in less than four seconds PXI Express-based digital video analyzer for validation and production test of multimedia devices
	October 27, 2009 New Extended Temperature NI Single-Board RIO Devices Temperature range of -40 to 85°C meets demands of military and industrial OEM applications Onboard reconfigurable field-programmable gate array (FPGA), real-time processor and analog and digital I/O on a single-board computer (SBC)		October 26, 2009 LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 Included with all LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 kits Bluetooth support New robot models, new sensor technology, more customizable programming
	October 6, 2009 More Than 8,000 Drivers Available Through IDNet for Instrument Control Solutions for connecting NI LabVIEW to instruments using GPIB, USB, PXI, PCI, LXI, or Ethernet Industry’s largest source of instrument drivers and easy-to-use software optimized for instrument control, including NI LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI and Measurement Studio for Microsoft Visual Studio		October 5, 2009 NI cDAQ-9174 Four-Slot and cDAQ-9178 Eight-Slot NI CompactDAQ Chassis Added functionality: ability to take mixed-sensor measurements at different rates; two built-in, external BNC triggers; four advanced counters Smaller footprint of cDAQ-9174 saves space and can measure up to 128 channels in a 16 by 9 by 9 cm system
	September 29, 2009 NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 2009 Stand-alone configuration-based analysis and data logging with the NI Sound and Vibration Assistant Continuous frequency sweep algorithm for extra fast THD and FRF processing Sound quality algorithms for psychoacoustic measurement		September 15, 2009 PXI Interface Modules for AFDX, ARINC 429 and MIL-STD-1553 Avionics Standards Ideal for many military and aerospace design and test engineers working on advanced real-time and HIL avionics solutions Selection of AIM PXI modules includes single-, dual- and quad-channel MIL-STD-1553 interfaces; eight- and 32-channel ARINC 429 interfaces; and a dual-channel AFDX interface
	September 15, 2009 NI TestStand ATML Toolkit Adds support for ATML (Automatic Test Markup Language) TestDescription standard and improves support for ATML TestResults standard in NI TestStand Reduce development and maintenance time by expanding test system component interoperability and increasing test system documentation Free to customers with current Standard Service Program		August 31, 2009 NI-Industrial Communications for EtherCAT 1.1 NI 9144 expansion chassis with NI-Industrial Communications for EtherCAT adds deterministic Ethernet I/O to NI CompactRIO, NI PXI, or NI Industrial Controller Added LabVIEW 2009 support FPGA programming option
	August 24, 2009 NI-XNET CAN and FlexRay Embedded Network Interfaces 14 new high-performance PCI- and PXI-based interfaces for FlexRay and CAN New, universal API for rapid application development Designed for demanding applications, such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and end-of-line test		August 18, 2009 NI LabVIEW DataFinder Toolkit Enhances LabVIEW by adding Internet-like search functionality to index, store properties of time-based measurement files Can be combined with NI DataFinder Server Edition to extend search technology to servers for data sharing/analysis within large groups or departments
	August 17, 2009 NI VeriStand Ready-to-use software environment for configuring real-time testing applications, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test systems Configure real-time IO, stimulus profiles, data logging, alarming, and other tasks		August 6, 2009 NI PXIe-1073 PXI Express Chassis and NI PXIe-8102/01 Embedded Controllers NI PXIe-1073 chassis features integrated remote controller, lowers system entry point to PXI Express by 42 percent compared to previous PXI Express systems with similar capabilities NI PXIe-8102/01 embedded controllers address needs of test engineers who require a high-value PXI Express solution that couples the PC and chassis in a self-contained system
	August 5, 2009 LabVIEW NI Soft Motion and C Series Modules for Motion LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module simplifies the development of advanced single- and multi-axis motion applications New NI C Series modules expand connectivity of NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) platform to hundreds of servo and stepper drives from NI and third-party vendors		August 4, 2009 NI Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Platform NI WSN-9791 Ethernet Gateway features 2.4 GHz, IEEE 802.15.4 radio to communicate with NI WSN measurement nodes NI WSN measurement nodes have 4 analog input channels, battery-powered by 4 AA alkaline cells for up to three-year battery life NI-WSN software provides seamless LabVIEW integration for quick and easy measurement data extraction from the WSN
	August 4, 2009 16 X Series Data Acquisition Devices for PCI Express and PXI Express Up to 32 analog inputs, Up to 2 MS/s, 16-bit resolution, ±10 V Up to 4 analog outputs, Up to 3.33 MS/s, 16-bit resolution, ±10 V Up to 48 digital I/O lines and 4 onboard counters with NI-STC3 timing and synchronization technology		August 3, 2009 NI LabVIEW 2009 Drag and drop graphical code as images to create working block diagrams with the VI Snippets tool Improve performance through automatic multithreading of for loops Take advantage of 11 new 3D graphs for visualizing data