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News Release from: National Instruments
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Annual conference set for Savoy Place
National Instruments will hold the UK leg of its annual NIDays conference in London on Tuesday 31st October 2006.
National Instruments UK and Ireland is hosting NIDays 2006, its popular, annual professional development conference for engineers, in association with the Institution of Engineering and Technology, at the home of the IET, Savoy Place, 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 multitrack 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 Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Conference delegates will also have the opportunity to learn about the latest NI software and hardware innovations - including LabView 8.20, PCI/PXI Express and the NI PXI-5152, a 2Gsample/s digitiser/oscilloscope.
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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: "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"; and "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 enginee"' 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.
Registration is free, but space is limited, so enrol early via the NI website to avoid disappointment. Request free introductory details about products from National Instruments ...
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