NI ELVIS Now Offers USB Plug-and-Play Connectivity; LabVIEW 8 Express VIs Added to Teaching Platform for Point-and-Click Instrument Configuration.AUSTIN, Texas -- NI ELVIS, a premier design and prototyping teaching suite from National Instruments National Instruments, or NI (NASDAQ: NATI), is an American company with over 4,000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries founded in 1976 by Dr. James Truchard, Bill Nowlin and Jeff Kodosky. (Nasdaq:NATI NATI National Association of Teen Institutes NATI Newfoundland Association of Technical Industries ), now offers USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. plug-and-play connectivity and LabVIEW Express VIs for point-and-click configuration. With the incorporation of USB M Series data acquisition devices into the NI ELVIS product offering, educators will have the plug-and-play simplicity of USB, as well as tight integration with National Instruments LabVIEW, NI SignalExpress and Electronics Workbench Electronics Workbench is an electronic circuit simulator, and was also a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that first produced the software. The company was originally founded as Interactive Image Technologies Multisim 9 and MultiMCU, to teach science and engineering concepts in multiple disciplines. NI ELVIS (Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Virtual Instrumentation is the use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments. Suite) integrates theory and simulation with a low-cost, hands-on design and prototyping platform based on the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment. The teaching platform incorporates 12 different integrated instruments, reducing the cost of lab equipment while reinforcing theory through hands-on learning. In this single platform, students have access to instruments such as an oscilloscope oscilloscope (əsĭl`əskōp'), electronic device used to produce visual displays corresponding to electrical signals. Displays of such nonelectrical phenomena as the variations of a sound's intensity can be made if the phenomena are , digital multimeter (electronics) Digital Multimeter - (DMM) A peice of test equipment used for measuring voltage, current, resistance, and possibly other electircal quantities and displaying the value in number form. , function generator A function generator is a piece of electronic test equipment or software used to generate electrical waveforms. These waveforms can be either repetitive, or single-shot (once only) in which case some kind of triggering source is required (internal or external). , power supply and bode analyzer, and each comes equipped with Express VIs for point-and-click configuration. The new USB plug-and-play connectivity of NI ELVIS simplifies lab setup and maintenance. Students now can use their personal laptops to test and prototype their applications and take advantage of USB M Series data acquisition devices to perform data acquisition. Additionally, NI ELVIS is more rugged than previous designs, a change made in response to user feedback. LabVIEW 8 and the latest enhancements included in the NI ELVIS 3.0 software integrate seamlessly with Electronics Workbench Multisim 9 and MultiMCU, a widely recognized schematic capture and SPICE simulation tool, giving students a complete circuit simulation, design and prototyping experience. With the new technology of NI ELVIS 3.0, students also can simulate multicontrollers (MCUs) and obtain measurements quickly using NI SignalExpress interactive measurement software. Professors can customize NI ELVIS by ordering bundles that best suit their classrooms. NI currently offers several bundles for teaching measurements, circuits, MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users concepts and more. For more information on NI ELVIS 3.0, readers can visit www.ni.com/academic/ni_elvis/ltb.htm. National Instruments in Academia National Instruments is committed to enhancing engineering and science education worldwide by providing educators and students with software and hardware to connect the curriculum with the real world. Professors and students benefit from industry-leading, professional tools such as NI LabVIEW graphical development software, which helps students visualize and implement engineering concepts. The integration of LabVIEW in the classroom creates an effective and dynamic learning environment -- from LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(R) in primary schools to research laboratories in universities. NI also offers resources to universities to support hands-on laboratories, cutting-edge research and student programs and competitions. For more information about NI academic initiatives and discounts, readers can visit www.ni.com/academic. About National Instruments For 30 years, National Instruments (www.ni.com) 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 EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1997, PXI uses the CompactPCI 3U and 6U form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PCI Express, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,900 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. Pricing and Contact Information NI ELVIS with USB M Series Data Acquisition Priced from $2,665 Web: www.ni.com/academic Contact Sales: www.ni.com/contact E-mail: info@ni.com |
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