National Instruments Introduces Its Lowest-Priced USB Digital I/O Device.AUSTIN, Texas -- 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 ) today announced its lowest-priced 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. digital I/O device See peripheral. with the new NI USB-6501, a full-speed USB 2.0 device ideal for research, academia and lab automation applications. Priced at just $95, the new device includes 24 digital I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output lines and a 32-bit counter. Because of its small size, plug-and-play connectivity and portability, the USB-6501 is practical for a wide range of users, from students and technicians to engineers and scientists. The new device adds to the more than 20 USB-enabled NI hardware offerings. Engineers and scientists can use the 24 digital I/O lines included in the USB-6501 to interface with LEDs, switches, relays and other digital I/O devices. Each digital I/O signal is protected against overvoltage, undervoltage and overcurrent conditions. The NI USB-6501 includes a 32-bit counter and has built-in, removable screw terminals, eliminating the need for additional connectivity accessories. For embedded OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and applications, NI also offers a USB-6501 board-only design with a 36-pin ribbon cable A thin, flat, multiconductor cable that is widely used for internal peripheral connections in electronic systems. In a PC, a 34-wire ribbon connects the floppy drive (if present) to the motherboard. header instead of screw terminals for easy connectivity. Like its multifunction counterparts -- the NI USB-6008 and USB-6009 -- the NI USB-6501 ships with NI-DAQmx Base driver software, a multiplatform, open-source driver for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that includes a subset of the NI-DAQmx programming interface. Engineers can use NI-DAQmx Base to quickly develop customized data acquisition applications using the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment or C-based development environments, saving time in system setup and configuration. National Instruments Data Acquisition By integrating commercially available silicon and bus technologies with innovative designs, NI data acquisition products continue to improve measurement speed and accuracy while reducing cost for engineers and scientists. NI data acquisition devices are available on the most widely used buses, including PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , 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 and USB, and work with the industry's most popular operating systems such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Readers can learn more about the latest NI data acquisition hardware and software products and technologies at www.ni.com/daq. About National Instruments National Instruments (www.ni.com) is 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 the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,400 employees and direct operations in approximately 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers may obtain investment information from the company's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. department by calling 512-683-5090, by sending e-mail to nati@ni.com or by visiting www.ni.com/nati. Pricing and Contact Information NI USB-6501 Priced from $95 Web: www.ni.com/daq 11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, Texas 78759-3504 Tel: 800-258-7022, Fax: 512-683-9300 E-mail: info@ni.com LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI, ni.com and NI-DAQ are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. |
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