National Instruments Releases LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite; New Suite of Toolkits Provides a Complete Software Platform for Math, Signal Processing, Control Design.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 the release of the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite, a full-featured version of the graphical development platform that provides students a flexible, hands-on learning environment for designing, prototyping and deploying engineering and science concepts into real-world applications. The software suite, for the first time, includes a collection of powerful National Instruments LabVIEW add-ons for mathematics, control design, signal processing See DSP. and communications. With the latest enhancements in NI LabVIEW 8 now available in the student edition, LabVIEW is even more effective for teaching and learning engineering and science concepts. With MathScript, an integrated part of LabVIEW 8, students can combine intuitive graphical dataflow programming In computer programming, dataflow programming implements dataflow principles and architecture, and models a program, conceptually if not physically, as a directed graph of the data flowing between operations. with math-oriented algorithm development to solve homework problems in courses involving linear and dynamic systems, signal processing and control. "I use LabVIEW 8 to teach my Introduction to Signal Processing course," said Dr. Mark Yoder, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (abbreviated RHIT), formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute, is a small, private, non-sectarian college specializing in teaching engineering, mathematics, and science. RHIT is highly regarded for its undergraduate engineering program. and co-author of DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive First: A Multimedia Approach. "Recently, a mid-quarter student survey reported a general preference for LabVIEW, with many students stating that the LabVIEW graphical development platform was more accessible and conducive to learning and that they preferred it for tasks ranging from quick calculations to complex signal processing problems." The suite contains five LabVIEW add-ons, including the LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit, LabVIEW Simulation Module, LabVIEW System Identification Toolkit, LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit and LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit. Using the LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit, students can explore dynamic systems and control theory with graphical tools for interactive root-locus, PID (1) (Process IDentifier) A temporary number assigned by the operating system to a process or service. (2) (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) The most common control methodology in process control. and other design techniques, while learning about plant and control models in state-space, transfer function or pole-zero-gain form. Students can use the LabVIEW Simulation Module to develop dynamic system models and simulate and deploy their open-loop or closed-loop controls systems. Additional advanced functionality provided by the LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit is ideal for exploring filter designs, topologies, algorithms, fixed- and floating-point filters and other concepts taught in digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). courses. In addition to the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite, students can purchase Learning with LabVIEW 8, a Prentice Hall Prentice Hall is a leading educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher education market. History In 1913, law professor Dr. textbook by Dr. Robert Bishop Robert Bishop may be:
The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas . Now in its fourth edition, this textbook has been completely restructured with new chapters and updated coverage of signal processing and math analysis, including a new chapter on MathScript, making it ideal for classroom instruction. The LabVIEW Student Edition Textbook Bundle from Prentice Hall combines Bishop's Learning with LabVIEW 8 and the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition for Windows and Mac OS, allowing for hands-on learning at home. In support of engineering education worldwide, National Instruments offers the LabVIEW 8 Student Edition in several languages, including French, German, Japanese and Korean. Localized versions can be obtained from NI branch offices via www.ni.com. 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 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. and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,800 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 LabVIEW 8 Student Edition Software Suite DVD, Price $79.95 Learning with LabVIEW 8 Textbook, Price $84 Web: www.ni.com/labviewse 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 and ni.com are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. |
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