National Instruments NI, a provider of platform-based testing systems that enable engineers and
scientists, has further enhanced its LabView 2016 system design software. NI also held once again its NI Days in Bengaluru.
NI
says it empowers engineers to simplify development and effectively integrate
software from the ecosystem into their systems.
The latest version of LabView
introduces new channel wires to simplify complex communication between parallel
sections of code. Available on both desktop and real-time versions of LabView,
the channel wire method helps improve code readability and reduces development
time.
An official from NI says:
“The new channel wires in LabView 2016 enable us to develop applications even
faster by making architectures that are more transferable across domains.
Latest version of LabView features 500+ new supported instruments, five
new 64-bit add-ons, supports improved Python integration “With channel wires, we can set up sophisticated software
architectural patterns that natively have multiple sources, without having to
create and maintain considerable amounts of custom software in the background.”
Much
of the success that LabView users have had relies on the openness of both the
product itself and the ecosystem that supports it. NI
says LabView 2016 continues this trend with enhanced interoperability with
Python and third-party devices.
This
openness, combined with several new enhancements, “helps users continue to
improve productivity by streamlining code development and deployment”, says NI.
NI Days at
Bengaluru
NI, the provider of systems that enable engineers and scientists
to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, today successfully hosted
the 13th edition of NIDays – an annual conference on graphical system
design – in Bangalore. The event was attended by over 500 engineers,
scientists, and experts from Industry and Academia who discussed the trends,
opportunities and challenges that lie in the future of connected systems.
At the seminar, NI India launched the latest version of its
flagship product, LabVIEW
2016, with enhancements in acquiring, processing and managing data from
remote data acquisition systems. NIDays offered 21 technical sessions and
tutorials along with a wide range of products and application demonstrations.
Speakers and exhibitors from various industries joined the event. The diverse
set of panellists shared their ideas on trends in communication systems,
embedded electronics, security and automated test systems that address the
challenges and opportunities for the next generation of connected systems.
Addressing the media at the event, Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director –
IndRAA, National Instruments, said, “Over
the last 18 years in India, we have built a strong ecosystem of partners,
proficient developers and successful customers and this ecosystem has enabled
our customers
to innovate.
It’s inspiring to see the amount of innovation and true technological
advancements at this year’s NIDays. The continuous dedication and leadership
I’ve seen from the engineering community is awe-inspiring and I’m excited for
the future of engineering.”
Commenting on the success of the event, Ajit Gokhale, Senior VP Global
Marketing, National Instruments, said, "As the world becomes more and more connected, the immense
amount of data available today provides the engineers and scientists with a
wide variety of insights, but getting the right insight can be a challenge! We
continue to help our customers stay ahead of the curve through our
platform-based approach and cutting-edge
technology advances in application areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT)
or the development of 5G networks by creating tools that help engineers
solve real world challenges, accurately, efficiently and rapidly.”
NI’s tools have proven to be instrumental in the success of a
lot of Indian customers and their applications. This year, NI added various new
products to the list of these toolsaimed at accelerating the productivity of
engineers and researchers working in the areas of IoT, 5G, industrial
automation, etc. Some of these tools enable applications that previously seemed
too ambitious because of their complexities.
The new range of products launched at the event includes:
· High-performance
PXI instrumentation for
processing and sensing at the edge
· MIMO
Application Framework which
provides wireless researchers with a fully open reference solution to
accelerate 5G prototyping
· Early access technology
platform for TSN which delivers mechanisms to create
distributed, synchronized, hard real-time systems over standard Ethernet
· NI
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulator which helps drive down the cost of test for
customers
· Software-centric
NI PXI Digital
Pattern Instrument used by semiconductor characterization and production test
engineers to drive down the cost of their tests and ensure product quality
To accelerate engineering skills development in India, NI also
hosted its annual Engineering Impact Awards 2016 aimed at recognizing the most
innovative projects based on NI software and hardware and NIYANTRA awards 2016
recognizing the best graphical system design created by budding engineering
students.
ENGINEERING IMPACT AWARDS
NI’s annual technical application contest – Engineering Impact
Awards, enabled NI customers to showcase innovative projects based on NI
software and hardware. The contest this year had a total of 40 teams and the
winners got a chance to participate in the Global Engineering Impact Awards
held in Austin annually during NIWeek.
This year, Captronics won in the 'Application of the Year'
and 'NI Alliance Partner of the year' categories. They developed an application
to determine the location of a bullet on a target system using NI cRIO. National Aerospace Laboratories won in the 'Systems Category' for their design and development of
structural health monitoring system comprising of SyncVIEW, DiagnoseVIEW,
QuickVIEW for aircraft composite structures. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Hyderabad won in
the 'Academic Category' for developing a closed loop control of three phase
inverter voltage using NI LabVIEW FPGA and cRIO.
NIYANTRA AWARDS
In order to foster the spirit of innovation in engineering
students and expose them to the essence of experiential education through a
contest, NI hosted its annual student design contest NIYantra 2016. This
contest, held over a period of six months, helped the undergraduate engineers
design their project ideas and convert them into working models using NI
hardware and software.
This year, NIYantra 2016
witnessed submissions from more than 950+ teams, out of which 18 teams made it
to the finals. The results of the competition were announced at NIDays 2016.
Sri Eshwar College of Engineering won the NIYANTRA 2016 awards for creating an
innovative path detector designed for visually challenged. Teams from
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute Of Technology and K.J. Somaiya College
of Engineering were the runners-up. The team from Kumaraguru College of
Technology was also recognized for their efforts.
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