All Research Sponsored By:National Instruments

PACs for Industrial Control, the Future of Control
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the origins of the Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC), how PACs differ from Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and PCs, and the future direction of industrial control with PACs.
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 | Published: 16 Sep 2008


Going Parallel with LabVIEW Delivers Throughput Gains
WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper learn how by combining technologies with NI Lab VIEW parallel programming software and NI TestStand test management software, test engineers can create high-performance test systems.
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 | Published: 16 Sep 2008


The Basics of ZigBee Transmitter Testing
WHITE PAPER: Zigbee is a wireless standard for personal area network (PAN) sensor monitoring and control.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Published: 11 Aug 2008


GPS Receiver Testing
WHITE PAPER: Today, the power of software enables you to create GPS waveforms that accurately emulate the real word signal. In addition, advances in instrument bus technology enable record and playback of live GPS signals with PXI instrumentation.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006


Advanced RFID Measurements: Basic Theory to Protocol Conformance Test
WHITE PAPER: As RFID adoption continues to grow, engineers are faced with an increasing need to validate tags both for interoperability with products from other vendors and for conformance with the specified protocol.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006


Designing Next Generation Test Systems
BOOK: This guide addresses challenges that pressure engineering teams to reduce the cost and time of testing, provides insight into how test managers and engineers are overcoming these challenges, and offers guidelines on building modular, software-defined...
Posted: 19 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006


A Closer Look at Windows Vista
WHITE PAPER: One of the stated goals of the Microsoft Windows Vista release is to greatly improve the overall security of the Windows operating system and curb the impact of malware. To this end, Microsoft redesigned both the least user and administrative...
Posted: 19 Feb 2008 | Published: 19 Feb 2008