LabVIEW and NI Technologies in Teaching and Research 15/10/2011 Pham Quoc Hung Field Systems Engineer Tel: 0932 52 92 88 Email: quochung.pham@ni.com Website: http://vietnam.ni.com Agenda Overview of National Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications PC-based measurement and control technologies Automated test technologies Platform for teaching and research in electronics and communications • Conclusions • • • • • Agenda Overview of National Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications PC-based measurement and control technologies Automated test technologies Platform for teaching and research in electronics and communications • Conclusions • • • • • National Instruments NI HQ • Founded in 1976 • Leaders in Computer-based Measurement and Automation • Long-term Track Record of Growth and Profitability • More than 16% of revenue is invested into R&D • Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 12 Consecutive Years • More than 5,200 employees; operations in 40+ countries Revenue in Millions • $873 M Revenue in 2010 Record FY 2010 Revenue of $873 Million What We Do Low-Cost Modular Measurement and Control Hardware Highly Integrated Systems Platforms Productive Software Development Tools Used By Engineers and Scientists for Test, Design, and Control What is Virtual Instrumentation? Customer-Defined PC-Based Measurement and Automation Solutions Traditional Vendor-Defined Instruments Processor Display RAM Power Supply ROM Hard Disk NI’s Vision of Virtual Instrumentation “To for test and measurement what the spreadsheet did for financial analysis.” 10 Research COGEU Research – 7th Framework Needs: • Mobile demonstration of whitespace utilization • Multi university collaboration • Graphics: key to getting funding from non-engineers Solution: • Affordable research platform across universities • Easy graphical interfaces to make prototypes attractive and intuitive • Low learning curve to maximize productivity “Our students learn LabVIEW as undergraduates so they are immediately productive and the graphical capabilities allow our research projects to stand out.” Dr Paulo Marques , Senior Research Engineer 101 NI Communications Platform in Academia 102 PXI – A Standardized Measurement Platform PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation More than 70 manufacturers More than 1,600 products 103 The NI RF Platform Customer Test Management S/W GSM /EDGE WCDMA/HSPA+ WiMAX LTE WLAN ZigBee GPS NI Modulation Toolkit NI Spectral Measurements Toolkit Driver Software PXI/PXIe Instrumentation 104 PXI RF Products Portfolio RF Hardware •Vector Signal Analyzer up to 26.5 GHz •Vector Signal Generator up to 6.6 GHz •8.0 GHz 60 dB Pre-Amp • 8.0 GHz 60 dB Attenuator • GHz True-RMS Power Meter • Up to 26.5 GHz, mux, GP relays IF/Baseband Hardware • 400 MS/s 16-bit Dual Channel AWG • 150 MS/s 16-bit High-speed IF digitizer • 32 Channel, 400 Mb/s High-speed DIO 105 UC Berkeley Develops Communications Lab with NI Tools http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/pub/p/id/40 106 107 108 An innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software that dramatically reduces development time and cost for products employed in wireless, high-speed wired, broadband, aerospace and defense, and electrooptical applications Headquarters in El Segundo, CA Privately owned and founded 1998 Core products: Microwave Office and VSS Primary Industries Wireless Telecom Aerospace/Defense Automotive Mobility Consumer Devices Semiconductor 109 AWR Overview 110 AWR Microwave Office (MWO) • Synchronous electrical/physical design flow • Powerful circuit and EM simulators • Frequency domain linear and nonlinear simulation •Time domain (SPICE &Circuit Envelope) simulation •3D MOM and FEM electromagnetic field solvers 111 Hardware-in-the-Loop Overview Product Verification Design Verification Research/Modeling Measurements to create models Design/Simulation “Hardware in the Loop” to improve simulations Verification/Validation Verification Test 112 Manufacturing Production Test Conclusions • • • • • Overview of National Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications PC-based measurement and control technologies Automated test technologies Platform for teaching and research in electronics and communications 113 National Instruments Technical Support – AE Team We are always here to support you! •Vietnam: (08) 6299 8281 •Singapore: (1800) 226 5886 •Thailand (02) 278 6777 •Malaysia (1800) 887710 asean@ni.com or visit ni.com/asean 114 To help us continually improve our seminar program, we would very much appreciate your comments by completing the seminar feedback form and returning to us after the seminar Thank You 115 ... Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications PC-based measurement and control technologies Automated test technologies Platform for teaching and research in electronics and communications... Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications PC-based measurement and control technologies Automated test technologies Platform for teaching and research in electronics and communications... • Used in all engineering and science disciplines 13 Over 6,000 Educational Institutes Use NI Technologies 14 Agenda Overview of National Instruments Introduction to LabVIEW and its applications