NI Releases 10 New Express VIs and Highest-Performance PCI Board for Sound and Vibration Applications

NEWS RELEASE - Aug. 24, 2005 - National Instruments today announced the release of a 24-bit data acquisition and generation module, the NI PCI-4461, marking the highest-performance dynamic signal acquisition (DSA) board on the PCI bus with a 118 dB dynamic range. The release also includes the National Instruments LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolkit Version 4, with 10 new Express VIs for simplified application development. These new products add to the comprehensive NI hardware and software tools for sound and vibration applications, including PXI, PCI and USB measurement devices and powerful, easy-to-use analysis software.

In addition to 24-bit output channels on PCI, the PCI-4461 DSA board offers two 24-bit input channels, making it ideal for stimulus response applications such as audio and structural tests. The input-only version, the NI PCI-4462, provides four 24-bit input channels and a 118 dB dynamic range. Engineers can synchronize multiple PCI-4461 and PCI-4462 boards to attain four-input and four-output systems or six-input and two-output systems for applications such as simultaneous 5.1 speaker surround sound test or acoustic holography. Both boards also feature IEEE 1451.4 transducer electronic data sheet (TEDS) capability, which simplifies the configuration of a microphone or an accelerometer measurement.

The NI LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolkit 4 now is easier to use with 10 new Express VIs for interactively developing applications and generating code for fractional octave analysis, frequency response, vibration and sound level and other common analyses. Engineers can customize applications such as integrated vibration level measurements, weighted sound level measurements, swept sine analysis, power spectrum analysis, limit testing and transient analysis.

Engineers can further extend their sound and vibration analysis with the upgraded LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolkit 2.1 that features an easier-to-use application programming interface and simpler graphing options. With improved resampling and Gabor techniques for online and off-line analysis capability, the toolkit is ideal for order tracking, order extraction and tachometer signal processing. Simplified visualization capabilities include orbit, polar, bode, cascade, waterfall and shaft centerline plots.

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 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, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,600 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

Pricing and Contact Information
NI PCI-4461, NI PCI-4462, LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolkit 4 and LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolkit 2.1
PCI boards priced from $3,595; LabVIEW toolkits priced from $1,495
Web: www.ni.com/soundandvibration

Reader Contact: Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022
E-mail: info@ni.com

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