Software simplifes communications application development.
Press Release Summary:
Modulation Toolkit v2.0 gives engineers LabVIEW functions for custom measurement applications that generate, process, and analyze analog and digital modulation formats. Spectral Measurements Toolkit v2.0 provides tools for spectrum analysis and analog modulation functions. It contains high-level spectral measurements; averaged, zoom and continuous FFT functions; and common measurements such as peak power and frequency, adjacent channel power, and power spectral density.
Original Press Release:
New National Instruments LabVIEW Toolkits Simplify Communications Application Development
NEWS RELEASE -- Nov. 4, 2003 -- National Instruments new Modulation Toolkit 2.0 and Spectral Measurements Toolkit 2.0 give engineers tools to perform spectrum analysis, analog modulation and digital modulation. The toolkits complement the company's existing RF signal analyzer hardware for use in communications applications.
The new Modulation Toolkit 2.0 gives engineers LabVIEW functions for rapid development of custom measurement applications that can generate, process and analyze common analog and digital modulation formats such as FSK, PSK, QAM and MSK. These modulation formats are part of the digital communication standards that are used in an increasing breadth of electronics such as GSM for mobile phones and 802.11 wireless Ethernet. The toolkit is ideal for a variety of applications including testing RF components such as RF mixers and frequency synthesizers, as well as the test and design of communication devices. The toolkit also helps in research and design of new and proprietary standards and in the area of software-defined radios.
The Modulation Toolkit can work with either real-world data or simulated signals, a capability that helps engineers to first simulate the behavior of a device under test and then perform the same tests with real-world signals using National Instruments hardware or traditional instrumentation. Engineers can use the toolkit to generate complex modulated signals and then add common signal impairments such as I-Q imbalance and quadrature skew to the results. The toolkit also delivers key modulation measurements such as error vector magnitude (EVM) and modulation error ratio (MER).
The new Spectral Measurements Toolkit 2.0 empowers engineers with tools for spectrum analysis and analog modulation functions. The toolkit contains high-level common spectral measurements; averaged, zoom and continuous FFT functions; and common measurements such as peak power and frequency, adjacent channel power, power spectral density and occupied bandwidth. These measurements address common communications and aerospace application requirements.
These two new toolkits work with National Instruments hardware including the RF signal analyzer, high-speed digitizers, arbitrary waveform generators and S Series data acquisition, as well as with traditional instruments from third-party vendors.
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 approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for customers worldwide through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,000 employees and direct operations in 40 countries. In 2002, the company sold products to more than 25,000 different companies in more than 80 countries around the world. For the past four consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers may obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department at (512) 683-5090, by sending e-mail to nati@ni.com or on the Web at http://www.ni.com/nati.
Pricing and Contact Information Modulation Toolkit 2.0 11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, Texas 78759-3504
Spectral Measurements Toolkit 2.0 Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512) 683-9300
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