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Virtual Instrumentation
Technologies for Hands-on
Learning in Resource-constrained Environments
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Our Mission for Success
• LabVIEW for Lego MindstormsNXT
• X-Box 360 Testing
• Shiner Brewery Automation
• Cancer research
• Chunnel Compact Vision Systems
• Cerebral Palsy testing
• Quadriplegic assistance
• Snell Memorial Foundation
• Optimedica
We create innovative, computer-based
products that improve everyday life
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• Over 4800 employees
• More than 1,000 products
• 600 Alliance Partners
• More than 40 international
branches
• Corporate headquarters in
Austin, TX
National Instruments
Dr. James Truchard
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NI Headquarters
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Trends in Engineering Education
• Integrate theory with more hands-on experiences
• Collaborative, project-based learning
• Design, design, design
• Creativity and innovation
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Key Challenges for Educators in Electronics Education
• Limited time & budget for course revamps
• Making engineering concepts interesting
• Transition from theory to reality
• Keeping up-to-date with industry tools
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Challenges for Students
• Predicting circuit behavior
• Understanding effects of
components on circuit
• Breadboard wiring mistakes
• Easily taking measurements
• Comparing simulations to
measurements
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NI Engineering Education Platform
e.g. Electronics Education Platform
National Instruments tools address challenges engineering education
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NI Multisim 10.1
NI Multisim
Unified environment for
teaching circuit theory and
design through capture and
simulation
• NI ELVIS II instruments inside Multisim
• Interactive mixed-mode simulation
• 20 SPICE analyses
• 22 measurement instruments
• MCU simulation support
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NI ELVIS IINational Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite
NI ELVIS II
Educational design and prototyping
platform for teaching circuit circuits
design, control, instrumentation,
telecommunications, and
embedded/MCU experiments
• 12 integrated virtual instruments
• Hi-speed USB plug-and-play
• customizable with LabVIEW graphical system design environment
• Complete integration with Multisim 10.1 for circuits and electronics
• Partner plug-in boards and curricula
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NI ELVIS II | Software Specifications
• Ready to use instruments
• Custom instruments
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Teaching| Circuits
Step 1: Capture, Simulate and
improve a design in NI Multisim
Step 2. Build circuit and measure
Real-world signals with NI ELVIS
Step 3. Compare Simulated
vs. Real Measurment Data
Compare
Recognize and Learn
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NI LabVIEWNI LabVIEW Graphical System Design Environment
NI LabVIEW
Graphical programming software for
interface with measurement and
control hardware, analyze data, share
results, and distribute systems.
• Graphical development environment
• Tight integration with a wide range of measurement hardware
• Rapid user interface development for displaying live data
• Extensive signal processing, analysis, and math functionality
• Source code control integration and code complexity metrics
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Building an Ecosystem with Partners
Control Design Telecommunications Embedded Design FPGA
6 Control Plants for NI
ELVIS
Analog and Digital
Communications
Regenerative Energy
Modular project board
with Freescale
Processors
Programmable FPGA
with Prototyping ARea
ECE, ME, BME, Aero ECE ECE, ME, BME EE, BME, ME, Aero,
Physics, PLTW
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NI ELVIS II | Embedded
• Integrated HCS12(x)/HCS08 USB pod
• Applicable Modules HCS08 (1)
HCS12/HCS12x/DSP (4)
Coldfire processors (2)
RF Transceiver (1)
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NI ELVIS II | Embedded
Digital Circuit development
platform based on the Xilinx
Spartan 3E FPGA
• Measurement and FPGA programming
capability
• Programmable with LabVIEW FPGA
• FPGA Breadboard Area
• NI ELVIS Breadboard Area
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NI ELVIS II | Controls
• Multiple plants QNET-010 DC Motor Control Trainer
QNET-011 Rotary Inverted Pendulum Trainer
QNET-012 Heat, Ventilation and Control Trainer
QNET Vertical Take-off and Landing Trainer
QNET Mechatronic Sensors Trainer
• Includes VIs specific to these plans
Courseware for plants
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NI ELVIS II | Communication
• DATEx - Telecommunications Trainer
• FOTEx - Fibre Optics Telecommunications Trainer
• HELEx – Solar Cell and Hydrogen Fuel Cell
LabVIEW Soft Front Panels
Based on Block Diagram modeling
Courseware Included
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Case Study: Instrumentation Course Project
Instrumentation Course Project
Design and Simulation
PCB Layout
FabricationBoard
AssemblyTest and
Verification
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Engineering Education
Basics Circuits Biomedical Mechatronics Design Projects Others
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NI Electronics Education Platform Demo
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NI ELVIS IIMultidisciplinary Teaching & Engineering Platform
ni.com/nielvis
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