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In the new “Outside the Box” blog site, hosted by Test and Measurement World, Larry Desjardin adds weekly commentary and insight about modular instrumentation and other non-traditional test techniques. Links to the new blog posts will be highlighted below in yellow.

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LATEST NEWS
June 19, 2013

AXIe-based
Lab includes NI PXI, CompactRIO, and LabVIEW
June 18, 2013

NI describes cost drivers behind test
June 17, 2013

5th generation RF products deliver wide bandwidth and MIMO
June 14, 2013

Larry Desjardin describes his first test system, and compares them to today's.
2.2 GHz Dual-Core PXI Express Controller
Features Intel Core i7 2.1 GHz processor with up to 16 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 memory
Announces the release of the EMX-2500 GbE interface for SentinelEX PXI Express family
June 11, 2013

CEO Keith Moore explains Pickering offering
DDC adds advanced test and simulation functionality to PXI card
June 11, 2013

Steaming and new products highlighted
Application addresses intermittent interference in WLAN using two channel gapless streaming.
GuideTech Timing-Sync-Phase, DDC 1553, Chroma SMU, Pickering BRIC, PhotoCon PXI Development Kit, Marvin chassis, NI power supplies
"Through a set of LabVIEW VIs, users can easily apply the schemes, connect with the driver, and then specify the satellite and position of the satellite."
PXI/AXIe products from Agilent, Aeroflex, NI, Pickering (ZTEC too, but not mentioned)
June 7, 2013

Additions include chassis, controllers, DSAs, switch cards, AWGs, digitizers, and communication buses
June 5, 2013

"Our new name better reflects our deep association with The Marvin Group and our aerospace and manufacturing industry customers"
"On the product side, we definitely see RF, test and embedded control as two very strong areas to growth for National Instruments in the next five even up to ten years."
June 4, 2013

CNBC's Jim Cramer describes Agilent's "Two ways to win."
Two new offices open
Agilent PCIe 8 and 10 bit digitizers deployed
NI video on Data acquisition basics
June 3, 2013

Four vendors join NI in adopting PXI for load pull characterization of RF power amps
NI 5792 reaches to 4.4GHz with 200MHz bandwidth
NI 5793R reaches to 4.4GHGz with 200MHz bandwidth