National Instruments Introduces USRP RIO Next-Generation Wireless Prototyping Platform

National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced an integrated software defined radio solution for rapidly prototyping high-performance, multichannel wireless communication systems. The NI USRP RIO platform is built on the NI LabVIEW RIO architecture and combines a high-performance 2 x 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) RF transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving signals from 50 MHz to 6 GHz with an open LabVIEW programmable FPGA architecture.

 Wireless engineers can use this technology to rapidly prototype real-time wireless communications systems and test them under real-world conditions. They can also prototype more capable wireless algorithms and systems faster and reduce time to results using the only complete platform to take full advantage of a graphical system design approach. The USRP RIO family delivers high-performance, real-time processing capability with the Xilinx Kintex-7 Series FPGA, low latency with the PCI Express connection to a host computer and small size (1U half wide, 19 in. rack mountable).

 USRP RIO is ideal for a wide range of application areas including 5G wireless communications research, active and passive radar development and exploration, communications intelligence, connected smart devices and more. NI USRP™ (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) is already a popular platform for research spanning industry and academia as it empowers researchers to rapidly iterate on designs via programmable software. For example, a recent Lund University announcement highlights a 5G research application focusing on massive MIMO – a technology being considered for 5G communication.

 Visit http://www.ni.com/usrp/ to learn more about the USRP RIO family.

 About National Instruments

Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.  NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.

National Instruments Named Among the World’s Top 10 Best Multinational Workplaces

For the third consecutive year, the Great Place to Work® Institute has ranked National Instruments among the top 25 multinational companies to work for in the world. This year’s “World’s Best Multinational Workplaces” list ranks NI at number nine. This honor is a testament to NI’s commitment to creating exceptional workplaces worldwide.

“NI’s long-term management approach, known as the 100-year plan, recognizes that our employee contributions directly impact our key stakeholders’ success and are critical to NI’s overall growth, creating a great work environment and developing rewarding careers for our employees,” said Dr. James Truchard, CEO, president and co-founder of National Instruments.



FORTUNE has named NI among the nation’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the past 14 years and the Great Place to Work Institute has recognized NI branches including China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the U.K.

NI employees make products that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery for engineers and scientists solving the world’s grand challenges. Because of NI employees’ work building the tools of scientific discovery, customers are working to break the world land speed record, monitor smart grids more efficiently and launch rockets into space.


“Our employees are our greatest competitive differentiator,” said Mark Finger, vice president of human resources at National Instruments. “Repeatedly receiving this type of recognition both globally and nationally reinforces our commitment to creating meaningful jobs and careers for our employees.”

As NI has grown to over 7,000 employees in almost 50 countries, the company’s culture has spread beyond Austin headquarters to each of the branch offices. NI invests in its people and is committed to being a stable employer despite trying economic times.

About the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces List

Great Place to Work’s annual World’s Best Multinational Workplaces List ranks the top 25 global companies to work for.  Qualifying companies must have been selected for at least five national Great Place to Work® lists, have at least 5,000 employees worldwide and count at least 40 percent of their global workforce outside of the company’s home country.

About National Instruments

Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.

HTIC (IIT-Madras) and NI Join Hands To Develop High Impact Medical Devices

National Instruments (NI) under its Planet NI Initiative signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a joint initiative of IIT Madras and Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology. The MoU facilitates long-term partnership between NI and HTIC in the design and development of new, affordable, high-impact medical devices by HTIC based on the NI Platform for the Indian market.

Planet NI, where NI stands for Nurturing Innovation, is a National Instruments program designed to empower engineers and students in developing countries to achieve economic prosperity and sustainable development through access to National Instruments technology. NI is committed to nurturing local innovation and entrepreneurship and, through Planet NI, the company is making engineering tools affordable, accessible, and relevant to groups focused on improving the socioeconomic development of their communities. The partnering with HTIC is one such initiative that is supported by Planet NI.

Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director IITM said “I am very glad to see this highly synergistic partnership between NI and HTIC that brings together NI’s powerful design platforms and HTIC’s dynamic med-tech innovation capabilities to develop high impact medical devices.”



Dr Mohanasankar, Head of HTIC signed the MoU on behalf of HTIC. He said “NI’s design and development platforms will allow us to shorten the time from idea to prototype, and quickly move the device for field testing and validation, which is crucial in med-tech R&D”

Jayaram Pillai, MD, National Instruments India, Russia and Arabia, signed the MoU on behalf of National Instruments. He said “With this MoU, National Instruments will support HTIC’s initiatives with NI’s Graphical System Design platform for product development and large scale deployment of affordable healthcare devices for emerging countries.”

About HTIC

Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC) is a R&D centre established through a joint initiative of IIT Madras and DBT with the objective of developing technologies for unmet healthcare needs in the country. Since its inception in 2011, HTIC has evolved into a unique and leading med-tech innovation ecosystem in the country bringing together more than 15 medical institutions, industry, government agencies, collaborating with its engineers, researchers, IITM faculty and students, in developing affordable healthcare technologies for unmet clinical needs.

Various technologies in areas of cardiovascular, ultrasound, neonatal care, oncology, intensive care, ophthalmology, are under development in collaboration with leading organizations. HTIC develops human resources in this area through innovation fellowships, IITM students and interns. Going forward, HTIC envisions becoming a national asset in affordable healthcare technology innovation of global standards and creating impact in healthcare in India. A video summary of HTIC can be accessed here: http://htic.iitm.ac.in/?q=ftp%20server

About National Instruments

Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.


NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.

National Instruments Unveils Flagship Products - LabVIEW 2013 and NI cRIO-9068 Controller at NIDays Bangalore

 National Instruments, a worldwide leader in the test and measurement industry, recently hosted NIDays 2013. The event was attended by more than 700 engineers, researchers and scientists and the keynote was delivered by Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO, and cofounder of NI. This conference highlighted the impact of NI technology on solving engineering challenges in India.

 NI introduced the latest version of LabVIEW system design software, LabVIEW 2013, that utilizes the most current and powerful technologies to make the design of complex systems more intuitive than ever. LabVIEW 2013 facilitates the management, documentation and debugging of increasingly complex systems. LabVIEW 2013 adds support for the Linux Real-Time OS, giving developers access to dynamic, community-sourced libraries.

NIDays 2013 witnessed participation from NI customers and Alliance Partners across a range of industries including health care, semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, life sciences, robotics and telecommunication. The NI Application of the Year was awarded to the team from VSSC Trivandrum (ISRO), AERO department, for their application titled ‘Development of 1 m Hypersonic wind tunnel Control, Networking, Data acquisition system and graphical display system.’

Addressing the conference, Dr. Truchard said,
‘’It is extremely rewarding to see our Indian customers solve some interesting challenges with NI tools. We’re seeing the idea of ubiquitous computing and real-time systems becoming center stage to the next industrial revolution. We feel like we’ve got the technology that can really help redefine how industry works to continue solving the world’s grand challenges. ‘’

Victor Mieres, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Asia/Rest of World: ‘’NI leads the revolution in the instrumentation field with a software-defined approach to building systems. Being a global organization, NI has some region specific programs including Planet NI. The mission of Planet NI is to empower engineers in emerging countries to achieve sustainable prosperity by providing increased access to NI technology.”


Jayaram Pillai,  Managing Director, NI (India, Russia and Arabia):  “NIDays 2013 has brought together LabVIEW developers from all over India to share best practices. The annual Graphical System Design Achievement Awards aims to highlight efforts by engineers, scientists and researchers for their innovative test, measurement and embedded control applications. With the large pool of knowledge that we have in India, NI’s open platform provides an opportunity to quickly bring ideas to reality and, through the LabVIEW Tools Network, gain market access around the world. “

About National Instruments, India
Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.

National Instruments unveils Flagship Products

National Instruments, a worldwide leader in the test and measurement industry, recently hosted NIDays 2013. The event was attended by more than 700 engineers, researchers and scientists and the keynote was delivered by Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO, and cofounder of NI. This conference highlighted the impact of NI technology on solving engineering challenges in India.

 NI introduced the latest version of LabVIEW system design software, LabVIEW 2013, that utilizes the most current and powerful technologies to make the design of complex systems more intuitive than ever. LabVIEW 2013 facilitates the management, documentation and debugging of increasingly complex systems. LabVIEW 2013 adds support for the Linux Real-Time OS, giving developers access to dynamic, community-sourced libraries.

NIDays 2013 witnessed participation from NI customers and Alliance Partners across a range of industries including health care, semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, life sciences, robotics and telecommunication. The NI Application of the Year was awarded to the team from VSSC Trivandrum (ISRO), AERO department, for their application titled ‘Development of 1 m Hypersonic wind tunnel Control, Networking, Data acquisition system and graphical display system.’

Addressing the conference, Dr. Truchard said,
‘’It is extremely rewarding to see our Indian customers solve some interesting challenges with NI tools. We’re seeing the idea of ubiquitous computing and real-time systems becoming center stage to the next industrial revolution. We feel like we’ve got the technology that can really help redefine how industry works to continue solving the world’s grand challenges. ‘’

Victor Mieres, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Asia/Rest of World: ‘’NI leads the revolution in the instrumentation field with a software-defined approach to building systems. Being a global organization, NI has some region specific programs including Planet NI. The mission of Planet NI is to empower engineers in emerging countries to achieve sustainable prosperity by providing increased access to NI technology.”


Jayaram Pillai,  Managing Director, NI (India, Russia and Arabia):  “NIDays 2013 has brought together LabVIEW developers from all over India to share best practices. The annual Graphical System Design Achievement Awards aims to highlight efforts by engineers, scientists and researchers for their innovative test, measurement and embedded control applications. With the large pool of knowledge that we have in India, NI’s open platform provides an opportunity to quickly bring ideas to reality and, through the LabVIEW Tools Network, gain market access around the world. “

About National Instruments, India
Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.

National Instruments CEO encourages students to ‘Do Engineering’

National Instruments (NI) and the NICE (Nurturing Innovation and Creativity in Education) Committee hosted the 12th Annual Educator’s Day 2013 in Chennai. The conference showcased the latest tools and best practices in engineering education. It was a compelling success with participation of over 500 researchers, professors and eminent academicians across the country. It emphasized the necessity of hands on learning in making engineers industry ready.

Dr. James Truchard, president CEO and cofounder of National Instruments met the vice Chancellor of Anna University and discussed the challenges in Engineering education. Addressing the student gathering at Anna University, he spoke about the need for more hands-on learning and experimentation in the classroom. Mr. Jayaram Pillai, MD, National Instruments India, Russia and Arabia spoke about the endless opportunities available for tomorrow’s engineers, and creation of engineering applications based on NI’s standardized GSD platform.
National Instruments also announced NI myRIO, an embedded hardware device to help students design real, complex engineering systems more quickly and affordably than ever before.
Based on the same powerful technology as the popular NI CompactRIO platform, NI myRIO is smaller and more student-friendly than its industrial counterpart. NI myRIO includes the latest Zynq® all programmable system on a chip (SoC) technology from Xilinx, which combines a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and an FPGA with 28,000 programmable logic cells. Using the power of the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment, students can program the FPGA and evolve their systems in real time, giving them the flexibility to prototype and quickly iterate on their designs.

Addressing the conference, Dr. Truchard said, ‘’ NI believes in inspiring the next generation of innovators to solve the world's engineering grand challenges. By giving the students of today access to hands-on learning, students have the opportunity to do engineering and gain valuable skills that prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow. "
Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director, NI (India, Russia and Arabia): “We believe that ‘engineering’ is an action – that you can only learn by ‘doing’, not by ’reading’. Educator’s day is aimed at driving powerful positive change in the existing engineering education system in India, through experiential learning.   ”
The highly acclaimed National level student competitions - NIYANTRA, embedded systems design contest for engineering students and VIMANTRA, technical paper writing contest staged its Grand Finale on 2nd Sep. The competitions saw an overwhelming response this year with 1700 entires for NIYantra alone. The winner of VIMANTRA was the team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering for the project on ‘Collision avoidance in self aware vehicles.’ NIYANTRA winner is the team from University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University for their application titled ‘Autonomous Surface Monitoring Robot.’
About NICE (Nurturing Innovation and creativity in Engineering) Committee:
NICE Education is a nonprofit association which came into existence during Educators Day on 21st November 2008. NICE was started with the aim of providing all academic institutes in the country with access to high quality technical tools, to effectively learn and teach engineering subjects. NICE focuses on the facilitation of experiential learning to enhance student learning and prepare them better for the Industry. The NICE Committee strives to promote methods to improve the quality of engineering education in India.

About National Instruments, India
Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.
NI has seen a fast growing customer base across public and private sector companies in India, with tremendous interest from the academic sector in particular. NI India is headquartered in Bangalore and has direct sales presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Baroda and Kolkata.