What You’ll See Today • Overview of National Instruments • Virtual Instrumentation and Graphical System Design • LabVIEW graphical programming fundamentals • Ease of Data Acqusition (DAQ) with NI • Application Areas • Web-based Remote Monitoring • Next Steps .National Instruments at A Glance • Leaders in computer-based measurement and automation $1,000 $900 • Long-term track record of growth and profitability • $ B USD revenue in 2011 • More than 16% of revenue is invested into R&D • More than 6,000 employees; operations in 40+ countries