Opinion on  National Instruments Corp. (NATI)     Sector: Technology  >  Industry: Computer Peripherals
National Instruments Corp. (NATI)

National Instruments Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of instrumentation software, and specialty computer plug-in cards and accessories. Its application software products include LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio, which are programming environments that develop graphical user interfaces and control instruments, as well as acquire, analyze, and present data; LabVIEW Real-Time that configures user's programs to execute remotely on embedded processors; LabVIEW FPGA, which allows users to build their custom hardware devices for proprietary measurement or control protocols; TestStand, a test management environment for organizing, controlling, and running automated production test systems on the factory floor; DIAdem; and Multisim. National Instruments Corporation's hardware products and related driver software comprise data acquisition, PXI modular instrumentation platform, machine vision/image acquisition, motion control, distributed I/O and embedded control, industrial communications interfaces, GPIB interfaces, and VXI controllers. The company offers its products to various industries, including advanced research, automotive, commercial aerospace, computers and electronics, continuous process manufacturing, education, government/defense, medical research/pharmaceutical, power/energy, semiconductors, automated test equipment, telecommunications, and others. It markets its products through direct sales organizations, independent distributors, original equipment manufacturers, value added resellers, system integrators, and consultants in Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Austin, Texas.