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    April 29, 2019
    National Instruments PXI Products for Wireless Technology

    Wireless technology is now second nature to most people. Only a few years ago, wireless technology involved systems that were relatively slow with low bandwidth, but these systems have now developed into 100Mb/s broadband streaming...

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    April 26, 2019
    National Instruments PXI for Academics and Research

    Academic study and research go hand in hand; it’s an area that is continuously pushing the boundaries and experimenting. The speed of innovation and progress, particularly over the past 100 years, has been phenomenal and...

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    April 26, 2019
    Buy PXI Spares Today!

    If you currently have a test system with PXI products manufactured by National Instruments, then you should buy spares today.   As PXIe consistently expands on the technology of PXI, more PXI parts will stop being...

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    April 24, 2019
    Why you Should Buy PCI Spares

    Many products in the National Instruments PCI platform, also known as “Peripheral Component Interconnect,” are considered obsolete or mature because the newer, more advanced PCI Express platform has expanded upon PCI with upgraded features meant for...

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    April 23, 2019
    National Instruments Emulating Obsolete Equipment

    Development and in-service time for avionics equipment normally run into decades with mature equipment still requiring test and maintenance facilities. But this same long in-service time means that test equipment initially built for pre-production testing...

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    April 23, 2019
    Obsolete National Instruments Products

    Apex Waves’ main focus is obsolete and mature test equipment, especially items created by National Instruments. Obsolescence is an issue when equipment has long pre-service development times and this is very relevant when talking about avionics...

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    April 23, 2019
    Sell Your Surplus PXI!

    Do you have surplus test equipment cluttering up your lab or storeroom? Apex Waves has the solution, particularly if you have National Instruments PXI modules. Apex Waves started in the world of test equipment after identifying a gap...

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    April 23, 2019
    Semiconductor Testing using PXI

    Semiconductor technology is a fast-paced business, with constant advances in design and production. This poses a huge problem for testing, along with the continual cost of updating test equipment and systems.   Keeping testing regimes...

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    April 23, 2019
    PXI and the Automotive Industry

    Since Henry Ford developed the moving assembly line in 1913, automotive development has been focused on reducing production times and increasing efficiency. This in turn forces testing systems to be responsive to change, efficient, and easily...

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    April 23, 2019
    Coping with Test System Obsolescence

    Defense procurement is a long-term process, particularly when looking at aircraft and avionics. Systems designed to fit the original airframe will be expected to be in service for many years, perhaps decades before they are...

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    April 1, 2019
    National Instruments Obsolete PXI

    Apex Waves specializes in the supply of mature and obsolete data acquisition and control products, and the National Instruments PXI system is a great example of this. Using a modular approach, the PXI system allows you to...

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