Accelerating Innovation and Discovery with Graphical System Design

Sean Thompson National Instruments Aerospace / Defense Segment

NI Aerospace & Defense Forum Rome, June 13th
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I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical application.
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857 1894)

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Invention of the Radio

Andr-Marie Ampre

Joseph Henry

Michael Faraday James Clerk Maxwell

Hans Christian rsted David Edward Hughes

Guglielmo Marconi
Jagadish Chandra Bose

Heinrich Hertz

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Oliver Lodge

Nikola Tesla

And from radio...

( a VERY incomplete snapshot of history)
1941 Pearl Harbor Experimental RADAR detects planes 1935 Watson-Watt Patent for pulsed Range and Direction Finding

Communication Navigation Radar Signal Intelligence

1904 Husmeyer demonstrates echo location system using radio waves Radio Invented

1967 First civilian airborne Mapping (Panama)

1987 GPS launched

VOR used for Navigation 1st Gen Cellular

2007 Intro of iPhone 2nd Gen Cellular 4th Gen Cellular

3rd Gen Cellular

1890

1910

1930
1933 FM Radio

1950

1970
1962 Telstar 1 1st Communications Satellite

1990
1985 FCC opens ISM bands for spread spectrum

2010

1904 1912 Marconis Wireless Ship shipboard Act newspaper 1927 the Cunard First long Daily Bulletin distance TV 1910 transmission Shipboard radio enables arrest of Crippen and le Neve on board Montrose Introduction of Regular Radio ni.com Broadcasts

1936 BBC provides first regular TV service

Introduction of Regular Television Broadcasts

1969 Live broadcast of First astronauts to walk on the moon

1983 First call made With commercially Available cellphone

Innovation Becomes More Complex Cell Phone Circa 1997

Single Radio Standard

Data Handlers User Interface Microphone

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Innovation Becomes More Complex Mobile Devices of Today

1992
GSM FM Radio GPS Glonass Galileo 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g Bluetooth BT LE NFC 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad

2001 2000 2011 2013 2004 2005 2005 2009 2013 ????

2002 2002 2007 2010 2010 2014 2000 2011 2011

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EDGE WCDMA HSPA HSPA+ LTE LTE-A

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Challenges in Aerospace/Defense Today

Adaptive Cyber-Physical Systems Situational Awareness Cognitive systems

Verification & Validation

Constantly pushing the boundaries of technology to create large systems-of-systems with unprecedented capabilities.
Challenges Difficult targets Quickly emerging threats / counters More data Embedded intelligence Complex interdependencies SWaP constraints Human capital shortage
Fault Tolerance Integrated System Health Maintenance System Resilience
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Algorithm Development

Certification

Big Data Analysis

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Scalable Software Abstraction

System Design Platform C#

Abstraction

C++ C Assembly Language Machine Code

System Complexity
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A Platform-Based Approach for Measurement and Control

Graphical System Design

Monitor Embedded Control

Test

Mechatronics

Desktops and PC-Based DAQ

PXI and Modular Instruments

NI CompactRIO and Custom Designs

Open Connectivity With Third-Party I/O

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Heterogeneous Computing Elements

Multi-Core CPU
LabVIEW Core & Real-Time Module

FPGAs
LabVIEW FPGA Module

GP-GPUs
LabVIEW Cuda Libraries

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Graphical System Design

K-8

High school

College

Community

University Research
Graphical System Design

Theory

Curriculum Integration

Design / Simulate

Real World I/O Integration

Prototype

Industry Relevant Integration

Deploy

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Software Designed Systems - Summary

RF/Microwave

IF/Baseband

Signal Conditioning

VSA

Down-Converter

A/D

Data Bus Signal Processing (GPP, GPU, FPGA)

Data Bus

Data Storage

Signal Conditioning

VSG

Up-Converter

D/A

Data Bus

VST

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RADAR System Design with VSS & LabVIEW

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Complete RADAR System Simulation in AWR VSS Complete RADAR System Prototype with PXI VSA cv FPGA VSG

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Evolution of Instrumentation
Vacuum Tubes Transistors
(Integrated Circuits)

Software

General Radio

Hewlett Packard

National Instruments

1920
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2010

Enabling Innovation...

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