National Instruments
National Instruments Corporation, or NI, is an American company with international operation. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software. Common applications include data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision.
In 2010, the company sold products to more than 30,000 companies in 91 countries with revenues of $860 million.
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