National Instruments and Vitrociset Collaborate to Deliver Big Physics Solutions

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National Instruments today announced its collaboration with Vitrociset, a  leading European technical services provider for highly complex  systems, to offer complete solutions for big physics applications such as particle accelerators and fusion devices. Vitrociset will integrate NI commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)  hardware and software into its service packages to offer an innovative  product portfolio to organizations developing sophisticated physics  projects. By combining NI experience in delivering COTS products for  advanced physics with the service expertise of Vitrociset in large  control applications, the collaboration will provide the physics  community well-integrated, efficient solutions to its challenges.

“When two impressive companies like Vitrociset and NI collaborate,  organizations like ITER benefit,” said Paola Batistoni, industry liaison  officer for ITER Italy, the International Thermonuclear Experimental  Reactor fusion project. “This collaboration will make it possible for us  to more fully implement COTS solutions in our projects, which  ultimately will save us development time and costs.”

Stefano Concezzi, director of big physics at National Instruments,  added, “Both NI and Vitrociset have provided a variety of impressive  solutions for advanced control projects. Because Vitrociset has a solid  reputation and long track record of addressing large, demanding control  challenges, we at NI are excited about the many ways we can team up to  help streamline the development of big physics projects.”

Rome-based Vitrociset has delivered successful solutions for numerous  complex applications ranging from European government space vehicle  control and launching projects, avionics and air traffic management to  environmental monitoring, telecommunications and security. By  incorporating NI products such as NI LabVIEW graphical system development software and high-performance PXI instrumentation into its services, Vitrociset can provide solutions for  governments and other large organizations seeking to address advanced  control challenges.

“National Instruments has consistently provided Vitrociset engineers  with innovative products that help us meet even the most demanding  application requirements,” said Lorenzo D’Onghia, general manager of  Vitrociset. “We look forward to giving NI tools center stage in helping  the physics community achieve its goals.”

NI has contributed product solutions to some of the world’s most advanced physics projects including the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and a tokamak fusion device control system at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. With LabVIEW and instrumentation based on the PXI standard, as well as the NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC), National Instruments has  helped many physicists and engineers streamline project development and  simplify solutions that otherwise would be cost-prohibitive.

To learn more about how the NI and Vitrociset collaboration can benefit big physics applications, readers can visit www.ni.com/physics.