Watching the MTEC-TIVES

Three of the most interesting attractions at

come from instrumentation stalwarts National Instruments (NI), Eurotherm and Edinburgh Instruments. The show, at the NEC on the 14 and 15 February, is run by Trident Exhibitions and is claimed to be the UK's definitive event for sensors and systems.

Technological innovation and rapid product development are the hallmarks of the sensor, measurement and instrumentation industry, and for specifiers of these systems it is essential to keep abreast of all latest developments.

Visitors also have the opportunity to attend a range of free workshops held by the British Society for Strain Measurement (BSSM), Optocem.Net and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS UK).

In the Industrial Networks Technology Centre, free presentations are from the Profibus Group, the ASi Expert Alliance and the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society England Section (ISA).

For 30 years, NI has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation (VI) — a concept which allows users to programme processing routines from data gathered by plant sensors and display it on a computer display however they choose. This, the company says, has changed the way engineers and scientists approach measurement and automation.