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EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPnati-20171231x10kexhibit321.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPnati-20171231x10kexhibit312.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPnati-20171231x10kexhibit311.htm
EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPnati-20171231x10kexhibit211.htm
10-K - 10-K - NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPnati-20171231x10k.htm


EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 Nos. 333-91671, 333-118034) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1994 Incentive Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-127751) pertaining to the 2005 Incentive Plan; the Registration Statements (Form S-8 Nos. 333-145301, 333-176047, 333-197878 and 333-218452) pertaining to the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-166791) pertaining to the 2010 Incentive Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No 333-206067) pertaining to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, of National Instruments Corporation of our report dated February 22, 2018, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of National Instruments Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of National Instruments Corporation, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Austin, Texas
February 22, 2018