LabVIEW (short for Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments. The purpose of such programming is automating the usage of processing and measuring equipment in any laboratory setup

What is NI LabVIEW?

LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used by millions of engineers and scientists to develop sophisticated measurement, test, and control systems using intuitive graphical icons and wires that resemble a flowchart. It offers unrivaled integration with thousands of hardware devices and provides hundreds of built-in libraries for advanced analysis and data visualization - all for creating virtual instrumentation. The LabVIEW platform is scalable across multiple targets and OSs, and, since its introduction in 1986, it has become an industry leader.

Key Features

- Faster Programming
- Data Display and User Interfaces
- Multicore Programming
- Training and Certification
- Hardware Integration
- Multiple Targets and OSs
- Data Storage and Reporting
- Community
- Advanced Analysis
- Multiple Programming Approaches

More info: National Instruments: Test, Measurement, and Embedded Systems

NI LabVIEW 2011 Release Details:

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