National Instruments announces user productivity key to new version 4.0 upgrades of LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI virtual instrumentation software.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 1996--National Instruments (NASDAQ/NMS:NATI NATI National Association of Teen Institutes NATI Newfoundland Association of Technical Industries ) Thursday announced major upgrades of its award-winning LabVIEW(R) graphical programming software and LabWindows(R)/CVI visual development software for virtual instrumentation Virtual Instrumentation is the use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments. . Established as two leading instrumentation software packages, the new versions of LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI add new productivity, connectivity, and customization tools to extend them further into the many vertical markets they serve. In addition, the products can now share code through CodeLink(TM) to build virtual instruments, combining the best of graphical and C programming within a single system. Both LabVIEW 4.0 and LabWindows/CVI 4.0 introduce tools designed for higher productivity for end-users, system integrators and corporate developers. Both products now feature native 32-bit versions for Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . LabVIEW 4.0 features the new FlexVIEW(TM) customizable development environment with which users can create their own workspace to match their industry, experience level and development habits. Users can customize new floating palettes containing editing and debugging tools, controls, and functions, and place them anywhere in the work area. In addition, LabVIEW 4.0 adds high-power editing and debugging tools for building advanced instrumentation systems, such as those developed in high-volume electronics testing applications. To integrate LabVIEW graphical programs with external software environments, LabVIEW Version 4.0 features OLE-based connectivity and distributed execution tools. LabWindows/CVI now delivers its entire suite of instrumentation libraries and utilities for use within all major 32-bit C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ development environments under Windows 95 and Windows NT, including Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, Symantec C++, and WATCOM C/C++. User-developed C code is cross compatible between the LabWindows/CVI programming environment and these C/C++ programming tools. Additionally, LabWindows/CVI adds new SmartCode(TM) visual development tools to streamline C code development. LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI are now shipped with CodeLink -- a new connectivity tool for integrating standard C code developed in LabWindows/CVI into the LabVIEW graphical programming environment. For users wanting to call DLLs directly, the new CodeLink converts LabWindows/CVI function panels and dynamic link libraries (DLLs) into LabVIEW VIs, giving users of both products potential dramatic savings in code development. LabVIEW Version 4.0 will be available on all platforms in Q1 1996. Pricing starts at $995 for PCs, $1,995 for Macintosh and $2,995 for Sun SPARCstations and HP workstations. LabWindows/CVI Version 4.0 will be available on all platforms in Q2 1996. Pricing starts at $995 for PCs and $2,995 for Sun SPARCstations. National Instruments National Instruments, or NI (NASDAQ: NATI), is an American company with over 4,000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries founded in 1976 by Dr. James Truchard, Bill Nowlin and Jeff Kodosky. , 6504 Bridge Point Parkway, Austin, TX 78730-5039, 512/794-0100. National Instruments, headquartered in Austin, manufactures software and hardware products for PCs and workstations that scientists and engineers worldwide use to build virtual instrumentation systems. These systems are used for research and industrial applications, such as automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. , laboratory automation, advanced research, industrial control, factory automation, physiological monitoring, numerical analysis numerical analysis Branch of applied mathematics that studies methods for solving complicated equations using arithmetic operations, often so complex that they require a computer, to approximate the processes of analysis (i.e., calculus). , and data visualization See information visualization. . National Instruments stock is traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market System under the symbol NATI. Further information on National Instruments may be obtained from the company's SEC filings or by directly contacting the company's Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Department at 512/349-5090. CONTACT: National Instruments, Austin Tad Druart, 512/794-5662 (Editor contact) Joel Rollins, 512/349-5090 (Investor contact) |
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