New DAQ Wizards automate program development in LabVIEW 4.1.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1997-- Point-and-Click Configuration and Development Further Enhances Graphical Programming 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. (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 :NATI NATI National Association of Teen Institutes NATI Newfoundland Association of Technical Industries ) - the Virtual Instrumentation Virtual Instrumentation is the use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments. Company(TM) - Wednesday announced Version 4.1 of its LabVIEW(R) graphical instrumentation software. LabVIEW, the industry-leading data acquisition (DAQ See data acquisition. ) and analysis software package(1), is now easier to use than ever before. LabVIEW 4.1 introduces DAQ Wizards on the Windows platforms to streamline DAQ development through automatic, point-and-click program generation. With the new DAQ Wizards, users simply describe their measurement connections and LabVIEW generates a ready-to-run program that meets their specifications. LabVIEW can complete this entire process, from starting the DAQ Wizards to running a customized application, in only a few minutes. The generated programs are native LabVIEW "G" source code, which users can further customize and enhance. Other important enhancements include an online tutorial for Windows users, automated links to important LabVIEW sites on the World Wide Web, and an Object Linking and Embedding See OLE. (operating system) Object Linking and Embedding - (OLE) A distributed object system and protocol from Microsoft, also used on the Acorn Archimedes. OLE allows an editor to "farm out" part of a document to another editor and then reimport it. (OLE) automation interface for automated report generation via HiQ(R) for Windows 95/NT. LabVIEW 4.1 delivers both the ease-of-use of point-and-click configuration with the power and flexibility of a complete graphical programming language in a single development environment. LabVIEW 4.1 will be available on Windows NT/95/3.1 PCs, Macintosh/Power Macintosh computers, Sun SPARCstations, and HP workstations, and Concurrent Computer real-time systems Real-time systems Computer systems in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting. . Only the Windows platforms will have the new DAQ Wizards. "Many configurable or menu-driven approaches have been developed for building simple data acquisition applications, yet can't deliver the performance needed for most applications," said Tamra Pringle, LabVIEW marketing manager. "Conversely, traditional programming languages meet the needs of more advanced systems, yet require longer learning curves - and are sometimes considered overkill overkill Vox populi An excess of anything for simple DAQ applications. With LabVIEW 4.1, users have both the ease-of-use of point-and-click configuration and the power of a sophisticated graphical programming environment." The DAQ Solution Wizard - Custom Solutions Made to Order With the DAQ Solution Wizard, users describe their application through a series of dialog boxes. By selecting from a list of common options, such as analog input, digital I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , file I/O and so on, users quickly build a recipe for their DAQ solution. When the user is finished describing the system, LabVIEW generates a ready-to-run application in its patented G programming language. A key component of the DAQ Solution Wizard is the new Solutions Gallery, a collection of ready-to-run VIs for common applications. From the DAQ Solution Wizard, users can quickly browse the gallery for an application that fits their needs, such as an oscilloscope oscilloscope (əsĭl`əskōp'), electronic device used to produce visual displays corresponding to electrical signals. Displays of such nonelectrical phenomena as the variations of a sound's intensity can be made if the phenomena are , multimeter An instrument for measuring electricity (volts, amps, ohms) that is widely used and available in numerous shapes and sizes. An analog multimeter displays results by moving a pointer across a printed scale. , function generator, data logger, transducer transducer, device that accepts an input of energy in one form and produces an output of energy in some other form, with a known, fixed relationship between the input and output. measurement system, signal analyzer, and more. The diagrams for these solutions can easily be customized for specialized user needs. The DAQ Channel Wizard - Define Your Measurements in Intuitive Dialogs In the past, DAQ system developers spent a large amount of time defining the signal types, connections, and transducer equations before beginning development of the actual system. For example, with thermocouples, a user must perform cold-junction compensation (CJC CJC Canadian Jewish Congress (Congrès Juif Canadien) CJC Criminal Justice Commission (Queensland, Australia) CJC Canadian Judicial Council CJC Criminal Justice Center CJC Commission on Judicial Conduct ) calculations to convert the raw voltage value into an actual temperature reading, and then apply a scaling factor. With the DAQ Channel Wizard, the user simply fills in the blanks to define an input signal, the type of transducer being used, any scaling factors required, CJC values, and unit conversion factors. Users can then reference the channel name for the input signal throughout the application, with all of the conversion processes performed transparently. LabVIEW users will find the DAQ Channel Wizard delivers an easy-to-use mechanism for ensuring accurate measurement results and at the same time simplifies DAQ programming by making these data conversion processes transparent. About National Instruments 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 for a wide variety of research and industrial applications. National Instruments stock is traded on the NASDAQ 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. Pricing, Availability, and For More Information LabVIEW 4.1 will be available in Q2 1997. For more information, contact National Instruments, 6504 Bridge Point Parkway, Austin, Texas 78730-5039. Call toll free in the U.S. and Canada at 800/258-7022, fax 512/794-8411, e-mail info@natinst.com. Readers can also access information through the company's InstrumentationWeb(R) at http://www.natinst.com . Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. (1) As shown in surveys around the world, including the January 1997 issue of Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News. CONTACT: National Instruments, Austin Editor Contacts: Tad Druart or Tamra Pringle Reader Contact: Jerry Rodriguez 800/258-7022 |
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