Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. What Is LabVIEW?

A. A graphical based computer programming language from National Instruments

Just celebrated its 22^nd anniversary, LabVIEW was developed for engineers and scientists and has no text-based code, only a data-flow chart known as a Block Diagram.

Q. Can you produce an application/LabVIEW drivers for my old instrument or machine?

A. In many cases we can! It depends on 2 things: the bus (or connection) the instrument uses to communicate with the computer, and how much original information there is available for it.

If it uses a ‘standard’ bus (GPIB, serial, CAN, Ethernet etc..) and you have the original command set, driver development is often straightforward. If your instrument uses a proprietary bus, or you have no access to the commands used to drive it (often in the original manual), development can be more difficult. Please contact us and one of our engineers will be able to make a thorough assessment at your site.

Q. What is the best way to become trained in LabVIEW?

A. The LabVIEW Basics, Intermediate and Advanced courses run by NI are the best way to get a full grounding in all aspects of LabVIEW programming. See www.ni.com/training.

Develop-ing Solutions can provide our own highly tailored training days on specialist subjects – eg: Instrument Driver design, distributed solutions, web-based or real time systems. We also train your LabVIEW staff as we work through a project, so we can transfer the best of our knowledge to your staff throughout our involvement.