Virtual Soldering （4）

Published:2011/8/3 1:33:00 Author:Amy From:SeekIC

By Dr. Thomas Scherer

What else can LabVIEW do?

Any program created using LabVIEW can be stored as a collection of Vis in an individual file which can then be run (within the development environment) with a double­click. There is also a compiler which can generate EXE or DLL files, protecting your ideas from being copied. For those hardy souls who want to integrate fragments of LabVIEW code in their projects written in C there is a special version of LabVIEW available in the form of a C code library. A further version is available to run code generated by LabVIEW on dedicated single-board 19-inch rack computers, making it possible to build real-time instrumentation systems.

There is little else to note: LabVIEW is available for all the main operating systems (Windows, Mac OS 9, OS X, Linux, Solaris and HP/UX) and changing between plat­forms is straightforward. LabVIEW is also available for PDAs and FPGAs and in foreign languages. However LabVIEW is not cheap: a standard license costs in the region of seven hundred pounds, and the complete pack­age including compiler and other functions costs around three thousand pounds. In view of the range of functions provided and the possible time savings, this seems rea­sonable. Research suggests that a threefold increase in productivity can be obtained, which the author can con­firm from his own experience.

A significantly cheaper version, LabVIEW Express 7, is available to school pupils and students. It costs around twenty pounds and offers full functionality, but of course may not be used for commercial purposes. Special prices are also available to universities buying a number of licenses.

If you wish to try out LabVIEW, a free demonstration ver­sion, offering full functionality but time-limited to thirty days, is available from Nl.

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