© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 Getting Started with LabVIEW SignalExpress
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Introduction to LabVIEW SignalExpress
National Instruments provides innovative solutions for scientists
and engineers to build automated measurement systems based on
industry-standard computers and platforms. National Instruments develops
robust, industry-leading programming environments for automating
measurement systems, such as LabVIEW for graphical development,
LabWindows™/CVI™ for ANSI C programming, and Measurement Studio
for Microsoft Visual Studio programming. You can use these programming
tools with National Instruments measurement hardware and interfaces to
traditional instruments to build custom, advanced virtual instrumentation
systems.
LabVIEW SignalExpress optimizes virtual instrumentation for design
engineers by offering instant interactive measurements that require no
programming. You can use LabVIEW SignalExpress interactively to
acquire, generate, analyze, compare, import, and log signals. You can
compare design data with measurement data in one step. LabVIEW
SignalExpress extends the ease of use and performance of virtual
instrumentation to those who must acquire or analyze signals without
programming applications. You also can extend the functionality of
LabVIEW SignalExpress by importing a custom virtual instrument (VI)
created in the LabVIEW Development System or by converting a
LabVIEW SignalExpress project to a LabVIEW block diagram so you can
continue development in LabVIEW. Refer to Chapter 7, Extending
LabVIEW SignalExpress Projects with LabVIEW, for more information.