Chapter1 Introduction
NI6013/6014 User Man ual 1-2 ni.com
❑One oft he followingsoftware packages and documentation:
–LabVIEW (for Windows)
–MeasurementS tudio (for Windows)
–VILog ger
❑A PCI-buscomput er
Software Programming Choices
Whenprogramming Nat ionalI nstruments DAQ hardware, you canuse an
NIapplication development environment (ADE) or other ADEs. In either
case,you useNI-D AQ.

NI-DAQ

NI-DAQ, which ships with the NI 6013/6014, has an extensive library of
functionsthat you can call from the ADE. These functions allow you to use
all the features of the NI 6013/6014.
NI-DAQcarries out many of the complex interactions, such as
programming interrupts, between the computer and the DAQhardware.
NI-DAQmaintains a consistent software interface among its different
versionsso that you can change platforms with minimal modifications
to thecode. Whether you are using LabVIEW,Measurement Studio,
VILogger, or other ADEs, your application uses NI-DAQ, as illustrated
in Figure 1-1.