Chapter 1 Introduction
© National Instruments Corporation 1-3 NI 7350 User Manual
❑One of the following software packages and documentation:
–LabVIEW
– LabWindows™/CVI™
– Measurement Studio
–C/C++
– Microsoft Visual Basic
❑A computer with an available PXI, CompactPCI, or PCI slot
Software Programming Choices
The NI 7350 controller comes with a simple but powerful high-level
application programming interface (API) that makes it easy to program.
You can execute all setup and motion control functions by calling into
ad ynamically-linked library (DLL). You can use the full function set
implementations for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI, or call the
NI-Motion libraries fromC and Visual Basic.
National Instruments Application Software
LabVIEW is based on the graphical programming language, G, and
features interactive graphics and a state-of-the-art user interface. In
LabVIEW, youcan create 32-bit compiled programs and stand-alone
executables for custom automation, data acquisition, test, measurement,
and control solutions. National Instruments offers the NI-Motion VI
Library, which is a series of virtual instruments (VIs) for using LabVIEW
with National Instruments motion control hardware. The NI-Motion VI
library implements the full API, along with a useful set of example
programs.
ANSI C-based LabWindows/CVI also features interactive graphics and a
state-of-the-art user interface. Using LabWindows/CVI, you can generate
C code for custom data acquisition, test, measurement, and automation
solutions. The NI-Motion software includes a series of example programs
for using LabWindows/CVI with National Instruments motion control
hardware.
NI Motion Assistant offers a point-and-click interface for creating motion
control sequences quickly and easily. When you have created a motion task,
you can use Motion Assistant to output the task in LabVIEW code or code
recipes.