Chapter 1 Getting Started
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National Instruments Software

National Instruments has developed several software kits you can use with
the NI 8352/8353.
National Instruments hardware and software work together to help you
make the most of your PXI Express system. The LabVIEW, Measurement
Studio, and LabWindows™/CVI™ application development environments
combine with leading hardware drivers such as NI-DAQmx to provide
exceptional control of NI hardware. Instrument drivers are available at
ni.com/idnet to simplify communication with instruments over a variety
of buses.
LabVIEW is a powerful and easy-to-use graphical programming
environment you can use to acquire data from thousands of different
instruments including USB, IEEE 488.2, VXI, serial, PLCs, and plug-in
boards. LabVIEW helps you convert acquired data into meaningful results
using powerful data analysis routines. Add-on tools provide additional
specialized functionality. For more information, visit ni.com/labview
and ni.com/toolkits.
If you prefer to use Microsoft’s Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual
Studio .NET for the core of your application, Measurement Studio adds
tools for measurement and automation to each language. For more
information, visit ni.com/mstudio.
LabWindows/CVI is an interactive ANSI C programming environment
designed for building virtual instrument applications. LabWindows/CVI
includes a drag-and-drop editor for building user interfaces, a complete
ANSI C environment for building your test program logic, and a collection
of automated code generation tools, as well as utilities for building
automated test systems, monitoring applications, or laboratory
experiments. For more information, visit ni.com/lwcvi.
NI-DAQmx provides an extensive library of functions you can call from
your application development environment or interactive environment,
such as NI Signal Express. These functions provide an intuitive API for
National Instruments multifunction DAQ products. Features include analog
input (A/D conversion), buffered data acquisition (high-speed A/D
conversion), analog output (D/A conversion), waveform generation, digital
I/O, counter/timer operations, SCXI signal conditioning, RTSI or PXI
synchronization, self-calibration, messaging, and acquiring data to
extended memory. For more information, visit ni.com/daq.