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Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries

Use the NI-DAQmx class library to perform the following types of tasks:

• Analog signal measurement

• Analog signal generation

• Digital I/O

• Counting and timing

• Pulse generation

• Signal switching

Tip For more information about the NI-DAQmx class library, refer to the Using the

Measurement Studio NI-DAQmx.NET Library topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help.

For more information about DAQ, visit ni.com/dataacquisition.

NI-SCOPE

The .NET class libraries for NI-SCOPE include .NET APIs for NI-Scope,

NI-TClk, and NI-ModInst instrument drivers. These class libraries provide

a .NET interface to the underlying driver API. You can use the .NET class

libraries to create and configure NI-SCOPE components programmatically

and at design time.

Tip For further information on NI-SCOPE .NET driver support and to download the

NI-SCOPE .NET class libraries, refer to NI-SCOPE .NET Driver Support at NI Developer

Zone, ni.com/devzone.

NI-VISA

The Measurement Studio NI-VISA .NET class library is in the

NationalInstruments.VisaNS namespace. This class library is

included when you install the NI-VISA driver. The NI-VISA driver is

available at ni.com/downloads. The NI-VISA class library includes a set

of classes that provides a rich, object-oriented interface to the NI-VISA

driver. Use this library to quickly create bus-independent or bus-specific

instrument control applications.

The NI-VISA class library supports formatted I/O operations, locking,

event handling, and interface-specific extensions. With this class library

you can access the functionality available in NI-VISA for communicating

with message-based and register-based instruments using the following

interfaces:

•GPIB

• IEEE 1394