NI Introduces Free LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit Plug-In for Instrument Drivers

Posted on March 9, 2005 By Corinne Jones News

Engineers and scientists now can download the free National Instruments Instrument Driver VI Analyzer Toolkit plug-in to save time testing and creating quality, native NI LabVIEW plug-and-play source code drivers. The new tool features tests and configurations that automate the process of verifying that instrument drivers meet certified National Instruments LabVIEW standards.

The Instrument Driver VI Analyzer plug-in is available free at www.ni.com/idnet and requires the NI LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit, a powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating quality LabVIEW code for a variety of applications. By using the Instrument Driver VI Analyzer Toolkit plug-in, engineers and scientists can access additional instrument driver tests prioritized for driver architecture and API design, VI names and properties, controls and indicator properties, front panels, block diagrams, icons and connector panes, documentation, palette menus and examples. With these tests, they can automate and improve the process of verifying their instrument driver code.

“The new Instrument Driver VI Analyzer Toolkit plug-in helps engineers and scientists save valuable time developing instrument drivers that meet LabVIEW Instrument Driver Advisory Board standards,” said Dr. Daniel Kaminsky, LabVIEW Instrument Driver Advisory Board member and Division of Virtual Instrumentation manager at Elcom, a.s., in Prague. “We are excited about the new Instrument Driver VI Analyzer plug-in because LabVIEW users now can easily access the necessary tests for analyzing the quality of drivers and ensuring that they adhere to the certification guidelines.”

About LabVIEW Instrument Driver Advisory Board
The LabVIEW Instrument Driver Advisory Board is composed of leading LabVIEW users who help define architectural and development standards for instrument drivers to ensure they provide maximum benefits to all LabVIEW and instrumentation users. The advisory board meets regularly to create a consistent review process and ensure continual improvement in LabVIEW instrument connectivity, including the recent approval of the new Instrument Driver VI Analyzer Toolkit plug-in. The nine-company board, including representatives from Flextronics, Philips and Rockwell Collins, supplies and interprets customer feedback to focus on usability, flexibility and performance of LabVIEW instrument drivers.

About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,400 employees and direct operations in approximately 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

by Corinne Jones

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