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LabVIEW 2018

LabVIEW 2018 simplifies the design of distributed test, measurement, and control systems decreasing your time to market. Combine LabVIEW 2018 with proven, off-the-shelf customizable hardware from NI which has been used by engineers for over 30 years to develop and deploy custom large-scale industrial and production systems.

Explore LabVIEW 2018 Features

LabVIEW users with an active Standard Service Program (SSP) membership are eligible to upgrade to LabVIEW 2018.  

Use hardware auto-discovery and interactive panels to take your first measurement faster.

Seamlessly Integrate Your Hardware

Quickly integrate NI hardware and third-party devices together in one development environment to meet application needs.

Use integrated data capture and analysis tools to gain insight into real-world signals.

Integrate Analysis and IP to Save Time

Gain insight faster by applying analysis and control using built-in functions or calling existing IP.

Use enhanced coding productivity features to reduce your development time.

Visualize Data to Manage Your System

Develop user interfaces with a drag-and-drop approach to view data, make decisions, and manage deployed systems.

What Can You Do With LabVIEW 2018?

LabVIEW solves engineering challenges across a broad range of application areas. Explore the area below that most closely aligns to your application to learn more.

Design Smart Machines or Industrial Equipment

You can build industrial equipment and smart machines faster with LabVIEW. NI’s embedded design platform combines a complete software stack, tightly integrated and customizable hardware, and a vibrant ecosystem of users and IP.

Teach Engineering Students

In the classroom or lab, you can teach students with real-world systems using LabVIEW to increase rate of discovery, build solutions faster, and improve success.

Looking for More Application Areas?

Every purchase of LabVIEW includes LabVIEW 2018 and LabVIEW NXG. NI recommends LabVIEW NXG for the following application areas:

Measure Physical Systems With Sensors or Actuators
Validate or Verify Electronic Designs
Develop Production Test Systems

Designing wireless communications systems?

Compare LabVIEW NXG and LabVIEW 2018 to see which one is right for you.

Software Benefits

Standard Service Program

Every purchase includes a renewable, one-year membership to the SSP for software, which offers the following:

  • Live phone and email technical support from local, degreed engineers
  • Automatic version updates to LabVIEW and LabVIEW NXG
  • 24/7 access to selected online training and virtual demonstrations
  • Access to historical versions in case you need to share code with your team

Which Edition Is Right for My Project?

LabVIEW Base Edition

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  • Recommended for desktop measurement applications
  • Includes device drivers for NI hardware and third-party instruments
  • Includes basic mathematics and signal processing

 

Purchase includes LabVIEW NXG Base Edition

LabVIEW Full Edition

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  • Recommended for performing inline advanced mathematics and signal processing
  • Required for signal processing add-ons
  • Required for real-time and FPGA hardware

 

Purchase includes LabVIEW NXG Full Edition

LabVIEW Professional Edition

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  • Recommended for applications requiring code validation
  • Includes code and application deployment capabilities
  • Includes software engineering add-ons

 

Purchase includes LabVIEW NXG Professional Edition

HOW TO BUY LabVIEW

A single-seat license of LabVIEW can be associated with an individual or to a specific computer ID.

The Volume License Program is designed for teams that need five or more licenses. It reduces the total cost of ownership by providing streamlined asset management to your organization.

Academic Site Licenses include software for classroom, laboratory, or research. It is the standard way for academics and students to access NI software.

Not Sure Which License Type Is Right for You?

Contact us to learn more.

Related Add-ons

The LabVIEW FPGA Module enables you to develop FPGA VIs on a host computer and compile and implement the code on NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware.

The LabVIEW NXG Web Module enables the creation of web-based user interfaces with drag-and-drop widgets, communication mechanisms, and secure hosting.

The LabVIEW Real-Time Module enables you to create and debug reliable, deterministic applications that run on stand-alone embedded hardware targets.

Vision Development Module provides hundreds of functions for developing and deploying machine vision applications.

Expand the power of LabVIEW with the LabVIEW Tools Network by providing access to certified, NI and third-party add-ons.

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