What Customers Are Saying about LabVIEW

"LabVIEW is a programming language, equivalent to C++, Visual Basic, or any other language. It is the only widely accepted graphical programming language. Graphical programming is a language of the future and carries with it many important programming concepts. I feel it is the responsibility of universities (such as Penn State) to expose at least every computer science and engineering student to these new concepts."

- Scott Deno, Associate Director Center for Electronic Design, Communications, and Computing Penn State University

"Before using LabVIEW, I used C and VC++, which took, on average, three months to finish a project. I recently completed a VGA signal generator project in just one month using LabVIEW and NI modular instrumentation. I found LabVIEW easy to use in developing high-performance algorithms. There were many useful VIs and built-in functions that helped me reduce my development time while allowing me to integrate my current C algorithms."

- In-Seung Yang Samsung Electronics

"LabVIEW has succeeded in not only making the hardware but also the complex, low-level software disappear. I can concentrate on my projects rather than the implementation mechanics. The upcoming LabVIEW tools for simulation and embedded applications present exciting new breakthroughs in automotive software engineering."

- Ali F. Maleki, Lead Software Systems Engineer Visteon Corporation

"Ease of use, programming capabilities, invaluable built-in functions, flexible user interfaces, comprehensive dataflow tracking features, unambiguous compilation and debugging tools, and compatibility with many hardware facilities make LabVIEW nothing short of magic! We advise our researchers to use LabVIEW in their research work, regardless of its engineering or scientific nature. They save a lot of valuable time and achieve a much higher level of success. In two recent projects, my research associates saved almost one year's worth of computer programming simply because they used existing subVIs, which are dedicated to certain types of data analysis; there was no need to reinvent the wheel!"

- Dr. Ehsan Mesbahi, Director of Computing Laboratories University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Marine Science and Technology

"Even though my programming experience is in C, with LabVIEW, I believe that I can do the same amount of programming in less time."

- Anthony Cheng, Electrical Engineer Abbott Labs, United States

"By using LabVIEW, we can easily design whatever we need, be it a complex control and acquisition system or a simple analysis program. The ease with which additional program capabilities can be added is remarkable."

- Jared Dobbins Funk Manufacturing, a John Deere Company

"LabVIEW enables us to quickly perform precise biomechanical measurements that would otherwise require countless hours of tedious coding in other languages. Because LabVIEW offers us universal compatibility and is easy to use, I would recommend it to any laboratory that is performing high-end precision testing in a university environment."

- David Merryman, Research Associate Engineered Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States

"LabVIEW 7 combines powerful data analysis tools with excellent graphical representation. I estimate that this shortens the development time of the data analysis procedures we are developing for superconducting magnet tests by a factor of three with respect to other software packages. Its multiplatform availability is a real plus in our environment, where we have a mix of Solaris, Windows, and Macintosh."

- Adriaan Rijllart, Controls Group Engineer CERN, Switzerland

LabVIEW 8

"National Instruments LabVIEW has evolved into the premier software tool for producing industrial measurement and control applications. LabVIEW 8 dramatically simplifies the development, testing, and support of distributed applications. Using a LabVIEW configuration-based approach, engineers can easily synchronize intelligent nodes and incorporate either NI programmable automation controllers or third-party PLCs of their choice."

- Steve Conquergood, Founder Advanced Measurements Inc., Canada

"Tektronix understands the importance of seamless integration and connectivity of oscilloscopes and the PC for easy data transfer, advanced analysis, and custom user interfaces. LabVIEW 8 provides Tektronix customers with industry-leading instrument control capabilities, including the new, timesaving Instrument Driver Finder utility, which is built into LabVIEW 8 and provides the shortest time to achieve automated measurements."

- Martyn Etherington, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Tektronix

"The LabVIEW 8 Real-Time Module dramatically reduces development time with powerful project management features and the ability to simultaneously develop, execute, and debug code on multiple computing targets."

- David Thomson, Research Scientist NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, United States

"The ability to target local and remote real-time targets simultaneously with LabVIEW 8 accelerates development and simplifies debugging of distributed applications."

- Jörg Rychen, CEO Nanonis GmbH, Switzerland

"The new XControls feature in LabVIEW 8 makes life easier for me and other developers by allowing us to create more intelligent controls. With this ability, we now can solve complex user interface tasks with easy-to-use controls."

Jeffrey Habets, Architect, Applications Based on LabVIEW NBG Industrial Automation, Netherlands