New Features in LabVIEW 2009

VI Snippets Tool

Drag and drop graphical code as images to create working block diagrams.

3D Math Plots

Take advantage of 11 new 3D graphs for visualizing data.

Partial Diagram Cleanup

Automatically arrange portions of code with improved block diagram cleanup tool.

VI Recursion

Develop in LabVIEW using native recursion.

Parallel For Loops

Improve performance through automatic multithreading of for loops.

Enhanced Icon Editor

Develop layered VI icons with integrated templates, glyphs, and text editing.

Probe Watch Window

Simplify debugging by managing all LabVIEW probes in one global window.

LabVIEW MathScript RT Module

Deploy your custom .m files to real-time hardware.

See the Features in Action

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Development Environment Enhancements

Software Engineering

Language and Performance Improvements

  • 64-bit OS support
  • Friends of Libraries in Community Scope
  • Guaranteed Downcasting of LabVIEW Classes
  • Data Value References
  • Native Recursion
  • New In-Place Element Structure Border Nodes
  • Feedback Node Configuration Options
  • Parallel For Loops
  • New Dynamic Data Express VI
  • Group Digital Signals Express VI
  • CPU Information Palette
  • Pretty Print Support for XML Data
  • Using Xpath to Query XML Documents
  • User-Defined I/O Variable for LabVIEW Real-Time
  • LabVIEW MathScript RT
  • Object Orientation for LabVIEW Real-Time
  • New System Directory Vis

Connectivity

  • SSL Security for Web Services
  • Generate .NET Interop Assemblies
  • Application Builder File Generation
  • Back Up, Restore, and Replicate RT Targets
  • ARM File System Support
  • ARM Nonblocking Compilation
  • Sound VIs on Mac

Mathematics

LabVIEW Core

LabVIEW Wireless Sensor Network Module Pioneer

  • Introduction to LabVIEW WSN
  • Add intelligence to NI WSN measurement nodes
  • Perform custom analysis
  • Interface to sensors
  • Embed decision making
  • Extend battery life by reducing data transmission

NI Real-Time Hypervisor

LabVIEW Real-Time Module

LabVIEW FPGA Module

LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module

  • Extended Kalman filtering
  • External Model Interface

LabVIEW MathScript RT Module

LabVIEW Statechart Module

  • No Recompile for Guard/Action Changes
  • Find Functionality
  • Documentation Generation
  • FPGA Emulation Debugging

LabVIEW DSC Module

  • Configuration-Based Navigation Controls
  • Deploy to Touch Panels Based on XP Embedded OS
  • Improved Shared Variable Deployment
  • New Tag API for Building High-Channel-Count Applications

LabVIEW Touch Panel Module

  • Configuration-Based Navigation Controls

LabVIEW Mobile Module

  • Object-Orientation Support
  • Execution Highlighting
  • Fixed-Point Math

LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK

  • Interrupt Manager
  • Object-Orientation Support
  • Improvements to Front Panel UI Support
  • Improvements to Static Memory Use Functionality
  • Interrupt Manager Dialog
  • Execution Highlighting
  • Nonblocking Compilation

LabVIEW Embedded for ARM

  • File System Support
  • Easier Porting to Other ARM Processors
  • Support for Microvision 3.5
  • Nonblocking Compilation
  • Execution Highlighting
  • Object-Orientation Support
  • Application Status Window

LabVIEW SignalExpress

Vision Devepment Module

  • Support for DirectShow (USB) devices
  • New enhanced geometric pattern matching function
  • New color classification function
  • Color image support for more processing functions
  • More multicore optimizations
  • New debug license for deployment systems
  • 64-bit OS support
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Language Features      
For / While LoopsXXXXXX
Case StructuresXXXXXX
ActiveX FunctionsXXXXXX
Automatic Wire RoutingXXXXXX
Timed LoopsXXXXXX
Time Stamp ControlXXXXXX
Dynamically Register EventsXXXXXX
.NET FunctionsXXXXXX
Digital Waveform Data TypeXXXXXX
Feedbackback Node inside LoopsXXXXXX
Flat Sequence StructureXXXXXX
Project Explorer XXXXX
Project Libraries XXXXX
Conditional and Diagram Disable Structures XXXXX
Timed Sequence Structure XXXXX
64-Bit Integer Data Type XXXXX
.NET Controls & Events XXXXX
MathScript XXXXX
MathScript Plot Functions  XXXX
MathScript Analysis Functions (Filters, Linear Systems, Resampling, Spectral Analysis, Transforms, Signal Generation, Windows)  XXXX
Object Orientation  XXXX
Statechart   XXX
Multi-Core Timed Loop / Sequence   XXX
Fixed-Point Data Type   XXX
Shared Reentrant VIs   XXX
Feedback Node outside Loops   XXX
Stop Terminal for For Loops   XXX
Programmatic Access to MathScript Plot Properties   XXX
MathScript Debugging (Variable Viewer, Output Window, Line Numbers)   XXX
MathScript Analysis Functions (Signal Processing, Special Functions, Statistics)   XXX
Graphical Merge   XXX
Platform DVD    XX
MathScript Debugging (Breakpoints, Single-Stepping, Syntax Highlighting)    XX
MathScript on Mac & Linux    XX
MathScript RT     X
64-Bit LabVIEW     X
Native Recursion     X
Object Orientation in LabVIEW RT/FPGA     X
       
Communication      
TCP / UDP VisXXXXXX
Data SocketXXXXXX
Email VIsXXXXXX
Shared Variables XXXXX
Variable Manager  XXXX
TCP Implementation of NI-PSP    XXX
Distributed System Manager    XX
Web Services    XX
SSL (Security) for Web Services     X
       
Productivity      
Automatic Tool SelectionXXXXXX
Express VIsXXXXXX
NI-DAQmxXXXXXX
DAQ AssistantXXXXXX
Instrument I/O AssistantXXXXXX
Example FinderXXXXXX
Navigation WindowXXXXXX
Instrument Driver Finder XXXXX
3rd Party SCC Integration XXXXX
Programmatic Access to Control Run-Time Pop-Up Menus XXXXX
Find & Replace All XXXXX
Reentrant Panels for Debugging Reentrant Vis XXXXX
Debugging Built Apps/DLLs XXXXX
Class Browser for Properties/Methods XXXXX
Auto-Save VIs  XXXX
Import Shared Library  XXXX
Import Web Services  XXXX
Auto-Save Non-VI Files   XXX
Merging VIs   XXX
Synchronization of Project to Disk   XXX
Save for Previous to Multiple LV Versions   XXX
Resolve Project Conflicts   XXX
Breakpoint Window    XX
Automatic Wire Tunnels    XX
Quick Drop    XX
Block Diagram Cleanup    XX
Properties of Multiple Objects    XX
Merging LLBs    XX
Programmatic Access to Palette Menus    XX
Probe Watch Window     X
Partial Block Diagram Cleanup     X
Easy Access to TDMS Files from Microsoft Excel     X
New 2D and 3D Data Visualization Controls     X
       
Code Analysis Tools      
Buffer AllocationsXXXXXX
Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit XXXXX
Upgrade Analyzer Tests    XX
Unit Test Framework    XX
Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit    XX
Code Complexity Metrics     X
       
Front Panel      
Tree ControlsXXXXXX
Subpanel ControlXXXXXX
Combo Box ControlXXXXXX
Radio Button ControlXXXXXX
Alignment GridXXXXXX
Export Graphs & Charts for PrintingXXXXXX
Mixed-Mode Graph XXXXX
Graph Annotations XXXXX
Splitter Bars XXXXX
Tools for Building Drag-n-Drop GUIs XXXXX
XControls XXXXX
3D Picture Control  XXXX
Export Picture Control & XControl for Printing   XXX
Text in 3D Picture Control   XXX
Native 3D Surface Graph    Xx
Native 3D Parametric Graph    XX
Native 3D Curve Graph    XX
3D Sensor Mapping    XX
       
Performance      
Multicore PerformanceXXXXXX
TDMS File Format  XXXX
In Place Element Structure   XXX
Parallel For Loop     X
Data References     X
Faster TDMS File Access     X
       
Deployment      
Create ExecutablesXXXXXX
Create DLLXXXXXX
Create InstallersXXXXXX
Debug Deployment License XXXXX
Multi-Lingual Run-Time Engine XXXXX
Programmatic Access to App Builder    XX
Distributed System Manager    XX
Create .NET Assemblies     X
System Replication Tools     X
       
Algorithms      
New Analysis Functions (Polynomials, Linear Algebra, Time Domain, Frequency Domain)XXXXXX
New Analysis Functions (Optimization, Differential Equations, Elementary Math, Statistics, Measurement Analysis, Interpolation, Curve Fitting, Signal Processing, etc.) XXXXX
New Analysis Functions (Windows, Signal Generation, Resampling, Filters, Polynomials, Linear Algebra, Curve Fitting, etc.)  XXXX
BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine) VIs   XXX
Reentrant Analysis VIs (for Improved Multi-Core Execution)    XX
PDE (partial differential equation) solver VIs     X