What Is LabVIEW?
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment engineers use to develop automated research, validation, and production test systems.
Product Features
Graphical Programming for Test and Measurement
LabVIEW has what you need to build automated test systems, fast.
- Thousands of available analysis functions
- Configurable, interactive display elements
- Drivers for automating every instrument and data acquisition hardware
- Connectivity to other languages and industry-standard protocols
LabVIEW Applications
What Can I Do with LabVIEW?
For the past 35 years, LabVIEW has been engineers’ tool of choice for developing automated test systems. From performing a simple voltage measurement to advancing space missions, discover how LabVIEW can advance your next project:
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LabVIEW Editions
LabVIEW is available in three editions and is a part of the Test Workflow bundle, which scale in features and capabilities to meet your application requirements. Consider the Test Workflow bundle for LabVIEW and more NI Software. Licenses are sold as one-year subscriptions that include access to online training, degreed engineers for technical support, and software updates.
LabVIEW Base
Recommended for building simple test and measurement applications.
Includes the standard capabilities of LabVIEW:
- Acquire data from NI and third-party hardware and communicate using industry protocols
- Create interactive UIs for test monitoring and control.
- Utilize standard math, probability, and statistical functions
- Integrate code written in Python, C/C++, .NET, and MathWorks MATLAB® software
- Save data to .csv, .tdms, or any custom-defined binary file
Test Workflow Standard
Save over 50%
Recommended for applications that require hardware automation, data analysis, automated reporting, and remote access to test.
Includes:
- LabVIEW Full, with tools for advanced analysis and signal processing
- G Web Development Software, for building web applications for test
- DIAdem Advanced, for measurement data search, visualization, analysis, and creating automated reports
- FlexLogger, for performing data acquisition with NI hardware without needing to do any coding
Test Workflow Pro
Save nearly 60%
Recommended for applications that need test sequencing, more data visualization capabilities, and advanced analysis features.
Includes Test Workflow Standard Software, plus:
- LabVIEW Professional, with tools for creating stand-alone applications, database connectivity, and reporting for Microsoft Office
- TestStand, for developing test sequences for validation and production test stations
- DIAdem Professional, for advanced data visualization and analysis
Service Included With All Editions
Every purchase of LabVIEW includes software services such as access to current and historical versions, technical support, and online training.
Learn Faster with LabVIEW Training
With your subscription to LabVIEW, you get on-demand access to LabVIEW Core 1, which you can use to learn the basics of how to develop applications in the LabVIEW programming environment.
Continue Building LabVIEW Skills with Additional Training
To expand on the skills you learned in LabVIEW Core 1, you can also purchase courses individually using Education Services Credits or save money taking multiple courses with a Training Membership. The following recommended courses can help you learn to do more, even faster, with LabVIEW.
LabVIEW Core 2
The LabVIEW Core 2 Course teaches you the basics of how to implement and distribute your custom LabVIEW applications.
Data Acquisition
Data Acquisition Using NI-DAQmx and LabVIEW helps you explore the basics of data acquisition using sensors, NI data acquisition hardware, and LabVIEW.
LabVIEW Core 3
The LabVIEW Core 3 Course introduces you to structured practices to design, implement, document, and test LabVIEW applications.
Object-Oriented Design and Programming
The Object-Oriented Design and Programming in LabVIEW Course covers the fundamental concepts of object-oriented design (OOD) and programming.
The move to a COTS approach using PXI and LabVIEW was critical to this production test success at Philips. The combination of best-in-class modular hardware along with industry-standard software was pivotal to the millions of dollars and hundreds of hours saved in production test engineering.
Neil Evans
Senior Manager, Philips
Advantages of Standardizing on LabVIEW
LabVIEW is the key for accelerating test. After selecting NI, with LabVIEW as the foundation for test, L3 has increased its engineering performance with improvements in development time, downtime, and code reuse.
9x
Improvement in development times
50%
Reduction of beta test downtime
80%
Code reuse across similar products
L3 merged with Harris in 2019 and is now L3Harris.
UPGRADE LabVIEW
What’s New in LabVIEW?
Get ready for the most productive programming environment for test and measurement in LabVIEW 2022 Q3. This release adds:
- Use of Python class objects as parameters
- Easier debugging with MathWorks® MATLAB® software
- Streamlined installation for drivers and toolkits
- Support for Windows 11
- 64-bit support for LabVIEW Real-Time
MATLAB® is a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.
Future LabVIEW Features
The Test Workflow roadmap, which includes information about LabVIEW, gives you a first look at some of the exciting improvements we have planned for NI software. See what’s next and complete the survey to let us know what features are most important to you.
