NI LabVIEW Free Trial

Experience the benefits of LabVIEW by getting started with a free trial. For a guided initial experience, there is a web-based trial where an NI engineer will demonstrate how to use LabVIEW. For a self-paced experience, there is a standard software download trial. The trial provides complete access to LabVIEW Professional for connecting to hardware, building a custom user interface, and saving data.

Note: The trial does not provide access to NI Nigel™ AI.

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LabVIEW Downloaded Full Product Trial versus Web-Based Trial

	Downloaded Product Trial	Web-Based Trial
Recommended Uses	This trial is recommended for engineers with limited LabVIEW experience who need time to review LabVIEW and may want to connect with existing hardware.	This trial is recommended for engineers with limited to no LabVIEW experience who can attend a learning session to learn the basics of programming.
Features
LabVIEW Functionality	Capabilities in LabVIEW Professional	Capabilities in LabVIEW Professional
Connect to Physical Hardware	Yes	Not possible, only simulated
Training and Onboarding	Free resources online, as follows	NI employee-led 90 minute learning session
Trial Availability	Always	Starts after scheduled learning session
Trial Length	7 days with the option to extend	3 days
Next Steps
Access & Activate	After installation, launch LabVIEW and select "Start Trial" in the activation modal. Select the free trial option that matches your operating system, download, and then install.	A Teams invite will be sent with access to the hosted sandbox before the session. Select a highlighted date from the calendar and complete registration.
Next Steps	Download product trial	Sign up for a web-based trial

Getting the most out of your free trial

LabVIEW Hands-On Guide

Learn how to use LabVIEW with a practical, step-by-step guide that shows you how to build your first program and acquire data. This guide also provides an overview to the basics of LabVIEW and graphical programming.

This guide includes four hands-on exercises, designed to help you develop a solid foundation in LabVIEW:

In Exercise 1, you will learn the basics of programming by building a simple interactive program.
In Exercise 2, you will turn the simple program into a more practical data acquisition program.
In Exercise 3, you will expand the data acquisition program to acquire data from multiple devices.
In Exercise 4, you can view example programs, which are the best references for getting started and building larger applications.

Note: Hardware is not required for these exercises.

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Getting Started with LabVIEW Tutorial

This page will help you learn the fundamentals of LabVIEW. It provides a concise overview of the environment so you can familiarize yourself with the software and includes expert-led instruction videos to see LabVIEW in action. Also, you can learn how to build your first LabVIEW application!

View the LabVIEW Tutorial

Finding Examples for NI Hardware

Shipping examples are the best reference for developers to get started. This article shows how to access the LabVIEW Example Finder and search by task or hardware.

Learn how to find examples

Common Questions about the LabVIEW Free Trial

The web-based trial allows you to access a virtual machine with LabVIEW installed for three days. The downloadable trial is available for 7 days with an option to extend for up to 45 days after you first open it.
Yes. You can download LabVIEW after the web-based trial.
The downloadable trial gives you all the functionality in LabVIEW Professional.
Yes. If you saved your VI, you can pick up where you left off in the trial.