National Instruments: Platform update

National Instruments has released LabVIEW 8, an upgrade to its graphical development platform for design, control, and test. Allows engineers and scientists to design, distribute, and synchronize intelligent devices using a powerful suite of new capabilities that includes a simplified, scalable interface.

Nov 30, 2005

Also helps streamline application and system management with tools that manage all the files in a large application, simplify the challenges of team software development, and organize all hardware targets.

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