Acquire, Analyze, and Present

with NI LabVIEW
Graphical Development Seminar
Agenda
• National Instruments Company Overview
• Introduction to Virtual Instrumentation
• What is NI LabVIEW?
– Acquire
– Analyze
– Present
• Beyond the Basics
• Expanding Your Knowledge
• The Next Step
National Instruments Overview
• Direct Operations in 40 Countries
• More Than 1,000 Products, 3,700 Employees, and
600 Alliance Program Members
• Corporate Headquarters in Austin, Texas

Direct Sales Offices

Distributors
National Instruments Profile
• Leaders in Computer-Based
Measurement and Automation
• Strong Track Record of Growth
and Profitability
• $514 MM Revenue in Fiscal
Year 2004
• Past Seven Consecutive Years
Voted Fortune Magazine’s 100
Best Companies to Work For in
America
Diversity of NI Customers
• Top 100 customers  32% of revenue
• More than 25,000 customers in more than 90 countries
• 95% of Fortune 500 in manufacturing
Today’s Designs: Converging Complexity
CD+RW Navigation Cellular PC/WWW/
PC/WWW/
Phone Email

AutomotiveT
elematics
TV
Games

Satellite Car
DVD+RW
Alarm/Radio Remote
AM/FM Stereo
Diagnostics
Today’s Challenges: The Traditional Approach

Function
Generator

Programmable
Switch
Automotive
Communications Oscilloscope
Telematics
Analyzer

Pattern Generator
Logic
Analyzer

Power Supply LCR Meter DMM

Spectrum Analyzer
NI’s Value Proposition

• Lower cost
• Higher performance
• Smaller size
• Flexible
• Easily upgraded
• User-defined

Telematics Unit
The Virtual Instrumentation Revolution
Benefits of Virtual Instrumentation

• Higher Performance • Faster Time to Market

Cut test time by 50%. Saved 44 weeks of development time.
—Lucent —Parker Hannifan
• Lower Cost • Improved Quality
Reduced test equipment cost by 66%. Reduced the time to move people
—Australian Military through airport security checkpoints
by 50%.
—Milestone Technology
The NI Approach – Integrated Hardware Platforms

PXI Modular Instrumentation Desktop PC Laptop PC PDA

High-Speed High-Resolution Multifunction Dynamic Instrument Digital I/O Counter/ Machine Motion Distributed I/O and
Digitizers Digitizers and DMMs Data Acquisition Signal Acquisition Control Timers Vision Control Embedded Control

Signal Conditioning
and Switching

Unit Under Test

The NI Approach – Integrated Software Framework
Test and Data Management Software
NI TestStand, DIAdem

Interactive Tools Application Development Software

SignalExpress LabWindows/ Measurement
VI Logger LabVIEW CVI Studio
Vision Builder AI Graphical Development ANSI C Development Visual Studio Components

Measurement and Control Services

Industry-Standard Development Software
LabVIEW 32%

Microsoft Visual Basic 13%

Visual C++ 10%

MATLAB 4% Software
Software
Software Used
UsedUsedforfor
for PC-Based
PC-Based
PC-Based
Data
Data
Data Acquisition
Acquisition
Acquisition and
and andInstrument
Instrument
Instrument
LabWindows/CVI 4% Control
Control
Control
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Source: Survey of 400 US readers from T&M World, EDN, Design News, and R&D magazines, Q1 2004
Graphical Development Platform for
Design, Control, and Test
• Intuitive graphical programming language designed for
engineers and scientists
• Hundreds of built-in functions for I/O, control, analysis, and
data presentation
• High-level, application-specific development tools and libraries
• Deployment to desktop, mobile, industrial, and embedded
targets
Introduction to the LabVIEW Environment
Front Panel

Block Diagram
Functions Palette – Express VIs

• More than 40 interactive Express VIs

• Used for most frequently-built applications
• Increase efficiency and productivity
LabVIEW Environment – Dataflow
• Each node (subVI or function) executes once all its inputs become available
• Parallel execution inherent in graphical nature
• Multithreaded execution for improved performance and system resource
management

DATA
Modularity
• Modular design “The robustness of LabVIEW,
combined with its graphical
• Hierarchal system with subVIs programming environment, ensure
• Reusable building blocks similar that we can quickly complete the
application and adapt it to unique
to subroutines customer requirements.”
—Dirk De Mol, Manager, Honeywell-
Measurex describing a LabVIEW
measurement and control system for sheet
process products with more than 3,000 VIs
Help Utilities – Intelligent Development Assistance

Context Help
• Function definitions
• Documentation

Example Programs
• Thousands available
• Included in NI LabVIEW
• Web integrated search tool
• ni.com/labviewzone
Demo: The NI LabVIEW Environment
NI LabVIEW: A History of Innovation
October 2005 • LabVIEW 8 Distributed Intelligence, tools for large application development

May 2004 • LabVIEW 7.1 Express VIs for Modular Instruments, NI-DAQmx for Real-Time
June 2003 • LabVIEW 7 Express VIs, interactive measurements, FPGA, PDA
January 2002 • LabVIEW 6.1 Enhanced networking capabilities, analysis
August 2000 • LabVIEW 6i Internet-ready measurement intelligence
February 1999 • LabVIEW 5.1 3D graphs, performance, Web tools, Linux
March 1998 • LabVIEW 5.0 ActiveX, multithreading
June 1997 • LabVIEW 4.1 DAQ Wizards on Windows platforms
February 1996 • LabVIEW 4.0 Added professional tools, improved debugging
August 1993
• LabVIEW 3.0 Multiplatform version of LabVIEW
September 1992
• LabVIEW for Windows
January 1990
• LabVIEW 2.0 for Macintosh
October 1986
• LabVIEW 1.0 for Macintosh
April 1983
• LabVIEW project begins
Increasing Ease-of-Use without Compromising Flexibility
Leveraging Commercial Technologies
Third-Party Software Communication Protocols
• Wolfram Research Mathematica® • Ethernet • IEEE 1394
• Microsoft Excel® • CAN • RS-232
• MathSoft MathCAD® • TCP/IP • GPIB
• Electronic Workbench MultiSim® • DeviceNet • RS-485
• Texas Instruments Code Composer • USB • Other
Studio® • BlueTooth
• The MathWorks MATLAB® and Simulink®
• Ansoft RF circuit design software
• Microsoft Access® OS Support
• Microsoft SQL Server® • Microsoft Windows
• Oracle® • Apple Macintosh
• Other • Linux
Leveraging Commercial Technologies
Technologies

Corba

VBX OCX ActiveX COM .NET

UNIX (Solaris/Linux)
LabVIEW
OSes

Windows
MAC

Java
Languages

C/C++
Basic

1980s 1990s 2000s

Acquire with NI LabVIEW
Interface with Your Hardware
Acquire Seamless Connectivity with Measurement
Hardware
• 4,000 instruments from more than 200 vendors
• Modular data acquisition from DC to 2.7 GHz
• 140 motion control stages
• More than 400 cameras from 36 vendors
• More than 100 PLCs
• Support for PXI, PCI, PCI Express, PCMCIA, CompactFlash, USB,
Ethernet, VXI, Serial, GPIB, FireWire, and CAN
Data Acquisition with NI LabVIEW
Data Acquisition with LabVIEW
• LabVIEW provides optimized
integration and configuration of all NI
data acquisition devices with the NI-
DAQmx driver software
− Analog I/O
− Digital I/O
− Counter and Timer I/O
− Signal Conditioning
 Data Acquisition Devices
cPCI/PXI

PCI
PCIe
USB
Compact
Flash
Ethernet,
Serial,
Wireless,
Fieldbus
M Series – Next Generation Data Acquisition
• More Performance
– Sampling Rate versus Resolution breakthrough
– Advances in timing and triggering
– Improved accuracy
• More I/O
– Up to 48 Digital I/O
– Up to 32 Analog Input
– Up to 4 Analog Output
• More Productivity
– Fast development tools
– Simple connectivity
– Price (especially per I/O channel)
USB Data Acquisition
High Performance

Integrated Signal
Conditioning 16 bits, 200 kS/s
16 AI, 2 AO, 32 DIO, 2 CTR

Low-Cost
16-bit simultaneous sampling AI
24-bit thermocouple input
Rugged features
Starting at $145
8 AI, 2 AO, 12 DIO, 1 CTR
Programming with NI-DAQmx and LabVIEW
Flexible programming options:
• DAQ Assistant
– Creating Tasks and Channels in MAX
– DAQ Assistant Express VI
– DAQmx Task Name
Constant
• Automatic code generation
• NI-DAQmx API
– DAQmx VIs
– DAQmx Property Nodes
NI-DAQmx Programming in LabVIEW

Core Polymorphic VIs

NI-DAQmx Task and

Channel Constants Property Nodes

DAQ Assistant Advanced Utility

Functions
Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)
Task and Built-in test panel
channel windows
creation

Simulated DAQmx
devices

Device
configuration
and connection
Signal connection
management
diagrams
Demo: Measurement & Automation Explorer and
the DAQ Assistant
Smart Sensor Technology
• IEEE 1451.4 (a.k.a. Smart TEDS Sensors)
• Smart TEDS Sensors store information internally
• LabVIEW
– Ships with basic TEDS library for reading and writing to existing files
– Can download separate library to create TEDS files
• MAX LabVIEW
Analog Signal
– Integrated into DAQmx Tasks Sensor

TEDS
TEDS
(EEPROM)
(EEPROM) Digital

Transducer Electronic
Data Sheet
. (TEDS)
Instrument Control with NI LabVIEW
Instrument Control with LabVIEW
• LabVIEW can communicate with virtually any instrument
– Instrument drivers
– Instrument I/O Assistant
• Tools for parsing, analyzing, and presenting instrument data

Instrument drivers Direct I/O Instrument I/O Asst.

GPIB/Serial Ethernet VXI PXI Other

 Instrument Drivers in LabVIEW
• Communicate with more than 4,000 instruments encompassing over 200 vendors
• Use common architecture
– Increase performance
– Increase portability
• Use intuitive controls/indicators
– No string formatting needed
– No string parsing needed
• Instrument Driver Network
– ni.com/idnet
• Automatically download/install with the Instrument Driver Finder

NEW
Instrument I/O Assistant
• I/O communication to Serial, GPIB, or Ethernet instruments
• Simplifies instrument control applications
– Reduces development time
– Little to no programming
required
– Automatically formats
instrument responses into
LabVIEW data types
– Increased flexibility through
reusable sequences of code
Demo: Instrument Control in LabVIEW
Modular Instrumentation with NI LabVIEW
 Leveraging Semiconductor Technology
28
26
24 24 Bits at 500 kS/s (NI 5922)
22
Accuracy (Bits)

20
16 Bits at 15 MS/s (NI 5922)
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
1 10 100 1K 10K 100K 1M 10M 100M 1G 10G 100G

Traditional Instruments
Frequency (Hz) NI before NI 5922
NI after NI 5922
Modular Instrumentation with LabVIEW
Software-defined measurements from 26 bits to 2.7 GHz

Digitizers Up to 24 bits, 250 MS/s

Express VIs for
Audio Analyzers 24 bits, 500 kS/s Modular Instruments

Multimeters 7½ digits (26 bits), 1000 V

RF 2.7 GHz, 20 MHz RTB

Signal Generators Up to 16 bits, 200 MS/s

High-Speed Digital I/O Up to 400 Mb/s

Switching Multiplexers, matrices, relays, RF

switches
Image Acquisition and Motion Control Software
NI Vision Development Module
• LabVIEW programming libraries for machine vision and image
processing
• Includes Vision Assistant
– Prototypes and benchmarks applications
– Generates complete code for LabVIEW,
Visual Basic, and C
• Hundreds of tools to:
– Enhance images
– Check for presence
– Locate features
– Identify parts
– Measure objects
Motion Control with LabVIEW
• NI Motion Assistant
– Interactive environment with 3D visualization
– Ready-to-run LabVIEW or C code creation
– Easy trapezoidal or S-curve velocity profile implementation
– Teach pendant for easy prototyping

• NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen and

IEEE 1394
– Use LabVIEW and NI Motion Assistant to program distributed
motion control applications
– Compatible with intelligent CANopen drives from Copley and
IEEE 1394 drives from ORMEC

• NI SoftMotion Development Module

– Develop custom motion controllers in LabVIEW Real-Time or
LabVIEW FPGA
– Use trajectory generation, spline interpolation, position, velocity
control, and encoder implementation VIs
Analyze with NI LabVIEW
Make Decisions with Your Data
Process and Analyze Data with LabVIEW
Over 500 built-in functions for
signal processing, analysis and math:
• Signal synthesis
• Curve fitting and interpolation
• FFT-based frequency analysis
• Mathematics
• Probability and statistics
• Time- and frequency-domain analysis
• Digital signal processing
• Waveform alignment and resampling
• Much more…

• Measurement-oriented analysis libraries

• Application-specific toolkits
Express VIs for Signal Processing & Analysis
Express VIs: Rapid, Configuration-based Signal
Processing and Analysis
• Spectral Measurements
• Amplitude and Level
• Timing and Transition
• Distortion
• Tone Amplitude / Frequency / Phase
• Filtering
• Curve Fitting
• Statistics
• Mask & Limit Testing
• Convolution and Correlation
Solve Problems Effectively with a Variety of User
Experiences
Packaging User Experience Value
Express VIs Simplified measurements Ease-of-use, interactivity
Immediate, interactive feedback Direct HW interface
Focused functionality, nomenclature Up-and-running quickly
Mostly configuration, minimum wiring

Waveform Flexible measurements Programmatic flexibility

Measurements Focused functionality, nomenclature Direct HW interface
Dataflow execution Benchtop equivalence
Reduced wiring

Array Flexible building blocks Comprehensive

Point-by-Point Generic functionality, nomenclature Flexible custom implementation
Dataflow execution

Textual Math Interactive, command line Comprehensive

Programmatic Flexible custom implementation
Textual syntax Combined textual / graphical approach
Demo: Measurement Analysis
LabVIEW Add-On Toolkits for Signal Processing and
Analysis
Sound and Vibration Digital Filter Design Spectral Measurements

Distortion, Octave Analysis, Swept FIR / IIR Filter Design, Zoom FFT, Power-in-Band,
Sine, S&V Level, Frequency Quantization, Fixed-point Modeling, Adjacent Channel Power, Tone
Measurements, Limit Testing, Fixed-point Simulation, … Detection, …
Transient, Time-Domain Integration,
Weighting, Waterfall Plot, …
LabVIEW Add-On Toolkits for Signal Processing and
Analysis
Order Analysis Advanced Signal Processing Modulation

Order Tracking, Order Extraction, Wavelets, Time-Series Analysis Analog / Digital

Online Order Analysis, Order Time-Frequency Analysis, … Modulation/Demodulation, Channel
Spectrum Selection, Tachometer Models, Bit Generation, Bit Error
Signal Processing, Waterfall Rate, Channel Coding, Modulation
Displays, Orbit / Polar Plots, Bode Measurements, AWGN, Phase
Plots, … Noise, Constellation Plots, Eye
Diagrams, …
Present with NI LabVIEW
Share and Display Your Data
Present Data with LabVIEW
Visualization
Data Management and Connectivity
• Built-in user interface design objects
• NI DIAdem
• Charting and graphing utilities
• Database connectivity
• Remote application viewing and control
• File I/O
• NI DataSocket
• Open environment (ActiveX, DLLs)
• Communication and data standards
– TCP/IP
Report Generation – BlueTooth
• Documentation Tools – OPC
• HTML reports for the Web – SQL database connectivity
• Microsoft Word and Excel reports – XML data format
• Interactive report generation with NI DIAdem
Remote Panels
• Control NI LabVIEW VIs through a standard Web browser
• Easy setup—no programming
required

Internet

LabVIEW Environment Web Browser

NEW Application Builder Functionality
• Create executables, DLLs, source distributions and zip files

• Bundle NI hardware drivers and software with an installer

• Manage multiple build settings in a single project

• Import .bld files to generate LabVIEW project automatically

Demo: Report Generation
Demo: Publish a VI to the Web

Internet

LabVIEW Environment Web Browser

Documentation Tools
• Publication-quality documentation
with a simple menu selection
• Custom error codes and handlers
• Custom online help
Demo: Documentation Tools
Presentation Toolkits
Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office
• Programmatically create and edit reports in Microsoft
Word and Excel
• Populate report templates
• Manage report layout, format, and appearance
• Email reports and run macros
• Express VI included

Database Connectivity Toolkit

• Insert and select data from OLE DB, ODBC databases
– Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
• Create and drop tables
• Save records in XML format
• Execute SQL queries
• Execute stored procedures
 Beyond the Seminar
Taking NI LabVIEW Beyond Acquire – Analyze – Present
Project-Based Development
Navigate
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Rick Beauchaine
Senior Software Engineer
Store and manage deployment settings
General Dynamics

Manage desktop, industrial, mobile and

embedded targets
Demo: LabVIEW Project
Application Builder
• Create executables, DLLs, source distributions and zip files

• Bundle NI hardware drivers and software with an installer

• Manage multiple build settings in a single project

• Import .bld files to generate LabVIEW project automatically

Add Drivers and Software to Installers
LabVIEW 8 RTE
MAX
NI-DAQmx
NI-DMM
NI-Scope
NI-FGen
NI-HSDIO
NI-488.2
NI-VISA
NI-FieldPoint
NI-Motion/Vison
Remote Debugging Capability
• Include block diagrams with an executable or DLL
• Remotely troubleshoot using LabVIEW debug tools
Demo: Application Builder
NI LabVIEW Development Systems

Visit www.ni.com/labview for more information

LabVIEW Everywhere
Sensor
Embedded
(FPGA)
Handheld
Wireless

Networked I/O

PC Boards

Industrial Computer (PXI)

Tektronix Open Windows

Oscilloscopes

Windows, Mac, Linux, Sun

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Real-Time Module DSC Module FPGA Module PDA Module

LabVIEW Development Systems

(Student, Base, Full, Professional)

Graphical Development Environment for Design, Control, and Test

Windows | Mac | Linux | RTOS

English | French | German | Japanese | Korean | Chinese
LabVIEW Real-Time Module
• Rapidly develop
deterministic applications
with graphical programming
• Easily architect distributed
control and monitoring
systems
• Eliminate time spent
integrating diverse I/O
Why Choose Real-Time?

Deterministic Performance Maximum Reliability Autonomous Operation

Scanning Probe Microscope Endurance Testing Underwater Testing

LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control
Module
• Graphical development for distributed monitoring and
control systems
– Trend real-time and historical data
– Log data from any networked I/O
to a historical database
– Monitor and log alarms and events
– Network LabVIEW Real-Time
targets and OPC devices
– Add security to LabVIEW user
interfaces
LabVIEW FPGA Module
• Define custom FPGA I/O without any VHDL
• Achieve hardware deterministic response of 25ns
• Execute tasks in true parallel
LabVIEW FPGA Module

Reconfigurable I/O (RIO) Hardware

LabVIEW PDA Module
• Create custom handheld applications for Palm,
Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, and select
Windows CE OS devices
• Acquire data using NI CompactFlash DAQ and
PCMCIA DAQCards, DMMs, and CAN devices
• Communicate using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11),
SMS text messaging, e-mail, IrDA, and serial
protocols
• Target standard and industrial PDAs, PDAs
with phone capabilities, and touch panel
computers
LabVIEW Add-On Software
More than 50 Add-ons from NI Hundreds of add-ons from
• Application Deployment & Targeting third parties
Modules
• Software Engineering & Optimization
Tools
• Data Management and Visualization
• Real-Time and FPGA Deployment
• Embedded System Deployment
• Signal Processing and Analysis
• Automated Test
• Image Acquisition and Machine Vision
• Control Design & Simulation
• Industrial Control
www.ni.com/toolkits www.ni.com/labviewzone
NI Developer Suite
Comprehensive Software Subscription Program
• Delivers popular software, bundled at an exceptional value
• Receive quarterly software updates
• Elevated level of technical support
• 10% discount on training courses and materials

Software packages tailored to meet application needs

• Developer Suite (General Users)
• Developer Suite Test Editions (Automated Test)
• Developer Suite Control Editions (Industrial Control)
• Each Edition includes a Standard and a Professional version
― Standard Editions include development tools
― Professional Editions include development tools as well as toolkits and/or additional
development tools
Interactive vs. Automated Measurements/Tests
Interactive Automated Automated
Measurements Measurements Tests
• Benchtop • Data Acq, Instr I/O • Series of meas/tests
• Non-programmed • Programmed • Sequencing (Pass/Fail)

Design Validation Manufacturing/Repair

Interactive Measurement Software
• Interactive, drag-and-drop
measurement software
• Generate and measure
analog and digital signals
• Connect with PC-based and
standalone instruments
• Perform signal processing, analysis,
and file I/O
• Correlate measurements
with SPICE simulation results
• Convert projects to LabVIEW VIs
Demo: NI SignalExpress
 Industry-leading test management software

• Eliminates programming of
common test executive tasks
• Reuse test code from in any language
• Simplifies updates and long-term maintenance
• 14 of the top 15 electronics
manufacturers* use NI
TestStand

Open Language Interface

*Electronic Business, 2004
 National Instruments
Technical Data Management
“We can create and collect complex data at tremendous
rates, but unless we can manage and analyze that
data, it's useless”

Ron Musick, former lead researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Data Problem

It is easy to collect complex data at tremendous rates, the real

challenge is quickly converting it into usable information
The Data Solution

Data Storage VIs

& TDM files

Data Management with

the DIAdem DataFinder

DIAdem Data Mining

and Reporting
TDM Files and LabVIEW Data Storage
Pain Point: “Saving Measurement Data is a Challenge…”
• LabVIEW Data Storage VIs
–Improving how test data is documented
–Simplifying data storage
–Providing flexible high level storage functions

• NI TDM –Search Ready Format

–Standard format ready for data mining
–Open published format, based on XML
–Accessible outside NI platform
DIAdem - Data Mining and Reporting
DIAdem DataFinder
–Revolutionizes how test data is managed
–Enables Google-like access to test data
– Installs and configures without IT support
–Provides intuitive ways mine to data for trends

DIAdem Analysis and Report Generation

– Transforms test data into usable results
–Streamlines post-test analysis
– Provides intuitive data exploration tools

DIAdem significantly reduces the time to turn raw

data into usable results
DIAdem DataFinder Behind the Scenes

• The DIAdem Data Index stores descriptive information of your data files
• Works with any data file you have a DataPlugin for
• It builds automatically and updates periodically
• No IT support required to install, configure or maintain
visit www.ni.com\dataplugins
NI DIAdem Interactive environment for data management, visualization,
analysis, report generation and task automation

Mine your data to find trends and perform

correlations using the DataFinder

Build complex reports in a WYSWYG

editor, then output to a PDF file

Work with datasets that contain over 100

billion data points.

Save time by automating common analysis

and reporting tasks

Find, understand, and work with your data the For more information visit
way that makes most sense to you
www.ni.com/diadem
Demo: NI DIAdem
Conclusion

How fast you convert data into information is a measure

of your organization’s efficiency

LabVIEW Storage VIs DIAdem DIAdem

& TDM Files DataFinder Analysis & Report
 Expanding Your Knowledge
Resources for Support, Education, and Community
Connect with the LabVIEW Community
• More than 50,000 members on NI Discussion
Forums
• More than 100 worldwide User Groups
• Hundreds of LabVIEW add-ons

• Thousands of example programs,

tutorials, application notes
www.ni.com/labviewzone
LabVIEW Services and Support
• Services to Meet the Needs of the Application
Lifecycle
• FREE Technical Support
– Award-winning Web Support Resources
– Applications Engineers Worldwide
– Priority support via Service Programs
• Software Maintenance Services
– Standard Service Program
– NI Developer Suite
• Professional Services – Feasibility, ni.com/services
consulting, and system integration through
National Instruments Alliance Program
members
LabVIEW Skill Development Plan
The Fastest, Most Certain Route to Productivity

New User Experienced User Advanced User

Courses LabVIEW Advanced I

LabVIEW LabVIEW
Core Courses
Intermediate I Intermediate II
Begin LabVIEW LabVIEW
Here Basics I Basics II
Certified LabVIEW
Architect Exam
Certified LabVIEW
Certifications Developer Exam
Certified LabVIEW
Associate Developer Exam

• Save development time and cost

ni.com/training
• Differentiate skills with professional credentials
• Multiple training formats - Classroom, On-site, Online, Self-Paced
LabVIEW Certification Program ni.com/training
Architect
• Mastery of LabVIEW
Certified
• Expert in large application development
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• Skilled in leading project teams
Architect
Developer
• Advanced LabVIEW knowledge
and application development Certified LabVIEW
experience Developer
• Project management skills

Associate Developer
• Proficiency in navigating
Certified LabVIEW Associate
LabVIEW environment Developer
• Some application
development experience

• FREE, pre-certification LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam

skills test
Why Use NI LabVIEW?
• Faster development with interactive configuration and
graphical programming
• Tighter integration of real-world I/O, measurement
analysis, and data presentation
• Highly flexible engineering tools from desktop to
handheld, and real-time to embedded devices
Your Next Step
• Visit ni.com/info and enter semaap to:
– Try LabVIEW Online for FREE
– Read technical white papers
– View web events on demand
– Find other seminars in your area
• Schedule a visit with your local field engineer to discuss
your application
Questions or Comments?

ni.com/labview