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National Instruments LabVIEW

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LabVIEW
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers LabVIEW, a systems engineering software platform and toolkit.
$407
per year
Pricing
National Instruments LabVIEW
Editions & Modules
LabView Base
$407
per year
LabView Full
3,206
per year
LabView Professional
5,344
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LabVIEW
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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National Instruments LabVIEW
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National Instruments LabVIEW brings together some features of each of the mentioned software, however, it has a long way to go to fully integrate them. It is important to emphasize that through the integration presented by National Instruments LabVIEW, simple and complex tasks …
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Engineer
Chose National Instruments LabVIEW
We chose LabVIEW over MATLAB due to the integration with hardware and the graphical programming interface. Also, the ability to use LabVIEW with FPGAs and real-time processors without having to make large changes to the code base or swapping to a separate programming …
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Professional
Chose National Instruments LabVIEW
I don't know of any other graphical programming languages that our organization has tried to use or does use. Speaking for myself, I am not familiar with any other graphical programming languages. Comparing to text based programming languages, I feel like it is easier to …
Abdullah Umair Bajwa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abdullah Umair Bajwa
Graduate Researcher
Chose National Instruments LabVIEW
We have used MatLab's data acquisition toolbox in the past which was not too bad either, especially if you prefer the text-based programming format. The only problem with that was that the library of compatible data acquisition hardware was somewhat limited and if your hardware …
Features
National Instruments LabVIEW
Computer-Aided Design Software
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National Instruments LabVIEW
8.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Rendering and Visualization8.01 Ratings
Parametric Design8.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Sharing6.01 Ratings
Compatibility with other software and formats6.01 Ratings
Assembly Design6.01 Ratings
Simulation and Analysis10.01 Ratings
Documentation and Annotation10.01 Ratings
Customization and Extensions10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
National Instruments LabVIEW
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
National Instruments LabVIEW
Likelihood to Recommend
NI (National Instruments)
LabView is a great tool to connect your sensors to your data aquisition hardware. It makes it really easy to set-up a data acquisition routine that meets your individual requirements. I, as an engine researcher, find it very well suited for engine experimentation. For any other programming needs, i.e. not data acquisition, I would not recommend using LabView because of its graphical programming architecture. The architecture makes it a great tool for Data Aquisition but puts at a disadvantage when it comes to other computational tasks, e.g. making a thermodynamic engine model. For those applications having text-based programming is better suited
Abdullah Umair Bajwa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abdullah Umair Bajwa
Graduate Researcher
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Pros
NI (National Instruments)
  • Being a graphical programming language, it is a little easier for a layperson to understand than text based programming languages.
  • The program has very good debugging features.
  • Support is good.
  • There are a variety of tutorials which make it easier to do something that you aren't sure about.
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Cons
NI (National Instruments)
  • improve the management of pc resources to use the minimum amount of resources
  • add a utility for zooming in the block diagram window
  • Improve management of complementary applications, such as real time module or dsc
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Alternatives Considered
NI (National Instruments)
We chose LabVIEW over MATLAB due to the integration with hardware and the graphical programming interface. Also, the ability to use LabVIEW with FPGAs and real-time processors without having to make large changes to the code base or swapping to a separate programming environment was a big benefit since we don't know what hardware will be suitable for each customer application.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
NI (National Instruments)
  • We use NI's data acquisition hardware as well which has made it possible to get whatever experimental data we need to get for our studies.
  • LabView has made it possible for us to post-process and tailor the raw data to our specific needs.
  • With a responsive customer support team, NI allows us to expand our data acquisition and post-processing capabilities to carry out the kind of research projects that we would want.
Abdullah Umair Bajwa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abdullah Umair Bajwa
Graduate Researcher
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