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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LabVIEW

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ANational Instruments headquartered in Austin offers LabVIEW, a systems engineering software platform and toolkit.

    $407

    per year

    Siemens Capital

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASiemens Capital, an E/E systems development solution to engineer smart products. It covers the design, manufacture, and service of electrical systems as well as encompassing E/E system and software architectures, network communications, and embedded software development.N/A
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    LabVIEWSiemens Capital
    Editions & Modules
    LabView Base
    $407
    per year
    LabView Full
    3,206
    per year
    LabView Professional
    5,344
    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    LabVIEWSiemens Capital
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    LabVIEWSiemens Capital
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of National Instruments LabVIEW and Siemens Capital
    Feature
    National Instruments LabVIEW
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Siemens Capital
    -
    Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Parametric Design8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration and Sharing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assembly Design6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simulation and Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    LabVIEWSiemens Capital
    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
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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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    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.
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