NIWeek: LabVIEW 2015 writes code faster for 8-cores

National Instruments began its NIWeek technology conference in Austin, Texas today by announcing the latest version of its LabVIEW design and test software.

There has been a speed upgrade and new debugging tools.

The classic characteristic of LabVIEW is to be able to use new and existing software code across different hardware platforms for design as well as test and big data management.

LabVIEW 2015 continues this with support for new hardware such as the quad-core processor-based CompactRIO and CompactDAQ controllers, 8-core PXI controller, and high voltage system SMU.

There is also new access to training in software-design. NI offers three application-specific suites that include a year of unlimited training and certification.

“Common programming tasks have been speeded up for faster code writing and large data libraries can be opened up to x8 faster and with no prompts to locate missing module subVIs,” said NI.

New code debug tools examine arrays and strings in auto-scaling probe watch windows and document findings with hyperlink and hashtag support in comments.

And the supplier’s FPGA Compile Cloud service comes with the Standard Service Program membership.

New third-party tools include an Advanced Plotting Toolkit by Heliosphere Research for creating professional data visualizations.

The RTI DDS Toolkit by Real-Time Innovations can be used to create scalable peer-to-peer data communications. Additionally, application-specific libraries for biomedical, GPU analysis, and Multicore Analysis and Sparse Matrix applications are now available free of charge.

Richard Wilson

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