National Instruments LabView 2010 Released

National Instruments software, LabView, was updated and released recently at NIWeek, a National Instruments hosted trade show.  This release boasts 20% faster performance and dozens of new features.

Features particularly useful for control applications, NI suggested, include:

• Time synchronization across distributed, real-time systems using the Timed Loop in LabVIEW and new NI TimeSync features;
• Monitoring and configuration of networked, real-time targets including NI CompactRIO from any Web browser and with no installation required;
• Direct configuration of NI EtherCAT motion drives from the LabVIEW project and a new NI SoftMotion API for custom motion application development;
• Improved FPGA host VI edit time for programming FPGAs easier and faster;
• Connectivity to additional industrial communications buses and protocols through the new CompactRIO Profibus master/slave module; and
• Support for new FPGA based hardware such as the NI 9148 Ethernet expansion chassis and the new MXI-Express RIO platform for high-channel applications.

See more on ControlEngineering.com or on the National Instruments website.

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