National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW 2016

National Instruments, a provider of platform-based systems, has launched LabVIEW 2016 system design software. This latest version, according to the company, introduces new channel wires to simplify complex communication between parallel sections of code.

This release has updated interoperability with Python and third-party devices. Additionally, users can also:

• simplify development with new channel wires that reduce complex asynchronous communication to a single wire;
• take advantage of more RAM and memory with new 64-bit add-on support for the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module, LabVIEW MathScript Real-Time Module, LabVIEW Unit Test Framework Toolkit, LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit and LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit;
• streamline the automation of benchtop measurements with the Instrument Driver Network, which supports 500 new devices; and
• integrate Python IP (intellectual property) using the new Python Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW.

“The new channel wires in LabVIEW 2016 enable us to develop applications even faster by making architectures that are more transferable across domains,” said Christopher Relf, chief engineer at VI Engineering. “With channel wires, we can set up sophisticated software architectural patterns that natively have multiple sources, without having to create and maintain considerable amounts of custom software in the background.”

For more information, visit National Instruments.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.