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NI LabVIEW is a proven, integrated development environment designed for engineers and scientists developing test, control, and measurement applications. Thousands of customers worldwide have gained efficiencies by using the intuitive graphical programming of LabVIEW. Below are just a few examples of these real-world productivity gains.
Read theProductivity White Paper to learn more about the technical details of how and why graphical programming is more productive.
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The LabVIEW Productivity Resource Kit includes the full-text customer case studies featured here, as well as the LabVIEW Productivity White Paper.
Boeing saved 15 months and thousands of man-hours on an Aircraft Noise Emissions Measurements System
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This Project: Used NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment
The Bottom Line: Using NI hardware and LabVIEW, a single developer designed a scalable, distributed test system in less than six months, delivering tight timing and synchronization to perform phased array data acquisition for flyover tests.
A Kraft developer built an Intelligent Machine Fault Detection system 50 percent faster with LabVIEW than previous projects with traditional programming tools
Previous Projects: Took 50 percent more development time
This Project: Completed in five months using NI LabVIEW Graphical Programming
The Bottom Line: Kraft used LabVIEW to rapidly develop a real-time detection and analysis platform for its food and coffee packaging lines. With graphical system design, the developer saw an estimated 50 percent reduction in development time.
Previous Projects: Required two years of development with multiple engineers
This Project: 9 Months of Development with Two Developers
The Bottom Line: Engineers used LabVIEW to meet a tight deadline when developing a high-resolution laser etching system for intraocular lenses used after cataract surgery. What once took years of development took only nine months and two developers.
Previous Projects: Used C language
This Project: Used NI LabVIEW Graphical Programming Language
The Bottom Line: Development of the highly accurate trigger system using LabVIEW was cheaper and faster than with previous hardware and software, taking only 30 minutes and making it easy to add new features and functionality.
Previous Projects: Used assembly language and Visual Basic
This Project: Used NI LabVIEW Graphical Programming Environment
The Bottom Line: Two students were tasked with creating a control and interlock system for an advanced semiconductor materials research lab. The students wrote, tested, and debugged the FPGA and host code in just one month using LabVIEW.
Previous Projects: Used PLCs, ladder logic, and IEC 1131
This Project: Used NI LabVIEW and NI Programmable Automation Controllers
The Bottom Line: Engineers used NI LabVIEW and NI PACs to build a highly flexible, rugged, and cost-effective test system. The new system increased assembly line productivity by 20X and was completed in just 23 man-days.
Previous Projects: Used Visual Basic language
This Project: Used NI LabVIEW graphical programming
The Bottom Line: Two developers used LabVIEW to design an intuitive graphical interface and a sophisticated software radio acquisition system in just 18 months. This wind profiler system delivered on-site operational support for aerostat systems.
Previous Projects: Took at least 16 months longer
This Project: Used NI LabVIEW graphical programming
The Bottom Line: In a project taking less time than any previous company project, engineers quickly developed test software using LabVIEW with almost unlimited control of CAN bus data, ideal for interacting with intelligent avionics control panels.
Additional Resources
LabVIEW Productivity Resource Kit
LabVIEW Productivity Results fact sheet
LabVIEW Productivity White Paper
Productivity and Power
As with any full-featured programming language, it is important to employ solid software engineering principles when developing high-quality LabVIEW code. In addition to a highly active LabVIEW community, you can take advantage of LabVIEW development tools including:
- External book resources
- A Software Engineering Approach to LabVIEW (on Amazon.com)
- The LabVIEW Style Book (on Amazon.com)
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