With NI programmable automation controllers (PACs) powered by LabVIEW, you can acquire accurate, timely measurements for your industrial monitoring and control systems. Using LabVIEW and NI PACs, you can quickly connect to thousands of industrial sensors and specialty I/O to acquire high-speed, high-resolution data in the most demanding industrial environments.
Analyze Signals with Built-In Math and Signal Processing Functions
LabVIEW includes thousands of advanced functions created specifically for industrial measurement and control applications. You can use these powerful tools to easily perform advanced signal processing, frequency analysis, digital signal processing, and more. You also can extend LabVIEW with application-specific functions for machine vision, motion control, and machine condition monitoring.
Improve Efficiency and Throughput with Advanced Control
Using LabVIEW, you can execute virtually any control algorithm from basic PID to advanced nonlinear control. You can greatly improve the efficiency of your system by choosing the right control algorithm from several built-in function blocks or design your own control algorithm with the tools in LabVIEW. You also can execute multiple parallel control loops at high speeds on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and real-time processors.
Discover the Flexibility and Performance of FPGA-Based Custom Circuitry
LabVIEW provides access to NI CompactRIO FPGAs, which are high-performance, reconfigurable chips that you can program. Traditionally, FPGA designers were forced to learn and use complex design languages such as VHDL to program FPGAs. Now, any engineer or scientist can use LabVIEW graphical programming to customize FPGAs. With the FPGA hardware embedded in CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO, you can implement custom timing, triggering, synchronization, control, and signal processing for your analog and digital I/O.
Optimize Your Systems by Connecting LabVIEW to Any PLC
You can communicate with a wide variety of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and automation devices with LabVIEW, which means you can complement them with the capabilities of NI PACs. You can implement modular expansion I/O for time-critical applications over deterministic Ethernet or connect to industrial fieldbus such as EtherNet/IP, PROFIBUS, OPC, Modbus, TCP/IP, and CANopen.
Develop Flexible HMI/SCADA Systems
With LabVIEW, you can quickly create a graphical user interface using hundreds of drag-and-drop controls, graphs, and 3D visualization tools. LabVIEW includes specific tools for logging data to a networked historical database, performing real-time and historical trending, managing alarms and events, networking NI PACs and OPC devices into one complete system, and adding security to user interfaces.
Reduce Development Time with Intuitive Graphical Programming
In LabVIEW, you develop your logic using drag-and-drop graphical icons instead of writing lines of text. You can complete programs that take weeks to write with traditional languages in hours using LabVIEW, even if you have no programming experience. An intuitive flowchart representation displays your code in a manner that is easy to develop, maintain, and understand.
Build Machines Faster with Mechatronics
LabVIEW is the ideal mechatronics platform for developing systems that merge mechanical, electrical, control, and embedded software design. With tight integration between LabVIEW and SolidWorks software, you can create digital prototypes and simulate the electromechanical performance of your machine within minutes. LabVIEW helps you maintain your software investment because you use the same code you created for simulating the machine when you transition from prototyping to high volume deployment.
Do More with a Flexible, Scalable Software Platform
You gain proficiency in a framework that offers easy migration paths to innovative technologies for data logging, wireless measurements, automated test, and more. You can use the same graphical language in your industrial application to control traditional instruments, build an entire automated test system, or acquire data virtually anywhere. Learning LabVIEW graphical programming instantly enhances your technical resume and increases your industry value.
Collaborate and Develop with a Worldwide Community of Engineers
Because millions of users have successfully adopted LabVIEW for a wide range of applications, you lower your investment risk by tapping into an extensive technical support network. In addition to gaining access to world-class phone support and discussion forums, you can find a wealth of example programs, white papers, and KnowledgeBase articles online. You also can take advantage of an extensive network of LabVIEW user groups, product partners, and select integrators around the world.
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Acquire High-Speed, High-Precision Measurements
Analyze Signals with Built-In Math and Signal Processing Functions
Improve Efficiency and Throughput with Advanced Control
Discover the Flexibility and Performance of FPGA-Based Custom Circuitry
Optimize Your Systems by Connecting LabVIEW to Any PLC
Develop Flexible HMI/SCADA Systems
Reduce Development Time with Intuitive Graphical Programming
Build Machines Faster with Mechatronics
Do More with a Flexible, Scalable Software Platform
Collaborate and Develop with a Worldwide Community of Engineers
LabVIEW for Measuring and Controlling Industrial Systems