Toolkits

You can purchase several add-on software packages for developing specialized applications in LabVIEW. All add-on packages integrate seamlessly in LabVIEW. You can purchase the following add-on packages to extend the LabVIEW programming environment:

• Signal processing and analysis tools
• Professional development tools to optimize, test, and distribute your VIs
• Third-party connectivity tools to Microsoft Office for professional reporting, databases to access and store data, and embedded design tools
• Control and simulation tools

Refer to the National Instruments Web site for a complete offering of LabVIEW modules and toolkits.

Note  If you evaluate a LabVIEW module or toolkit, at any point during the evaluation period, you can upgrade from an evaluation version to the paid version.

After you install a LabVIEW add-on such as a module, toolkit, or driver, the documentation for that add-on appears in the LabVIEW Help or appears in a separate help system you can access by selecting Help»Add-On Help, where Add-On Help is the name of the separate help system for the add-on. For add-on help that appears in the LabVIEW Help, you can locate help for the add-on you installed on the Contents tab of the LabVIEW Help, in one of the following places.

• In a book titled Add-On, where Add-On is the name of the product you installed
• In the Toolkits book, in a book titled Add-On, where Add-On is the name of the product you installed