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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: Measurement Studio 6.0
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2001
More functionality added to measurement
software
Measurement Studio from National Instruments is a set of fully integrated measurement tools that complements the text-based languages that programmers use most.
Measurement Studio from National Instruments is a set of fully integrated measurement tools that complements the text-based languages that programmers use most The company claims it allows programmers to expand their measurement capabilities in LabWindows/CVI, Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C++
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Measurement Studio 6.0 provides all the tools engineers need to create a variety of integrated test, measurement and control applications in the programming language of their choice.
NI has provided text-based programmers with software to create measurement and automation applications since 1988, when the company introduced LabWindows.
NI continues to serve these customers with Measurement Studio 6.0.
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"With this complete set of tools for hardware interface, signal analysis, and visualisation, we created our application in weeks instead of months", said Jason Pressesky, a senior engineering manager at Seagate Technology who used Measurement Studio to build a system to test hard drives.
Engineers can integrate vision and motion hardware into their measurement application through new intuitive, task-oriented software.
With this hardware compatibility, engineers can create mission-critical, multifunction applications, such as an automated system that includes motion capabilities, data acquisition, and visual inspection to package and test electrical signals, check for missing parts, and scan the packaging for correct labels.
Through ActiveX controls for Visual Basic and C++ Classes for Visual C++, engineers now have complete interchangeable virtual instrumentation (IVI) class compatibility.
LabWindows/CVI programmers use the included instrument driver wizard to create and use IVI instrument drivers.
With IVI drivers, engineers can interchange instrument hardware without ever recompiling software.
Using ActiveX, component object model (COM) and dynamic link libraries (DLLs), engineers can integrate applications to extend the capabilities of their measurement system or share applications across different languages to save valuable development time and prevent costly duplication.
LabWindows/CVI users now can incorporate ActiveX controls from other software programs or add capabilities, such as streaming video or voice control, to their Measurement Studio application without having to develop technology in-house to support the new feature.
With the new version's enhanced visualisation tools, engineers can quickly display their data on real-time 3D or 2D graphs and charts that would take hours to build without Measurement Studio.
To make visual displays more descriptive, engineers can supplement those graphs with annotations to label or explain significant dips or spikes in the data and use cursors to determine exact co-ordinates on a 3D graph.
The graphs, buttons, sliders, and LEDs use 3D hardware acceleration to speed applications while providing a professional interface.
Engineers can share these graphs and other data with colleagues via DataSocket, a high-level publish/subscribe technology that provides simplified URL addressing and low network overhead.
With this improved networking architecture in Measurement Studio, engineers can view real-time data from a test that is occurring in another part of the office or across the world, without spending hours recreating a networking architecture.
Measurement Studio also has tools for an array of advanced functions for signal analysis.
Engineers can easily compute statistics, discover the decay rate of a particular signal through curve fitting, and dissect frequency signals with frequency and time domain analysis routines.
By conducting frequency analysis, engineers can pinpoint a particular part of a machine that is failing, calculate the RPMs of an internal object, or determine the exact tone of a test signal. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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