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Labview User Group Meeting: Long Island Chapter September 11 2008

LabVIEW 8. Release Goals Provide access to the latest technologies Respond to User Requests Visualization Multiplatform support Open connectivity Simplify upgrading LabVIEW applications Provide increased access to the entire platform.

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Labview User Group Meeting: Long Island Chapter September 11 2008

LabVIEW 8. Release Goals Provide access to the latest technologies Respond to User Requests Visualization Multiplatform support Open connectivity Simplify upgrading LabVIEW applications Provide increased access to the entire platform.

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LabVIEW User Group Meeting

Long Island Chapter September 11th 2008

Whats New in LabVIEW 8.6


Robert Berger National Instruments

NI LabVIEW 8.6 Release Goals


Provide access to the latest technologies Respond to user requests
Usability and productivity Visualization Multiplatform support Open connectivity

Simplify upgrading LabVIEW applications Provide increased access to the entire platform

Engineering Solutions Require Performance


Unmanned Vehicles Simulation

Robotics Green Engineering Wireless

Go Parallel with LabVIEW 8.6


Take your measurements anywhere with Wi-Fi data acquisition Achieve advanced performance with multicore at your desktop Take advantage of innovative ease-of-use for FPGA programming

Measurements Anywhere with Wi-Fi DAQ


Predictive machine maintenance Structural health diagnostics Environmental quality monitoring Industrial remote monitoring
NI Wi-Fi Hardware

Improved Analysis with Multicore Performance


Over 1,200 multicore-optimized analysis and signal processing functions Over 100 NI Modulation Toolkit multicore-optimzed functions for RF test New multicore-optimized vision algorithms

Innovative Ease-of-Use for FPGA Programming


FPGAs are: Truly parallel High performance Software configurable Flexible Reliable

Responding to User Requests

Improved Usability and Productivity


Block diagram cleanup tool Quick Drop Automated case structure tunnel linking Edit properties of multiple objects simultaneously Smaller VIs on disk

Express Visualization on 3D Models

Import user-defined 3D CAD models Map live measurements for advanced visualization

Algorithm Engineering with MathScript


Advanced LabVIEW MathScript Node debugging
Edit-time error checking Breakpoints Probing Single stepping Syntax highlighting

39 new supported functions

Multiplatform Support for Mac OS X and Linux

LabVIEW MathScript support Platform-independent 3D graph LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module support
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

Call VIs as Standard Web Services


Web Server
Windows and Real-Time Custom Web clients No run-time engine needed Standard HTTP protocol Firewall friendly

Thin Client

Thin Client

Upgrading Your Application

Upgrade Resources
LabVIEW Platform DVDs Upgrade Notes Release Notes How to Upgrade (white paper) How to Upgrade (webcast) Upgrade case studies

Access to the Entire LabVIEW Platform


Easily install LabVIEW and add-on software from DVDs
LabVIEW Real-Time Module FPGA Module DSC Module Statechart Module Touch Panel Module Microprocessor SDK NI Motion Assistant PID Control Toolkit Report Generation Toolkit More

LabVIEW Development Platform

English | French | German | Japanese | Korean | Simplified Chinese

LabVIEW Real-Time Module


Access NI CompactRIO I/O quickly with the new CompactRIO Scan Mode Choose LabVIEW FPGA Mode for advanced control and analysis Easily set up your system with NI Distributed System Manager Use industrial control functions based on the IEC 61131-3 standard

LabVIEW FPGA Module


Decrease time spent compiling to VHDL with simulation on the desktop Implement complex algorithms with comprehensive fixed-point support Use new windowing and FFT IP Integrate external IP from any source with the CLIP Node

LabVIEW Statechart Module


Visualize statechart behavior with new front panel object Enhanced debugging on LabVIEW Real-Time targets Improved edit and run-time performance

Additional LabVIEW Module Features


LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module
Up to 5X loop rate performance improvements

LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK


Deploy to ARM microcontrollers and dual-core Blackfin processors

LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module


Improved edit-time performance of shared variables

LabVIEW Touch Panel Module


Program Windows XP Embedded targets

Questions?
Visit ni.com/labview/upgrade for more information on new LabVIEW 8.6 features Test-drive LabVIEW 8.6 at ni.com/trylabview

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