The latest version (8.5) of National Instruments’ LabVIEW graphical system design platform simplifies multicore, as well as FPGA-based application development, thanks to its parallel dataflow language.
LabVIEW 8.5 running on these new processors can deliver faster test throughput, more efficient processor-intensive analysis and more reliable real-time systems on dedicated processor cores. There is also a new statechart design module for modelling and implementing system behaviour, as well as new I/O libraries and analysis functions for industrial monitoring and control.
Using LabVIEW’s parallel dataflow language, operators can easily map their applications to multicore and FPGA architectures for data streaming, control, analysis and signal processing applications. The program also delivers symmetric multiprocessing with the LabVIEW Real-Time environment, which enables designers of embedded and industrial systems to load balance tasks across multiple cores automatically, without sacrificing determinism.
An enhanced FPGA Project Wizard automates I/O configuration, IP development and overall setup for common I/O, counter/timer and encoder applications. Moreover, the new statechart module helps engineers and scientists to design and simulate these event-based systems using familiar, high-level statechart notations based on the ‘Unified Modeling Language’ standard. The new version also adds vibration and order tracking measurements and machine vision algorithms for industrial machine monitoring systems.