National Instruments and Agilent are co-operating to create NI LabVIEW plug-and-play instrument drivers for Agilent LXI, USB and GPIB instruments, making it easier to combine the LabVIEW graphical programming platform with Agilent's powerful instrument range. While there are more than 750 Agilent instruments supported by NI, with drivers available via free downloads, this new initiative will give NI early access to new Agilent product developments, enabling timely delivery of LabVIEW drivers that reflect the full functionality of the new instruments.