2006 means double celebration for NI
Tuesday, 28 March, 2006
2006 marks two major milestones for virtual instrumentation company National Instruments, its 30th year since inception and the 20th year since the creation of NI LabVIEW, the company's flagship graphical programming software.
Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1976 by Jeff Kodosky, Bill Nowlin and James Truchard, National Instruments pioneered the concept of virtual instrumentation "“ combining open, flexible software and modular hardware with commercial off-the-shelf technologies "“ to offer engineers and scientists a user-defined approach to creating efficient and customisable solutions.
A key component to the concept of virtual instrumentation is LabVIEW software which, during the past 20 years, has evolved from a desktop instrument control and data acquisition tool into an integrated design, control and test platform for desktop, industrial, embedded and handheld applications.
First released in 1986, LabVIEW challenged traditional approaches to programming with intuitive graphical development similar to flowcharting. Created by NI cofounder Jeff Kodosky, LabVIEW helps engineers and scientists in diverse industries to quickly produce a wide range of applications.
Most recently, National Instruments released LabVIEW 8, a new version of the software that dramatically simplifies the development of distributed systems by delivering distributed intelligence, a collection of technologies that simplify the development of processes running across applications and among remote devices. LabVIEW 8 also includes significant additions for mathematics, signal processing and analysis.
"With built-in compatibility for thousands of I/O devices and instruments; an extensive library of analysis, signal processing and control algorithms, and intuitive data visualisation and user interface tools, LabVIEW empowers scientists and engineers to quickly design, prototype and deploy their solutions," said Kodosky, commonly known as the "˜Father of LabVIEW'.
Item provided courtesy of National Instruments
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