user manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

❑ One of the following software packages and documentation:

–LabVIEW

– LabWindows

™

/CVI

™

– Measurement Studio

–C/C++

– Microsoft Visual Basic

❑ A computer with an available PXI, CompactPCI, or PCI slot

Software Programming Choices

The NI 7350 controller comes with a simple but powerful high-level

application programming interface (API) that makes it easy to program.

You can execute all setup and motion control functions by calling into

a dynamically-linked library (DLL). You can use the full function set

implementations for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI, or call the

NI-Motion libraries from C and Visual Basic.

National Instruments Application Software

LabVIEW is based on the graphical programming language, G, and

features interactive graphics and a state-of-the-art user interface. In

LabVIEW, you can create 32-bit compiled programs and stand-alone

executables for custom automation, data acquisition, test, measurement,

and control solutions. National Instruments offers the NI-Motion VI

Library, which is a series of virtual instruments (VIs) for using LabVIEW

with National Instruments motion control hardware. The NI-Motion VI

library implements the full API, along with a useful set of example

programs.

ANSI C-based LabWindows/CVI also features interactive graphics and a

state-of-the-art user interface. Using LabWindows/CVI, you can generate

C code for custom data acquisition, test, measurement, and automation

solutions. The NI-Motion software includes a series of example programs

for using LabWindows/CVI with National Instruments motion control

hardware.

NI Motion Assistant offers a point-and-click interface for creating motion

control sequences quickly and easily. When you have created a motion task,

you can use Motion Assistant to output the task in LabVIEW code or code

recipes.