Getting started - help with general concepts?

2004-03-21 Thread Matt Moose
Dear Group, Please can anyone tell me roughly how to achieve the following, before I obtain LabView: We have a GPIB instrument that takes many measurements; we need to create an automated test routine using it. I'm assuming it's easy enough to set up 2-way comms between our PC and the

Re: Getting started - help with general concepts?

2004-03-05 Thread Jim Cavera
Having used LabVIEW, VB and C/C++, I can say that the first tool I reach for is _always_ LabVIEW. Nothing else comes close in terms of ease of use, maintainability, and user-friendliness. That said, I don't consider LabVIEW a silver-bullet. If you need your application to to complex 3D

Re: Getting started - help with general concepts?

2004-03-04 Thread tbob
I have used both VB and Labview to do what you are asking. In my opinion, Labview is far easier to use and maintain. Non-programmer design engineers have picked up on my Labview programs quite easily for minor modifications. They could not have done so as easily with VB. Also, if you use