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What's New in the NI LabVIEW Product Family?

For general information on the LabVIEW product family, visit the LabVIEW Product Family overview.

Upgrade your LabVIEW software with the Software Upgrade Advisor.

[+] Show DetailsMajor Updates

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Development System 8.20

New Features

  • Enhanced math and analysis capabilities with MathScript text-based math
  • Object-oriented programming constructs for code modularization and reuse
  • OpenGL-based picture control
  • Import wizard for DLLs and shared libraries
  • Dynamic calling of DLLs and user-defined callback support
  • Import wizard for .NET Web Services
  • High-speed TDM file data streaming tools
  • Automatic backup and recovery of VIs
  • Instrument driver export wizard
  • Simultaneous multi-user control of LabVIEW applications through web-browsers

See a complete list of new features | Version compatibility

Documentation

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Touch Panel Module 8.20 NEW! (coming soon)

Features

  • Create HMIs using Windows CE devices, including the NI TPC-2006
  • Communicate with NI Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs)
  • Use LabVIEW analysis, report generation and presentation functionality

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[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Application Builder 8.20

New Features

  • Merge or replace hardware I/O configuration settings on target PCs
  • Auto-increment executable and installer version numbers
  • Streamline installer creation on development PC by caching driver software on disk

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Documentation

LabVIEW Upgrade Notes

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Embedded Development Module 8.20 (coming soon)

New Features

  • Hardware targets integrated into the LabVIEW Project Explorer
  • Lower cost example targets (Philips ARM7 and TI 6713DSK)
  • More targets available for download from community.ni.com/embedded

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[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW FPGA Module 8.20

New Features

  • Automate your FPGA system development with the FPGA Wizard
  • Math and signal processing functions for Butterworth filtering, DC and RMS measurement, and more
  • Read and write to all 80 KB of memory on 1M gate devices and all 190 KB of memory on 3M gate devices

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Documentation

LabVIEW FPGA Module Release and Upgrade Notes

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW PDA Module 8.20 (coming soon)

New Features

  • Simplified wireless Ethernet communication through the LabVIEW shared variable
  • More customizable user interfaces with PNG image file support
  • Low-cost data acquisition options with NI USB data acquisition hardware

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[+] Show DetailsPID Control Toolkit 8.2

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Real-Time Module 8.20

New Features

  • Improved PID, shared variable, and deployment performance
  • Ability to boot real-time PXI systems from USB drives
  • Programmatic interface for creating system backups and replicating existing systems

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Documentation

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Simulation Module 8.20 (coming soon)

[+] Show DetailsSimulation Interface Toolkit 3.0.2

[+] Show DetailsSystem Identification Toolkit 3.0 (coming soon)

[+] Show DetailsMinor Updates

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module 8.20

New Features

  • Creation of I/O servers at run-time
  • Send alarms and events to printer through Alarm Print IO Server
  • Batch creation of shared variables at run-time

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Documentation

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW DSP Module 2.0 (coming soon)

[+] Show DetailsLabVIEW Vision Development Module 8.20

[+] Show DetailsCompatible Software

[+] Show DetailsAdvanced Signal Processing Toolkit 7.5

[+] Show DetailsControl Design Toolkit 2.1

[+] Show DetailsDatabase Connectivity Toolkit 1.0.1

[+] Show DetailsDigital Filter Design Toolkit 8.2

[+] Show DetailsDSP Test Integration Toolkit for TI DSPs 2.0

[+] Show DetailsEnterprise Connectivity Toolkit 3.1

[+] Show DetailsExecution Trace Toolkit 1.0

[+] Show DetailsExpress VI Development Toolkit 1.0f2

[+] Show DetailsInternet Toolkit 6.0f1

[+] Show DetailsIVI Driver Toolkit 2.0

[+] Show DetailsMath Interface Toolkit 1.0.2

Features

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Documentation

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[+] Show DetailsModulation Toolkit 3.0

[+] Show DetailsReport Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office 1.1.1

[+] Show DetailsAnalysis Toolkit 2.1

[+] Show DetailsSound and Vibration Toolkit 4.0

[+] Show DetailsSoftMotion Development Module for LabVIEW 1.1

Features

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Version Compatibility

Requires LabVIEW 8.0 or higher

Documentation

Getting Started with NI SoftMotion Development Module for LabVIEW

[+] Show DetailsSpectral Measurements Toolkit 2.1

[+] Show DetailsState Diagram Toolkit 1.0

[+] Show DetailsVI Analyzer Toolkit 1.1