LabWindows/CVI
| Developer(s) | National Instruments |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 1989 |
| Stable release |
2015
/ August 2015 |
| Operating system | Windows 8/Windows 7/Vista/XP with Linux Run-Time support and Pharlap Real-Time Run-Time support |
| Type | Data Acquisition, Instrument Control, Test Automation, Analysis and Signal Processing |
| Website |
ni |
LabWindows/CVI (CVI is short for C for Virtual Instrumentation) is an ANSI C programming environment for test and measurement developed by National Instruments. The program was originally released as LabWindows for DOS in 1987, but was soon revisioned (and renamed) for the Microsoft Windows platform. The current version of LabWindows/CVI (commonly referred to as CVI) is 2015.
LabWindows/CVI uses the same libraries and data acquisition modules as the better known National Instrument product LabVIEW, and is thus highly compatible with it.
LabVIEW is targeted more at domain experts and scientists and CVI more towards software engineers that are more comfortable with text-based linear languages such as C.
Release history
Starting with LabVIEW 8.0, major versions are released around the first week of August, to coincide with the annual National Instruments conference NI Week, and followed by a bug-fix release the following February.
In 2009 National Instruments started to name the releases after the year in which they are released. The bug-fix is called a Service Pack (for instance the 2009 service pack 1 is released in February 2010). Follow the information:[1]
| Name/Version | Build Number | Date |
|---|---|---|
| LabWindows/CVI project begins | 1987 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 1.0 (for DOS) | Jan. 1989 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 2.0 (for DOS; GUI Tools and Memory Extender) | Apr. 1991 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 3.0 (for DOS/Windows 3.1/Solaris) | Mar. 1994 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 3.1 (generate codes automatically) | Jul. 1995 | |
| LabVIEW 3.1.1 (first release with "application builder" capability) | ?? | 1995 |
| LabWindows/CVI 4.0 (External C/C++ compiler compatibility) | May 1996 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 4.0.1 | August, 1996 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 5.0 (support VXI and IVI) | February 1998 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 5.5 (Multithreaded Libraries/Debugging) | Feb 2000 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 6.0 (support ActiveX/Improved Presentation) | Oct 2001 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 7.0 (use Workspace) | Jul 2003 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 7.1 (completion automatically) | September 2004 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 8.0 (support .NET assemblies) | October 2005 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 8.0.1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 8.1 | 2006 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 8.1.1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 8.5 | 2007 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 8.5.1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 9.0 (support ANSI C99) | 2008 | |
| LabWindows/CVI 9.0.1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2009 (create 64bit applications) | 9.1 | 2009 |
| LabWindows/CVI 2009 SP1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2010 | 10.0 | 2010 |
| LabWindows/CVI 2010 SP1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2012 | 12.0 | 2012 |
| LabWindows/CVI 2012 SP1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2013 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2013 SP1 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2013 SP2 | ||
| LabWindows/CVI 2015 |