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Figure 1. Most-Used Software for Data Acquisition and Instrument Control Product Awareness Study Conducted by Reed Research Group, Sponsored by National Instruments, Q1 2004
Not only is LabVIEW the most-used software for data acquisition and instrument control, but National Instruments also provides a wide range of other software and hardware products that are widely recognized throughout the industry. The following data, taken from an independent market study conducted by Frost & Sullivan in 2004, shows that National Instruments is a worldwide leader in the PC-based test and measurement market.
Figure 2. Total PC-Based Test and Measurement Equipment Market: Market Share Trends of Major Participants (World), 2003, World PC-based Test and Measurement Equipment Market , Frost & Sullivan, Q1 2004
"LabVIEW is a programming language, equivalent to C++, Visual Basic, or any other language. It is the ONLY widely accepted graphical programming language. Graphical programming is a language of the future and carries with it many important programming concepts. I feel, it is the responsibility of universities (such as Penn State) to expose, at least, every computer science and engineering student to these new concepts."
-Scott Deno
Associate Director
Center for Electronic Design, Communications, and Computing
Penn State University
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