National Instruments SC-2040 Manual Do Utilizador

NI-DAQ also internally addresses many of the complex issues between the computer and the
DAQ hardware such as programming interrupts and DMA controllers.  NI-DAQ maintains a
consistent software interface among its different versions so that you can change platforms with
minimal modifications to your code.  Figure 1-1 illustrates the relationship between NI-DAQ and
LabVIEW and LabWindows.  You can see that the data acquisition parts of LabVIEW and
LabWindows are functionally equivalent to the NI-DAQ software.

LabWindows

(PC or

Sun SPARCstation)

LabVIEW 

(PC, Macintosh, or

Sun SPARCstation)

Conventional 

Programming 

Environment 

(PC, Macintosh, or

Sun SPARCstation)

NI-DAQ

Driver Software

DAQ or

SCXI Hardware

Personal 

Computer

or

Workstation

Figure 1-1.  The Relationship between the Programming Environment,

NI-DAQ, and Your Hardware

The National Instruments PC, AT, MC, EISA, DAQCard, and DAQPad Series DAQ hardware is
packaged with NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles.  NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles
comes with language interfaces for Professional BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Turbo C++,
Borland C++, and Microsoft C for DOS; and Visual Basic, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft C with SDK,
and Borland C++ for Windows.  You can use your AT-MIO-16, together with other PC, AT,
MC, EISA, DAQCard, and DAQPad Series DAQ and SCXI hardware, with NI-DAQ software
for PC compatibles.

The National Instruments NB Series DAQ boards are packaged with NI-DAQ software for
Macintosh.  NI-DAQ software for Macintosh comes with language interfaces for MPW C,
THINK C, Pascal, and Microsoft QuickBASIC.  Any language that uses Device Manager
Toolbox calls can access NI-DAQ software for Macintosh.  You can use NB Series DAQ boards
and SCXI hardware with NI-DAQ software for Macintosh.

The National Instruments SB Series DAQ boards are packaged with NI-DAQ software for Sun,
which comes with a language interface for ANSI C.