LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench)
  • is a software development environment for creating data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation applications
  • it uses a graphical programming language that allows users to create applications by dragging and dropping virtual instruments, such as oscilloscopes, function generators, and data acquisition devices, onto a block diagram
  • is widely used in industry and academia for data acquisition, instrument control, and test and measurement applications