I recently retired from my job as an electronics engineer. Prior to
leaving I had been using LabVIEW to create a number of scientific
instruments based on data collection and logging. I attended a couple of
training courses in Newbury and was getting quite comfortable with the
software. Unfortunately I no longer have access to LV and the
educational discount option available from the company no longer applies
for me.
However just because I have retired does not
mean that I do not want to generate more projects using the knowledge
gained during employment. My main area of interest is home automation,
alt energy monitoring and control etc. I am finding it very frustrating
that things I could do quickly and easily in LV have to be achieved
using other software, this means yet another learning curve.
I
downloaded SignalExpress LE a while back and was hoping that the
software may go just a bit beyond data logging but it does not. There is
no way to manipulate data in real time so again I have to look for
other software.
The full version of LV is priced too
high for my application and it occurred to me that there may be an
opportunity for NI to provide a stripped down version of LV for consumer
use. This version would need to include vesa, basic arrays, basic math,
boolean and charting etc. The inclusion of drivers for 1 wire devices
would also increase the appeal plus ready made vi's for the usb
acquisition hardware. Pricing may be an issue but for non-commercial use it would have to be well below £100
Incidently I was contacted by customer support shortly after downloading SE LE and it was during our conversation he suggested that a post on this site may be appropriate.
