LabVIEW v/s MATLAB

[Puneet_K]

Hii All,

I want to know which Platform is better one either LabVIEW or MATLAB?????

Regards

Puneet

[Dennis_Knutson]

LabVIEW of course.

Your question is extremely vague. You should really explain what you want to do.

[Puneet_K]

Hiii Dennis,

May be my question is vague but every comments have their logic...where is logic???

Regards

Puneet

[altenbach]

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puneet.kapoor wrote:
May be my question is vague but every comments have their logic...where is logic???

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Better for what???? The problem is that your question had no logic. 🙂

Maybe you can tell us what kind of project you want to solve. What is your programming experience?

I have used both and strongly prefer LabVIEW. 🙂 Of course since this is a LabVIEW board, most here will share that opinion. 😄

(As a coaster for you beer glass, a LabVIEW CD works equally well as a Matlab CD, so for this case there is no difference. Both are unsuitable as a flotation device. 🐵

Message Edited by altenbach on 01-15-2008 09:10 PM

[Puneet_K]

Hiii

I have very less experience on labVIEW and MATLAB, but someone asked me that which one is better one, i told him that obvious LabVIEW as this is Graphical programming language.

But he asked me most of the languages is Character based (for example C "most versatile language"), used in every field....after i do not have answer for it.

Can you please tell me in details, take in generic application..

Regards

Puneet

[K_Bull]

Hi there,
Start Here
There is plenty of information about LabVIEW at LabVIEW Zone.
Regards,

[F._Schubert]

It depends on how you formulate your ideas:
* If you're a mathematican and wirte down formulas, Matlab might be the better choice.
* If your designer/engineer (especially with background in electrics/electronics) LabView is better.
* If you like Cryptography, LabView is not good at all, I would advise the use of Assembler.
* If you love messing around with Null Pointer exceptions, you will hate LV and strongly prefer C.
* Continue this list, when time permits...

😉

Felix

[Ray.R]

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F. Schubert wrote:
* If you like Cryptography, LabView is not good at all, I would advise the use of Assembler.

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I would disagree on this one.  You can be quite creative with LV and cryptography...  Which reminds me, I have to call my buddy who is doing his PhD in this area.  We're due for a coffee.. 😉   <thanks>   😄

[JeffOverton]

LabVIEW is also much, much easier to learn.  From zero knowledge to functional programming, LabVIEW takes probably 1/4 of the time it takes learn the equivalent in MATLAB.

Also

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F. Schubert wrote:
* If you love messing around with Null Pointer exceptions, you will hate LV and strongly prefer C.

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This is a fact.

Message Edited by JeffOverton on 01-17-2008 07:33 AM

[Kevin_Price]

I have access to Matlab but rarely use it any more.  However, one thing I've liked about the Matlab environment is the ability to tinker around with my data interactively from the command line, while I'm trying to figure out what kind of processing to do in a "real" script.  That just seems like a more intuitive way to work sometimes.  For example, to set all negative values of a vector or matrix to 0 you can just type, "A(find(A<0)) = 0" (or something very similar -- I'm not 100% sure on syntax.)

I use LabVIEW all the time because it's great for data acq and control on our test fixtures.  I'll usually build some degree of data processing right into the LabVIEW app because it's very valuable to see results in near-real-time.  I rarely find it worth the hassle of compiling bunches of test data to be sneaker-netted to the office areas where Matlab is available.  Generally only when I occasionally produce data for people who are specialized Matlab gurus.

-Kevin P.