What is different between the different versions of LabVIEW?

[Dennis_Knutson]

What is confusing about the feature set. It states that the home version includes the full version of LabVIEW and the two toolkits. The full version of LabVIEE is pretty clearly explained and is the same as the academic version which also clearly states it includes the full version of LabVIEW.

if you are an academic in the maker community, then you can use the academic license.

[Braincramp]

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if you are an academic in the maker community, then you can use the academic license.

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Can I use the Academic version as a maker, without being a student?  Can I even get it?

This also applies to all of the other Myxxx products such as MyRio, MyDaq... etc.

I am an industry professional, but want to learn more on my own time.

From what I understood, I would not get Academic pricing for Academic products (if I was not a student), but could still get them?

Is this correct?

[Dennis_Knutson]

I haven't tried to purchase those hardware products. Just contact NI directly or your local Sales Engineer to see if they are available for non-academics and what the pricing is. You might want to check eBay as well.

[Hooovahh]

Here is an NI employee being asked the same question and their response was that the student edition is for student use.  And it would not provide proper usage rights if you bought and used it.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Who-is-eligible-to-use-the-Labview-8-student-edition/m-p/415648#M205...

That being said you can download a 45 day trial of LabVIEW.  The initial trial is only 7 days, but you can request an extension from within LabVIEW and all that is needed is have an NI account (which you already do).

As for the MyXX products.  These work with the drivers which NI provides for free.  Even without LabVIEW you can install the device drivers, downloaded from NI's site or included with your hardware.  Then from within MAX (which gets instealled with the drivers) you can do basic control of NI hardware, no additional licensing needed.  These same drivers are what are installed in LabVIEW allowing you to programatically control your hardware, assuming you have a version of LabVIEW installed that runs, either a trial, student, home, or any other will do.

Oh and until recently you could buy the student edition here with a Arduino for $50.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11225

I'm guessing this bundle has been retired because a similar one for Home is being worked on.

[Braincramp]

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@Hooovahh wrote:

Here is an NI employee being asked the same question and their response was that the student edition is for student use.  And it would not provide proper usage rights if you bought and used it.

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Thank you.  Looks like that is a NO, however he is talking about v8.x which is about 9 years old now, as the post is 9 years old.

Like I said in my previous post, I want to learn more on my own time, but I am not a "qualified" student, by the classid definition of being enrolled in an accredited institution.

I guess the Home bundle will have to do with self-paced/home schooling/personal development, which is basically the crux of the Maker Movement.

You certaintly cannot argue about he price... $49.99 USD.

Again, I'm not complaining, I am just trying to find out what feature set is included  in the Home Bundle, and availablilty (to the average Joe) of the "My---" series hardware.

They have some really nice stuff.  The MyRIO is neat, but the cost of the LavVIEW real-time module makes it cost prohibitive, even though the hardware is cheap.

As a consumer, just want to know what I am allowed to purchase, and how much value I get for my hard earned money.

[Hooovahh]

Totally understand your situation.  Honestly from a getting your feet wet perspective I'd start with the MyDAQ hardware, or on the cheap an Arduino with the LINX toolkit.  You won't be deploying code to either of these platforms, but you get to interact with hardware by commanding it to do things, which is still a lot of fun for software people who enjoy seeing those bits manifest as physical things.  And as for free training check out some of these links, particularly the 3 and 6 hour introduction.

NI Learning Center

NI Getting Started

-Hardware Basics

-LabVEW Basics

-DAQ Application Tutorials

-cRIO Developer's Guide

3 Hour LabVIEW Introduction

6 Hour LabVIEW Introduction
Self Paced training for students
Self Paced training beginner to advanced, SSP Required
LabVIEW Wiki on Training

[NIquist]

You mentioned that you're an industry pro.  Are you using LabVIEW at work?  If so you are probably entitled to install a copy on your home PC with the licence you already have.  It depends on what you bought and how you bought it but I believe that is a pretty standard agreement.  Talk to your NI Rep if you want to find out more.

[billko]

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@NIquist wrote:

You mentioned that you're an industry pro.  Are you using LabVIEW at work?  If so you are probably entitled to install a copy on your home PC with the licence you already have.  It depends on what you bought and how you bought it but I believe that is a pretty standard agreement.  Talk to your NI Rep if you want to find out more.

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That gets dicey if the company you work for bought the license.  What happens if you stop working for said company?

[NIquist]

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@billko wrote:

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@NIquist wrote:

You mentioned that you're an industry pro.  Are you using LabVIEW at work?  If so you are probably entitled to install a copy on your home PC with the licence you already have.  It depends on what you bought and how you bought it but I believe that is a pretty standard agreement.  Talk to your NI Rep if you want to find out more.

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That gets dicey if the company you work for bought the license.  What happens if you stop working for said company?

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Oh Yes, you lose your rights to continue using LabVIEW!  This is designed so that licensed users can take their professional work home if they need to, not to offer a free home license. There's nothing to stop you from playing around with your own projects, but the license issue will always be there. It's why I'm using Python for all my home projects instead of LabVIEW which I could probably be more efficient with.  Also I love me some Raspberry Pi and those are Linux (usually) and very well supported by Python.

[billko]

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@NIquist wrote:

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@billko wrote:

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@NIquist wrote:

You mentioned that you're an industry pro.  Are you using LabVIEW at work?  If so you are probably entitled to install a copy on your home PC with the licence you already have.  It depends on what you bought and how you bought it but I believe that is a pretty standard agreement.  Talk to your NI Rep if you want to find out more.

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That gets dicey if the company you work for bought the license.  What happens if you stop working for said company?

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Oh Yes, you lose your rights to continue using LabVIEW!  This is designed so that licensed users can take their professional work home if they need to, not to offer a free home license. There's nothing to stop you from playing around with your own projects, but the license issue will always be there. It's why I'm using Python for all my home projects instead of LabVIEW which I could probably be more efficient with.  Also I love me some Raspberry Pi and those are Linux (usually) and very well supported by Python.

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Not to mention that said company will very likely own anything you develop on that company license if they can prove it was developed on their dime.