Does this mean the the LabView 'arrays' are equal to matrices? I hope it is
possible to use the array as you use them in any programming language, i.e. for
the temporary storage of data!
Theo ter Meer.
"Kevin B. Kent" wrote:
> Theo ter Meer wrote:
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > For a project that uses a PC with a PCI-DIO-32HS card to acquire and
> > store large amounts of data, we want to use LabView. The problem is
> > whether we have to purchase the Full Development System or the Base
> > Package.
> > We don't need all the analysis tools that are supplied with the Full
> > Dev. System.
> >
> > For the DMA function you normally want to set up buffers for I/O. So,
> > what we probably need are array operations which, according to the docs,
> > are only available
with the Full Dev. System.
> >
> > Is it correct that with the Base Package no array operations are
> > possible at all? Or is the NIDAQ driver of the card smart enough to
> > handle DMA operations, so that we can use the Base package?
> >
> > regards,
> > Theo ter Meer
>
> I looked on NIs website and it does *appear* to say that array operations
> are not included in the Base package. This is not true. There are a lot of
> advanced math VIs that deal with arrays that are not included in the base
> package. If you intend to use LabVIEW to ANALYZE your data, I would suggest
> that you go with the Full Dev Package, you will find that it is much easier
> to
> use some of the pre-built functions than it is to write your own.
>
> As far as manipulating arrays that is supported in the base package.
> Mostly simple things like sort, search, transpose. reverse, index , etc.
>
> Kevin Kent
