LXI & IVI Driver Technologies

[heyram]

Dear all,

The IVI foundation defines standards for 8 different classes of instruments.

but all these instruments belong only to test & measurement category only.

shall we implment the same IVI concept to develop our own class of instrument ?

The LXI standard defines IVI programmatic technique should be implmented.

but if we develop systems other than test & measurement equipments, shall we use our own instrument class there ?

and whether we need to follow IVI in all implmentations of LXI like Triggering , Synchronization or only developing our instrument drivers ?

please spare some time & reply me.

regards,

Giri.

[Krista H]

Giri,

The selection between IVI and LXI depends on what your instrument is and what you are wanting to do. I would suggest that you look at the specifications and decide based on your goals and your instrument. Either way you will be creating your own driver so it depends also on what you would like to work with.

Here are some links to information about IVI drivers.

Materials available for IVI Instrument Driver Developers

Using IVI Drivers in LabVIEW

Benefits of IVI

I hope that these will help you.