Using NI DAQ board with Windows 8 / Visual Studio 2012

[chuwie]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out the best way to implement an app that can read streams of data from a NI USB DAQ board and do some data procecssing and display it on screen real time, and also saving the data. I need the flexibility of writing my own programs (cannot use Labview). I have done so before with Visual C++ on Windows Vista a few years back, but now have a new set up with Windows 8. 

Are there other ways to do this aside from Measurement Studio? Is there an API library for Visual Studio 2012 for data collection? E.g. Read voltage data from one of the analog channels. 

Thank you.

Virginia

[Eric-J]

Yes you can use Visual Studio.  You will need Daqmx.  You may want to look at this discussion form topic too.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Measurement-Studio-for-VC/Using-DAQ-cards-and-Visual-C/m-p/722855