06-03-2009 09:52 AM
Hi just wondering if there are any advantages or disadvantages to using measurement studio vs labview for automated test equipment?
06-03-2009 03:51 PM
Labview has a simpler interface for quick-and-easy design with little programming experience. However, you don't have all of the flexibility in UI design you can get from a Windows Forms program.
On the other hand, if you switch to Measurement Studio .Net, you get the power of Windows (including file-writing, networking code, and vast UI options) at the expense of simplicity. Programmers will like this route better because you have a finer control over the program and it's execution, but some problems may require a bit more work to complete.
I'd suggest you try both! Even if you have minial programming experience, C# is very powerful and well documented, with tutorials available all over the internet (and the same for Visual Basic). Labview also has a big web following and lots of good print-literature to help you out. See what is most comfortable for you!
06-03-2009 04:24 PM
Thanks for the information. I have built several web and windows apps with C# VS 2003 and 2005 and do like several of the features such as exception processing, OOD, using object data sources as well as the IDE in general. It looks like some things might take longer to accomplish using measurement studio but there may be other advantages to using it.