LabWindows/CVI

What do you like best?

reat libraries, active development community, full C language compliance

What do you dislike?

Forget finding 3rd party hardware driver support for this. I've been grateful to work with some really good vendors that have made me custom C-only driver versions of their C++ drivers. In most cases, you'll encounter a LabView VI driver for your hardware, but nothing for LabWindows.

Small market share means blazing a trail alone. You're a bit of an island if you work in CVI. No one, and I mean no one, has ever heard of it. But it's pretty fun to develop in.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I write machine automation software for our manufacturing line. We gather performance data for life cycle testing of high-precision, high-vacuum, high-voltage products. It covers most of the technical, hardware layer problems I've encountered.