DSP development is challenging. DSP systems are increasingly complicated, development cycles are shrinking, and many developers lack DSP programming experience. All of this of this creates a need for ...

In 1986, graphical programming burst upon the test-and-measurement scene with the introduction of National Instruments’ LabView. Created by NI cofounder Jeff Kodosky (who now serves as NI business and ...

The latest learn-to-code kit passing around a digital begging bowl to raise crowdfunds to make its concept fly is called FlowPaw. This education-focused electronics board takes inspiration from the ...

I looked at LabView more than a decade ago, and was very impressed, but I put it aside as test and measurement (T&M) was not at the top of my list of things to do. In the meantime, LabView has become ...

There is a long history of Visual or Graphical Programming Languages, and most of them make more sense than the name of Microsoft’s Visual Basic, C#, and Visual Studio IDE. Some people don’t like to ...

The unquestioned success of the Raspberry Pi has swept the world. More than 2 million boards have been sold since its launch less than the two years ago, and dozens of startups have been formed just ...

Jeff Kodosky, co-founder and business and technology fellow at National Instruments, was an architect of the LabView graphical programming language. On visit to the NIDays technology conference in ...

Most programmers have a favorite text-based programming language. Some programmers even get rather vocal when it comes to defending their favorite's pros and cons. In fact, the only thing that most ...

Though PLC (programmable logic controller) programming languages may not receive the attention that general computing programming languages, such as JavaScript, C#, or Python do, they remain critical ...

When you want to quickly pull together a combination of media and user interaction, looking to some building blocks for the heavy lifting can be a lifesaver. That’s the idea behind Max, a graphical ...