Title :
Software environments for the implementation of virtual instrumentation
Author :
Ramos, Helena M Geirinhas ; Girão, P. M Silva
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Engenharia Electrotecnica e de Comput., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
In this paper the authors present and discuss in detail the several software platforms that are nowadays used to implement virtual instrumentation. It is aimed at the systematization of the various classes of software in order to propose some guidelines for the selection of the right packages for the application in mind. Besides, as the performance of any PC based instrument depends not only on the hardware and software used but also, on their level of compatibility, some special attention is paid to some non-trivial aspects related to the choice of hardware/software
Keywords :
data acquisition; object-oriented programming; software packages; virtual instrumentation; PC based instrument; software environments; software package selection; software platforms; virtual instrumentation; Application software; Computer languages; Guidelines; Hardware; Instruments; Operating systems; Packaging; Personal communication networks; Software packages; Software performance;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1998. MELECON 98., 9th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Tel-Aviv
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3879-0
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1998.692484
