Test & Measurement: "Bridge" Couples Math Software With LabVIEW Test Functions

The Maple Professional Toolbox for LabVIEW creates a bridge between National Instruments' LabVIEW 7.1 graphical development environment and Maple 9.5. What results is the ability to integrate the rich math capabilities of Maple and the test, automation, and control functions of LabVIEW. With a new library of automated virtual instruments, users can pass data values between the environments, call the Maple math engine, and automate other Maple operations from LabVIEW. Also, developers can reuse their existing Maple scripts directly inside the LabVIEW block diagram utilizing a new LabVIEW script mode. For a one-user license, Maple Professional Toolbox for LabVIEW costs $795 alone and $2195 bundled with Maple 9.5.