LabVIEW Simplifies Wireless Sensor Integration

Oct. 23, 2006

National Instruments has developed LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, simplifying sensor integration with ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4, or proprietary wireless sensors into the National Instruments' LabVIEW graphical development environment. The free driver software works with sensors from three wireless-sensing leaders (Accsense, Accutech, and Crossbow Technology) and includes communication functions and example programs compatible with sensors from each vendor.

LabVIEW also includes more than 600 graphical and text-based math and analysis functions that developers can use to process data acquired from wireless sensor networks. Additionally, the software includes a fully documented template to quickly build a LabVIEW interface for wireless sensors not natively supported by the driver software. The new LabVIEW wireless sensor drivers can be downloaded from www.ni.com/wsn.

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.