Instrument Control from Visual Basic
Are you looking for an easy way to implement instrument interchangeability in your Visual Basic programs or at least minimize your rework when you replace or upgrade an instrument in your system? This has long been a goal of test and measurement engineers around the world, and they have created their own coalition in search of solutions. Their solution is known as IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instruments) and the coalition is known as the IVI Foundation (www.ivifoundation.org). This application note focuses on the following instrumentation topics:
● Instrument control – An overview about traditional instrument drivers and the evolution to IVI class drivers and IVI instrument-specific drivers.
● Measurement Studio IVI ActiveX controls – A discussion of how you can take advantage of the IVI ActiveX controls, which offer a novel and intuitive approach for controlling instruments like oscilloscopes and digital multimeters (DMMs) in Visual Basic.
● Controlling instruments with instrument-specific drivers – If you cannot take advantage of the IVI architecture, learn how to control instruments from Visual Basic with instrument-specific drivers.
Note: Measurement Studio includes tools to build measurement applications in ANSI C, Visual C++, and Visual Basic. The Measurement Studio Visual Basic tools were formerly known as ComponentWorks. The IVI ActiveX controls are available in the Measurement Studio Full Development System.
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