Analog Devices and National Instruments are offering a beta version of the LabVIEW Embedded Module for Blackfin processors as part of a collaboration on embedded system development.
The beta version builds on LabVIEW Embedded technology and includes Blackfin-specific, hand-optimised analysis and signal processing functions; integrated I/O such as audio and video DACs, ADCs and CODECs; as well as on-chip debugging.
According to Jerry McGuire, general manager for convergent platform and services group at Analog Devices: "The NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for Blackfin Processors offers simplified embedded programming for domain experts and a high-level graphical tool for traditional design engineers as well as low-level optimised algorithms, on-chip peripherals and component drivers – helping companies deliver products to market in record time."
By using a graphical dataflow programming approach engineers are able to integrate legacy C code within their LabVIEW diagrams to extend functions and performance. "Traditionally, engineers have relied on a limited number of experts to program their embedded applications through low-level, text-based programming languages such as assembly and C. With this release we are working together to help more engineers and scientists develop embedded applications," said Tim Dehne, senior v-p of R&D at National Instruments.
The LabVIEW software will integrate with ADI’s VisualDSP++ development and debugging environment for real-time, interactive debugging and deployment directly to Blackfin Processors. So engineers can use LabVIEW for simulation and prototyping on Blackfin itself or the National Instruments CompactRIO embedded control system.
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