What is Virtual Instrumentation?

Welcome to VI Shots. The VI stands for virtual instrumentation. No, it has nothing to do with musical instruments. You can use graphical programming software like LabVIEW to create user-defined solutions (measurement instruments) that meet your specific needs – very different from the proprietary, fixed functionality of traditional instruments. For example, if you don’t have an oscilloscope handy, just insert a USB DAQ card into your laptop and write an oscilloscope software application. You now have a virtual oscilloscope instrument.

Who am I?

My name is Michael Aivaliotis and I’ve been working in the test and measurement industry since 1993 with LabVIEW 3.0. I started my career as a test engineer and quickly fell in love with the graphical programming paradigm that LabVIEW provided. Since then, I’ve worked on or developed an incredible number of complex test systems in electronics, semiconductor, automotive, telecom, biomedical and other industries. I am a Certified LabVIEW Architect and have the distinction of being among the few LabVIEW Champions. In 2002, I created the LAVA Forums which has now become the largest independent online LabVIEW community.

My passion is LabVIEW and new media. VI Shots is the result of that mashup.

Questions, Comments or feedback?

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