NIWOT, CO--(Marketwire - April 3, 2008) - The IVI Foundation announces the new "IVI Getting
Started Guide" free of charge on its website at
http://www.ivifoundation.org. Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI)
drivers have long been recognized for their power and performance enabling
instrument interchangeability and lowering the cost of developing and
maintaining test systems. What has not always been clear is that IVI
drivers can also be easy to use. Regardless of your chosen Application
Development Environment (ADE), you can use the drivers to develop, set up
and maintain test systems efficiently.
"There is an easy path to working with IVI drivers, and the 'IVI Getting
Started Guide' provides a step-by-step guide to walk the user through the
process," said Joe Mueller, President of the IVI Foundation.
Each example chapter in the "IVI Getting Started Guide" shows you how to
use an IVI driver to write and run a program that performs a simple
measurement on a simulated instrument and returns the result. The examples
demonstrate common steps using IVI drivers in the most popular ADEs for
programming instruments. These steps include:
-- Initializing the instrument
-- Configuring the instrument
-- Accessing an instrument property
-- Taking a reading
-- Closing the instrument
-- Checking the driver for any errors
-- Displaying the reading
Each chapter provides a short tutorial in a particular ADE using a simple
step-by-step approach. Most users will need to reference only one or two
of the chapters to be up-and-running using IVI drivers.
IVI Foundation
The IVI Foundation is an open consortium founded to promote specifications
for programming test instruments that simplify interchangeability, provide
better performance, and reduce the cost of program development and
maintenance. To download the guide, visit
www.ivifoundation.org.
Products and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their
respective companies.
Contact Information: IVI Foundation Contact:
Bob Helsel