圖形化系統(tǒng)設計軟件為學生提供Real-World動手學習環(huán)境。 美國國家儀器于當日宣布LabVIEW 8.5學生版面市，最新版的圖形化系統(tǒng)設計軟件，給學生帶來了靈活的自學環(huán)境。通過這個環(huán)境可以將設計、選型配置以及科學理念應用到real-world中。學生版提供了流行的LabVIEW圖形化開發(fā)平臺的所有特性，包括多核處理和混合設計，為學生們提供推動以工程為基礎的動手學習，推行最新的工業(yè)性能標準以及為創(chuàng)造應用和工程運算提供更多設計選擇。 在雙核或是多核上同時平行運算的多核處理，由于其所提供的指數性能不斷提高，現已在工業(yè)環(huán)境中很流行。LabVIEW 8.5學生版教育學生如何簡單地優(yōu)化和用于多核運算的工程師運算法則，以及配置控制、測試及嵌入式系統(tǒng)發(fā)展的思路。 NI學院營銷副總裁Ray Almgren說：“對于學生來說擁有機會去發(fā)展適合于營銷的技能非常重要。我們很高興能將我們的貢獻通過給學生們配備技術延伸到工程教育上，支持最新的PC性能增強，如多核，幫助他們了解行業(yè)的最新趨勢。” 除多核處理外，學生們還能利用LabVIEW MathScript混合編程結合計算或編程的多種模式。LabVIEW MathScript將具有數學導向的原文編程加入到LabVIEW中，使學生們在重新使用他們的.m文件時成為可能。利用MathWorks有限公司的MATLAB®軟件或是其它軟件，可以設計他們在應用中需要的程序設計方法。 LabVIEW學生版還為學生們提供安裝選擇，為一些大學提供了大量的機會給他們的學生學習圖形化軟件。通常地，如弗吉尼亞理工大學擁有1600名工程系大一新生，利用這些特性可以使他們的學生們很快熟悉基于工程的學習環(huán)境。 為了使這軟件能得到全球的廣泛慶用，NI分別提供了LabVIEW 8.5學生版的英文版、法語版、德語版、日語版和簡體中文版。更多關于LabVIEW 8.5學生版信息，可登錄www.ni.com/labviewse. [FONT=times] original text [/FONT] [font=times] Graphical System Design Software Offers Students Hands-On Learning for Real-World Applications [/font] [font=times][Color=#708090]National Instruments today announced the availability of the LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition, the latest version of the graphical system design software that gives students a flexible, hands-on environment to design, prototype and deploy engineering and science concepts into real-world applications. The student edition offers all the features of the popular LabVIEW graphical development platform including multicore processing and hybrid programming, providing students with software that facilitates project-based learning, leverages the latest industry performance standards and gives more programming options for creating applications and engineering algorithms. Multicore processing, the development of parallel applications running concurrently on two or more processor cores, is gaining popularity in industry because of the exponential performance improvements it provides. The LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition teaches students to easily optimize and engineer algorithms for multiple cores as well as deploy threads for control, test and embedded system development. “It is important that students have the opportunity to develop the skills that are marketable to employers,” said Ray Almgren, vice president of academic marketing at NI. “We are excited to expand our contribution to engineering education by equipping students with technologies that support the latest PC performance enhancements, such as multicore, and help them stay ahead of industry trends.” In addition to multicore processing, students can use hybrid programming with LabVIEW MathScript to combine multiple models of computation or methods of programming. LabVIEW MathScript adds math-oriented, textual programming to LabVIEW, making it possible for students to reuse their .m file scripts created using The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB® software and other software so they can design and engineer algorithms with the programming approach that best suits their application needs. The LabVIEW Student Edition also provides a student install option that gives universities the opportunity to easily distribute the graphical software to its student body. Currently, universities such as Virginia Tech, which has more than 1,600 freshman engineering students, use this feature to quickly get their students ready for instruction in a project-based learning environment. Continuing its support of engineering education worldwide, National Instruments offers the LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. For more information on the LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition, readers can visit www.ni.com/labviewse.[/color][/font]