LabVIEW Community Edition
LabVIEW Community Edition is a free (unpaid) edition of LabVIEW and LabVIEW NXG that may only be used for personal, non-commercial, non-industrial and non-academic purposes.[1] It provides all of the capabilities of the professional editions of LabVIEW and LabVIEW NXG and comes bundled with the LINX toolkit for use with Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard and Arduino.[2] LabVIEW Community Edition is for the hobbyist wishing to use graphical programming for their projects.
Download
LabVIEW Community Edition is available for download on the LabVIEW Community Edition page.
Learn
Announcement video with Darren Nattinger
Post from LabVIEW Champion Joerg Hampel
Visit Joerg Hampel's blog post to learn about LabVIEW Community edition. Joerg answers questions like:
- What exactly is this new edition?
- Is it free?
- Who is it for?
- What about hobbyist hardware?
LabVIEW Community Edition Sneak Peek (VI Shots)
Note: Audio is delayed in this video.
Getting Started
- Check out Eli Kerry's blog post on Getting Started with LabVIEW Community Edition And Beaglebone Or Raspberry Pi to get started with LabVIEW Community Edition.
- Also check out the resources at the Getting Started LabVIEW Wiki page.
Find Code
Use GCentral.org to find LabVIEW packages.
Ask Questions
Ask your friendly, neighborhood LabVIEW Experts at:
- LabVIEW Community Edition board on LAVA
- NI's Forums. There is a board for LabVIEW and LabVIEW NXG.