2008年6月9日消息，NI通過其儀器驅動器網絡可提供6000多個驅動器，占有儀器驅動器中大部分。 設計用于NI LabVIEW圖形系統設計平臺、NI LabWindows™/CVI ANSI C整合開發環境和微軟視頻、儀器驅動器幫助用戶很輕松地與來自275個供應商的單機儀器相連接并進行控制。 三十多年來，NI一直是連接、整合計算機與單機儀器開發技術的領先者。有了NI儀器驅動器網絡，用戶可以下載通過NI認證的LabVIEW插件和播放器及可交換的虛擬儀器（IVI）驅動器，還可遠程控制上千臺的儀器，包括最新的PXI、以太網、LXI、GPIB、和USB儀器。NI一直致力于與同行業領先的儀器供應商合作（如安捷倫、Anritsu公司和泰克公司）為各種各樣的常用儀器開發驅動器，例如萬用表、示波器和信號發生器。 除了為非常流行的儀器提供廣泛的支持外，NI儀器驅動器網絡現包括用于數千個環境監測傳感器接口的SDI-12協議。SDI-12協議通用于EDA應用，如氣候變化追蹤、水采集及水測試、生態調查、土壤監測、農業及氣候分析。通過將SDI-12 API與LabVIEW的靈活性相結合，用戶可創造來自簡單數據收集和分析的應用系列，執行自動化通信、數據記錄和網站發布。 被世界范圍內工程師及科學家采用的LabVIEW，LabVIEW提供了一個高層次的易用的編程界面，是儀器控制的理想選擇。該軟件還能提供了降低開發時間的工具，如儀器驅動探測器，幫助用戶即時搜索下載在LabVIEW環境中的驅動器，以及儀器I/O助手，幫助用戶執行簡單的儀器I/O任務，創建他們自己的儀器驅動器。此外，LabVIEW插件和播放器儀器驅動器能提供本機開發環境的源代碼及標準編程模塊，使其輕松地將儀器添加到測試系統中，而不用學習新的通信協議和編程形式。 讀者可登錄www.ni.com/idnet 防問NI儀器驅動器網絡的6000多個儀器驅動器。 [font=times]original text [/font] [font=times]National Instruments Now Offers More Than 6,000 Drivers for Instrument Control [/font] [font=times][color=#708090]NEWS RELEASE – June 9, 2008 – National Instruments now offers more than 6,000 drivers through the NI Instrument Driver Network, the industry’s largest source for instrument drivers. Written for the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform, the NI LabWindows™/CVI ANSI C integrated development environment and Microsoft Visual Studio, the instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors. For more than 30 years, National Instruments has been a leader in developing technology for integrating and connecting computers with stand-alone instrumentation. With the NI Instrument Driver Network, users can download LabVIEW Plug and Play and Interchangeable Virtual Instrument （IVI） instrument drivers certified by NI and remotely control thousands of instruments, including the latest PXI, Ethernet, LXI, GPIB and USB instruments, from LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI or Visual Studio. National Instruments continually works with industry-leading instrumentation vendors including Agilent Technologies, Anritsu Company and Tektronix to develop drivers for a wide variety of popular instruments such as multimeters, oscilloscopes and signal generators. In addition to providing extensive support for the most popular instrumentation, the NI Instrument Driver Network now includes the LabVIEW SDI-12 API for interfacing with thousands of environmental monitoring sensors. The SDI-12 protocol is commonly used for environmental data acquisition （EDA） applications such as climate change tracking, water collection and testing, ecological research, soil monitoring, agriculture and weather analysis. By combining the SDI-12 API with the flexibility of LabVIEW, users can create SDI-12 applications ranging from simple data collection and analysis to automated communication, data recording and Web publishing. Adopted by engineers and scientists worldwide, LabVIEW provides a high-level, easy-to-use programming interface that is ideal for instrument control. The software also offers tools that reduce development time such as the Instrument Driver Finder, which helps users instantly search and download drivers from the NI Instrument Driver Network within the LabVIEW environment, and the Instrument I/O Assistant, a utility that helps users perform simple instrument I/O tasks or create their own instrument drivers. Additionally, LabVIEW Plug and Play instrument drivers provide source code native to the development environment and a standard programming model, making it easy to add instruments to a test system without learning new communication protocols or programming paradigms. Readers can visit www.ni.com/idnet to access the more than 6,000 instrument drivers available on the NI Instrument Driver Network.[/color][/font]