Agilent Technologies Inc.’s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) N6030A is now supported by National Instruments’ new LabVIEW graphical programming environment. LabVIEW provides instrument control for Agilent's AWG and reduces test program development by eliminating the need to learn text-based programming protocols. This allows users familiar with the LabVIEW environment to rapidly develop test waveforms for their designs.

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The new LabVIEW driver supports standard N6030A AWG functions according to the Interchangeable Instruments Foundation (IVI) F-GEN specification. It also supports extensions to the IVI-C definition, so users can take advantage of N6030A's advanced features, such as multi-AWG synchronization and sequencing.

The N6030A simultaneously delivers 1.25 GSps and 15 bits of vertical resolution, giving engineers who design advanced wideband systems in radar, satellite and emerging communication systems the most realistic, wideband waveforms available.

"The performance of the N6030A, combined with the popularity of LabVIEW, is helping our customers easily develop complex waveforms for next-generation defense systems," said Jim Taber, marketing manager of Agilent's Advanced Products Operation. "Using our AWG with LabVIEW provides easy integration into existing test environments to minimize software development."

"National Instruments is excited to offer an NI LabVIEW instrument driver for Agilent's new CompactPCI arbitrary waveform generator," said Jason Hobbs, instrument driver group manager at National Instruments. "With the new instrument driver available in the NI Instrument Driver Network, we can provide Agilent customers with easy access to the open LabVIEW graphical development environment and expand our existing breadth of LabVIEW instrument drivers for third-party products."