LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks

National Instruments in Austin, Texas, announced LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, giving engineers and scientists working with these devices the ability to fully integrate their ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4 or proprietary wireless sensors into the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development environment. The free driver software works with sensors from three wireless-sensing leaders-Accsense, Accutech and Crossbow Technology-and includes communication functions and example programs compatible with sensors from each vendor. Wireless sensor vendors typically offer fixed-functionality application software for wireless sensor network configuration, communication and monitoring. Now with LabVIEW, developers using wireless sensors have an open development environment to customize an application or integrate data from the wireless network with other data acquisition. For more information contact National Instruments online at www.ni.com.