National Instruments LabVIEW and AWR VSS connectivity

Connectivity between LabVIEW system design software and the AWR Visual System Simulator software for RF and microwave system design is the first major joint development between NI and AWR following NI’s acquisition of AWR.

The connectivity helps engineers to better use measurements in the design flow by executing LabVIEW code directly from the AWR design environment.

Features include: AWR Design Environment can now incorporate LabVIEW signal processing capabilities including multirate digital signal processing, wireless standards, modulation and fixed-point maths; engineers can integrate VHDL and LabVIEW FPGA module code through NI field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware directly into VSS diagrams; connectivity to both PXI and traditional RF instrumentation makes it easier to incorporate measurement data into simulations.