By adding analog to digital interface boards to the computer, virtually any instrumentation task can be performed. The scope and speed of computer-based instrumentation is increasing rapidly with faster processors and larger memory availability. LabView has become a standard method of programming instrument interface hardware provided by National Instruments and other manufacturers, many of whom provide LabView drivers for their devices. LabView can be applied to control unique electronic, electrophysiological and electrochemical experiments. It is also used to upgrade and enhance the operation of laboratory instruments such as spectrophotometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers and mass spectrometers by interfacing them directly to a networked laboratory computer.
Extensions are available to support imaging, gel documentation and particle counting.
The package uses the finite element analysis method to calculate and display the effects of structural forces and electromagnetic fields.