Measurement Studio was introduced in February 2000 by National Instruments to combine its text-based programming tools, specifically: LabWindows/CVI, Component Works ++, Component Works.
Measurement Studio 7.0 adopted support for .NET and allowed for native .NET controls and classes to integrate into Visual Studio. As of Measurement Studio 8.0.1, support for Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 framework have been included, with support for Windows Vista first adopted in version 8.1.1. Current version of Measurement Studio drops support for multiple versions of Visual Studio including 2008, 2005, .NET 2003 and 6.0.
Measurement Studio includes a variety of examples, to illustrate how common GPIB, VISA, DAQMX, analysis, and DataSocket applications can be accessed.
National Instruments also offers a product called LabVIEW,2 which offers many of the test, measurement and control capabilities of Measurement Studio. National Instruments also offers LabWindows/CVI.3 as an alternative for ANSI C programmers.
NI.com What is Measurement Studio? http://www.ni.com/mstudio/whatis/ ↩
LabVIEW http://www.ni.com/labview/ ↩
NI LabWindows/cvi http://www.ni.com/lwcvi/ ↩