Editing LabVIEW (section)

=== Interfacing to devices ===
LabVIEW includes extensive support for interfacing to instruments, cameras, and other devices. Users interface to hardware by either writing direct bus commands (USB, GPIB, Serial) or using high-level, device-specific drivers that provide native "G" function nodes for controlling the device. National Instruments makes thousands of device drivers available for download on their ''Instrument Driver Network'' (IDNet).<ref>{{cite web |title=3rd Party Instrument Drivers - National Instruments |url=http://www.ni.com/downloads/instrument-drivers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128134304/http://www.ni.com/downloads/instrument-drivers/ |archive-date=2014-11-28 |website=www.ni.com}}</ref>

LabVIEW has built-in support for other National Instruments products, such as the [[CompactDAQ]] and [[CompactRIO]] hardware platforms and ''Measurement and Automation eXplorer'' (MAX) and ''Virtual Instrument Software Architecture'' (VISA) toolsets.