What is it? LabVIEW is a graphical program commonly used by scientists and engineers for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation. UT’s NI Academic Site License for LabVIEW Teaching and Research (Large) includes the LabVIEW Professional Development System (LabVIEW PDS) and several add-on modules and toolkits. View the lists of all the application-specific modules and toolkits available at the company’s academic software download site.

What can the license be used for? Enrolled students, faculty, and staff are permitted to use LabVIEW for university-related instruction and noncommercial academic research purposes.

Students, faculty, and staff are not permitted to use LABView for commercial research or administrative purposes. Use that benefits outside organizations requires the purchase of a commercial license.

Where can I run it? LabVIEW is available at no additional charge to UTK faculty, staff and students. While it’s available for Windows, Macs, and Linux PCs, the majority of device drivers are only available for Windows. Information for how to obtain a LabView license, and corresponding installation instructions are available on OIT’s software download site.

How can I learn it? The source of learning LabVIEW is at NI training page. Note: Login Required for LabVIEW online training. LabVIEW Core 1, 2, and 3 are free under UT’s NI Subscription Service Program (SSP) contract; LabVIEW Self-Paced Video Training for Students website is geared toward students and offers videos, exercises, and self-quizzes.

Where can I get support? OIT offers Minimal Support for LabVIEW. For additional assistance, visit the company’s support web site.