Test gear goes embedded.

Provides information on graphic programming techniques that build virtual instruments (VI) and find their way into embedded systems as pioneered by National Instruments Corp., an Austin, Texas company which offers virtual instrumentations. Components of a VI; Key difference between ordinary embedded controllers and the modern generation of VI technology; Technique used by system developers to link modules together; Members of the Virtual Instrument Foundation, an open consortium founded to promote specifications for programming virtual test instruments. INSET: VI WITHOUT READOUTS.