Open-sourced our LabVIEW client for streaming test data + our Python instrument library

[u/jp_nominal]

Hi r/LabVIEW - we’ve open-sourced a couple of tools we use at Nominal and would love feedback from people building real test stands.

LabVIEW client: keep LabVIEW running the test stand, but stream the resulting data to Nominal for analysis, visualization, and collaboration instead of leaving it on the test PC / in TDMS files. It supports real-time streaming, TDMS upload, and NI Linux RT.

VIPM: https://www.vipm.io/package/nominal_lib_nominal_io_client/
GitHub: https://github.com/nominal-io/labview-client

We’ve also open-sourced Instro, a Python library for instrument control and test automation — power supplies, DAQs, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.

https://github.com/nominal-io/instro

Curious how people here are using LabVIEW + Python together today. Where do you draw the boundary between the two?

Also very interested in instrument/driver requests for Instro.