When using LabVIEW to write a driver, you can peel away software layers, see the SCPI calls into VISA, and use it as is or modify a driver, such as to remove extraneous calls to improve efficiency.

The SCPI (Standards Command for Programmable Instruments) protocol is exceptionally popular in lab and workspace tools, letting you configure and fetch data from oscilloscopes and lab scales alike … ...

The device specific APIs use a C interface, and the functions can be called from most modern programming languages and environments such as C/C++, C#, Python, Java, LabVIEW, and MATLAB.

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