Chapter 1 Introduction©National Instruments Corporation1-5AMUX-64T User ManualFigure 1-1. The Relationship between the Programming Environment,NI-DAQ, and Your HardwareThe National Instruments PC, AT, MC, DAQCard, and DAQPad SeriesDAQ hardware is packaged with NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles.NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles comes with language interfaces forProfessional BASIC, QuickBASIC, Visual Basic, Borland Turbo Pascal,Turbo C++, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft C forDOS; and Visual Basic, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft C with SDK, and BorlandC++ for Windows and Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows NT. You can useyour AMUX-64T, together with other PC, AT, MC, EISA, DAQCard, andDAQPad Series DAQ and SCXI hardware, with NI-DAQ software for PCcompatibles.The National Instruments NB Series DAQ boards are packaged withNI-DAQ software for Macintosh. NI-DAQ software for Macintosh comeswith language interfaces for MPW C, THINK C, Pascal, and MicrosoftQuickBASIC. Any language that uses Device Manager Toolbox calls canaccess NI-DAQ software for Macintosh. You can use NB Series DAQboards and SCXI hardware with NI-DAQ software for Macintosh.ComponentWorks,LabVIEW,LabWindows/CVI, orVirtualBenchConventionalProgramming EnvironmentNI-DAQDriver SoftwareDAQ orSCXI HardwarePersonalComputer orWorkstation