National Instruments provides application software and modular, multifunction hardware that users combine with computers, networks and third-party devices to create automated test and automated measurement systems. Co. provides products used to create virtual instrumentation systems for general, commercial, industrial and scientific applications. Co. provides a variety of software tools for programming automated test and automated measurement applications. This software offering includes NI LabVIEW, a graphical programming approach that helps visualize every aspect of the application, including hardware configuration, measurement data, and debugging.