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interfaceindependence.Thismakesiteasiertoswitchbusinterfacesand
meansthatuserswhomustprograminstrumentsformultipleinterfaces
needtolearnonlyoneAPI.
AnotheradvantageofNI-VISAisthatitisanobject-orientedAPIthatwill
easilyadapttonewinstrumentationinterfacesastheyevolve,making
applicationmigrationtothenewinterfaceseasy.
VISAistheindustrystandardfordevelopinginstrumentdrivers.Most
currentdriverswrittenbyNationalInstrumentsuseNI-VISAandsupport
Windows,PocketPC,Linux,MacOSX,andLabVIEWRT,aslongasthe
appropriatesystem-leveldriversareavailableforthatplatform.