rational rose and LabVIEW

[mrbean]

I'm in the preliminary design stage of a task and I'm debating whether to use Object-Oriented design or Structured Analysis.  I'm using LabVIEW with TestStand to control/test quite a bit of hardware (test equipment, I/O cards, VME, VXI, GPIB, ethernet, etc).  The UML tool I have available is Rational Rose.  Any thoughts/guidance?

[DWeiland]

Hi MrBean,

    Although I'm no expert in the different design paradigms, and in particular with relationship to Rational Rose (which I have limited experience with), I would most likely recommend Structured Analysis over Object-Oriented based mainly on the fact that, at present, LabVIEW is not an Object Oriented programming language. Structured Analysis provides more of a "how and in what order are things done" viewpoint (with its Functional, Data, and Dynamic viewpoints), and seems like a well suited design method for use with LabVIEW and TestStand.

Hope those thoughts help MrBean, have a great weekend!

Dan Weiland - Applications Engineer - National Instruments