Arduino Eclipse Plugin vs LabVIEW
Arduino Eclipse Plugin
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| Figure | Arduino Eclipse Plugin | LabVIEW |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Integrated Development Environments | 8.2 (#20) | 8.4 (#10) |
| Maker | The opened pages identify the project as Sloeber but do not state a maker headquarters or founding year. | NI says it began in 1976 and that Emerson acquired NI in 2023. |
| Operating systems | The README states that Sloeber works on MS Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. | NI lists Windows and Linux support for LabVIEW editions, and says the Community Edition is the only macOS edition available starting with LabVIEW 2025 Q3. |
| Purpose | Sloeber is an Eclipse based IDE intended to make Arduino development easier and help users write, navigate, and understand code. | LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment for developing automated test and measurement systems. |
| Security | The opened maker pages do not state security certifications or compliance information. | NI says LabVIEW is memory-safe and that it generates software bills of materials for LabVIEW as part of its Secure Development Lifecycle. |
| Support | The project links to GitHub discussions and reported issues for community help and issue reporting. | A single-seat purchase includes an NI software service agreement with technical support, version downloads, and LabVIEW Core 1 on-demand, with perpetual-license benefits included for the first year. |
Plans
LabVIEW
- LabVIEW Community EditionFree
- LabVIEW Base perpetualPrice not published
- LabVIEW Base subscriptionPrice not published
- LabVIEW Full perpetualPrice not published
- LabVIEW Full subscriptionPrice not published
- LabVIEW Professional perpetualPrice not published
- LabVIEW Professional subscriptionPrice not published
In their own words
Arduino Eclipse Plugin
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LabVIEW
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment for developing automated test and measurement applications. Its G language uses dataflow programming, supports parallel execution, and includes interactive debugging. LabVIEW connects to instruments from any vendor and offers more than 7,000 instrument drivers. Engineering analysis functions and a native interface support monitoring and controlling tests. Editions can integrate Python, C/C++,.NET, and MathWorks MATLAB code. The Professional edition includes Application Builder, NI Nigel AI, software engineering tools, and Report Generation, Database Connectivity, and Advanced Signal Processing Toolkits. The Community Edition costs nothing, but is limited to personal, non-commercial, non-industrial use and cannot be used for teaching or research at a degree-granting institution. Professional trials provide seven days of access; the downloadable trial can be extended up to 45 days after first opening it. The downloadable trial connects to physical hardware, while the web trial uses simulated hardware only. NI lists Windows and Linux support for editions; starting with LabVIEW 2025 Q3, Community Edition is the only macOS edition. Each target computer running a developed application requires a perpetual deployment license.