Simulation can provide a lot of information about what the system is doing. We can
add the effect of different element, like Encoder resolution, ADC sampling rate, etc
and understand how does it affect the system. Another benefit is the possibility to
slow down the process, to gain insight on what happens of fast systems or, vice
versa, speed up slow process.
Because National Instruments is a unique company in the fact the we provide a full
hardware solution couple with a full development platform, we can use this tools in
very particular ways
For example, it is possible to combine the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation
Module along with the FPGA module to quickly prototype a controller. One of the
main benefits of this approach is that there is no need to compile the FPGA code,
which allows for a quick algorithm design turnaround and debugging.