What Are the Development Environments that Support NI USB-8502?

Updated Oct 17, 2025

Reported In

Hardware

  • USB-8502

Driver

  • NI-XNET

Issue Details

I want to use a USB device to communicate with an automotive ECU. 
What are the development environments in which I can program my NI USB-8502?
 

Solution

The NI USB 8502 uses NI-XNET driver which supports the following development environments:

  1. LabVIEW
  2. LabWindows™/CVI
  3. Microsoft Visual C/C++

Additional Information

After installing the XNET driver, you will find many examples on how to use the NI-XNET driver in LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI.

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