Self Service

The information on this page is for internal use only in the Physics Department.

Interactive Data Language (IDL): a powerful tool for data analysis, visualisation and application development.

Please see also:

IDL in Astrophysics, for usage on Astrophysics desktop systems.

Data acquisition and control, data analysis, and data presentation.

Physics no longer purchases a LabVIEW site license this is due to the significant increase in license costs and National Instruments move to a annual subscription service. If you need to purchase a subscription license please contact NI directly.

Alternatively a number of groups have already moved to Python as a alternative, we would recommend installing Anaconda distribution, this allows for multiple virtual environments.

The Self-Service Application allows you to update or install preconfigured software onto your Apple Macintosh system .