Elgar turned to Pacific MindWorks to jump start its IVI development efforts. "The complexity of IVI would have been time consuming to overcome without the timely assistance of Pacific MindWorks. After only a few discussions, Pacific MindWorks presented us with a comprehensive IVI strategy that succinctly addressed current and future needs. Pacific MindWorks would build the driver, provide training, deliver a robust IVI development environment, and be available for consultation as needed."

"Since the hardware wasn't ready yet, Pacific MindWorks worked with a power supply instrument that presented a reasonably similar interface. The project was scoped at a short six calendar weeks. After two weeks Pacific MindWorks came back with a detailed design for the driver. Their design hit the mark right from the beginning. We received the first code drop at four weeks. It was surprisingly robust for a first version. And, as promised, at six weeks, Pacific MindWorks delivered a fully documented and virtually bug free IVI driver."

It was abundantly clear that Pacific MindWorks' driver development solution, Nimbus, was a crucial part of the project's success. "Nimbus is incredibly powerful. It neatly abstracts away the complexities of IVI development without sacrificing ease of use. Seeing Nimbus in action was all it took to motivate a purchasing decision."

"Getting up to speed on Nimbus was simple. The tool is so intuitive that we only needed a few hours of training to be able to modify the driver without assistance to support other similar products. When the instrument hardware was ready, we used Nimbus to extend the driver as appropriate. We were also pleased with the extensive documentation Nimbus created. This benefit frees developers from the burden of keeping driver documentation in sync with the code." Conveniently, Nimbus-generated help files are viewable directly within Microsoft Visual Studio.