I would say "no". What do you want to do? If you want a relatively-inexpensive USB-powered multi-function device, the myDAQ, though limited, isn't bad. If you want to get into LabVIEW Real-Time or FPGA, it is hard to beat the myRIO (though it is harder to set up, and requires external power (more than a simple USB connection). I have experience with both. I have no recent experience with the Elvis, except to say that a sly NI sales rep managed to convince our Engineering Department to purchase a dozen Elvis I instruments for a "student lab" the same year that the Elvis I was replaced by the Elvis II (and now there is an Elvis III). These were never used -- we replaced them with USB 6009s for much lower cost and much greater utility. So I may be biased ...
Bob Schor
