NI Connect 2024
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Programming Essentials
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| Session | Date Time | Presenter(s) | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to "Summer of LabVIEW 2024" | May 22, Wednesday 2:45 - 3:45 | Darren Nattinger (NI)
Derrick Bommarito (Blue Origin) |
The Summer of LabVIEW aims to bridge the beginner-to-experienced skill gap and provide programming challenges for training and fun across most skill levels. | YouTube Download |
| The State-of-the-Art for Actor Framework | May 21, Tuesday 10:15 - 11:15 | Allen C. Smith (JustACS) | Learn from the actor framework (AF) master Allen Smith as he takes us on a tour of developer tools, recent enhancements, and how the community continues to drive AF innovation. | YouTube Download |
| Quick! Drop Your VI Execution Time! | May 21, Tuesday 10:15 - 11:15 | Darren Nattinger (NI) | Simple tips and techniques for speeding up your VIs. This includes general purpose programming techniques, as well as the most efficient way to use profiling tools in LabVIEW. | YouTube Download |
| Anyone Can Learn LabVIEW Anywhere! | May 21, Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30 | Steve Watts (SSDC), Derrick Bommarito (Blue Origin), Nancy Henson (Henson Consulting) | From Raspberry Pi and pico board to the simple training manual, video clips, and software, you can take measurements with LabVIEW within hours. All manuals, slides, and software are open-sourced! | YouTube Download |
| Demystifying gRPC: A Dive into the Mysterious Engine behind MeasurementLinkTM Software | May 21, Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30 | Chris Delpire (NI) | gRPC is an open-source remote procedure call system Google developed in 2015. Though "cool and powerful," it can present a challenge. Learn how we made gRPC more approachable with its integration into MeasurementLinkTM software. | YouTube Download |
| Malleable VIs Unlocked and More | May 22, Wednesday 11:30 12:30 | Natan Biesmans (Qplox) | Compare malleable VIs, polymorphic VIs, classes, and other techniques to selectively execute code. Discuss ground rules, power techniques, and test-driven development. | YouTube Download |
| LabVIEW Units: Better than Darren N. Thinks They Are | May 22, Wednesday 10:15 - 11:15 | Brian Powell (Stravaro) | LabVIEW control units can be both helpful and frustrating. Learn how to be productive (read: happy) with them. | YouTube Download |
| Easing into SystemLink Software with LabVIEW | May 21, Tuesday 3:15 - 4:15 | Matt Holt (NI) | Yes, you can power SystemLink™ software with the LabVIEW APIs! Learn how to create a new test result, create steps under that result, attach files to it, and collect additional metadata about the system to that result. | YouTube Download |
| Smartphone-Like User Interfaces in LabVIEW | May 22, Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30 | Quentin “Q” Alldredge (Testeract) | Looking for advanced user interfaces? Developing a user experience for a touchscreen? Learn tricks for using the QControl Toolkit to create swipe, scroll, and selection functions via touchscreen. | YouTube Download |
| Introduction to DQMH | May 21, Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 | Darren Nattinger (NI) | DQMH is the most popular 3rd-party framework for LabVIEW, and was designed to facilitate the robust implementation of complex applications, while still being accessible to CLAD/CLD-level programmers. | YouTube Download |
| Don't Skip this Step: Test Strategy from Planning to Execution | May 22, Wednesday 2:45 - 3:45 | Norman Kirchner Jr. (NI) | Typically, engineers don't want to plan—we want to engineer. And yet, planning our test strategy is essential to ensure success. Learn from a veteran chief engineer on what to do and not do to ensure test strategy success. | YouTube Download |
| Digital Twin—Not Your Everyday Personal Clone | May 21, Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 | Sam Roundy (Testeract), Garry Garrett (Testeract) | What is a digital twin? What is the value proposition of having one? What is the investment? And how do you get started? We'll tell you! | YouTube Download |
| LabVIEW and TestStand—Together throughout the Test Lifecycle | May 22, Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30 | Chris Roebuck (Konrad) | LabVIEW and TestStand: Better together. Let's look at the complementary roles of LabVIEW and TestStand as we move from the lab, to benchtop design validation and NPI, and into production. | YouTube Download |
| NI FPGA, Past, Present, Future | May 22, Wednesday 11:30 - 12:30 | Terry Stratoudakis (ALE) | Review of NI FPGA case studies and current challenges. Workflow reviews for LabVIEW FPGA and Vivado users. Will conclude with Ask Me Anything. | YouTube Download |
| TestStandifier: A Tool to Adapt a DQMH Module | May 22, Wednesday 10:15 - 11:15 | Cyril Gambini (Neosoft Technologies) | Using DQMH with TestStand can present challenges. Discover the pros and cons of using DQMH in TestStand sequences and see how DQMH TestStandifier adapts a DQMH module for efficient use in TestStand. | YouTube Download |
| The Big Refactor: A Technological Challenge and Business Outcomes | May 21, Tuesday 3:15 - 4:15 | Kenny Kreitzer (Badger), Paul Holzrichter (Badger) | Learn about test engineer team that needed to refactor its test automation software. From crafting the future state, consulting with experts, building the business case, finding a partner, and executing, learn how we did it! | YouTube Download |