One of the most overused terms of the past couple of years or so have been Big Data and the Internet of Things. The amazing new database technology that companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook have developed to handle large data sets have contributed to take the concept of Internet of Things out of the […]
NI Virtual Bench – A Vertical Play by NI
I have written in past posts that NI took a huge leap upwards as a company when it decided to profit from the core and be truthful to its niche market; innovation in test and measurements. I mentioned how LabVIEW FPGA and the RIO platform changed the game by allowing the FPGA to play more […]
How to Create Professional Applications with LabVIEW
During this almost 20 years that I have been creating LabVIEW software, I have certainly followed (and sometimes participated) in the good old debate as whether or not LabVIEW is as good of a programming language as its text based counterparts. The advocates of text based languages bashed LabVIEW and assigned it to the category […]
The Evolution of Data Acquisition
I have been following the evolution of data acquisition and National Instruments as a company for almost two decades now. My very first contact with the company was back in 1997, when NI opened its Brazilian branch. I was coming fresh out of school as a Controls engineer, looking to make a difference in the […]
LabVIEW FPGA – A Market Visionary Move
In my opinion, one of National Instrument’s biggest visionary moves, after the creation of LabVIEW of course, was the decision to port LabVIEW to FPGA targets. I was still working for NI when that buzz started happening internally. In fact, I was fortunate enough to be the first LabVIEW Alpha tester while working for the […]
Strategic Consulting Services
Several companies state they execute mission critical test and measurements projects for their clients. They advertise they reduce the risk for their clients by handling test and measurements projects from head to tail, with minimum involvement from the client. I believe that to be the exact opposite of how mission critical project should be executed. […]
LabVIEW Training
Last week’s post focused on the three foundation components that, in my view, are needed for anyone looking at taking on the wonderful path of software programming. This week’s post will focus more specifically in LabVIEW training, from the perspective of someone who would start the LabVIEW learning curve from the absolute beginning. I very […]
A LabVIEW Engineer’s Guide to Proficiency
It is certainly daunting the amount of information publicly available about LabVIEW these days. There are dozens of white papers, online training, online videos, books, self paced and teacher led courses one can take in LabVIEW, and the list goes on. At the end of the day, LabVIEW is a programming environment; much like its […]
The LabVIEW Professional Development System
As LabVIEW solidifies itself as the leading software tool for test and measurements, it continues to broaden its reach into new markets and industries. Professionals who are now becoming acquainted with the tool usually ask a very legit question about LabVIEW. Is LabVIEW a measurement and control application environment or a programming language? I posed […]
How to Become an Effective LabVIEW Consultant
In my previous blog posts I have focused in providing information for end clients either looking to hire LabVIEW consultants or to execute their test and measurements projects with internal resources. This posting will however be addressed to you, fellow LabVIEW consultant. Along the course of these seventeen plus years that I have been involved […]
