by Niki Davies | Feb 16, 2016 | LabVIEW Tips
You can add your custom Controls and VI’s to LabVIEW’s palettes quite easily. This is very useful for code or controls that you find yourself using alot! All you need to do is save your *.ctl or *.vi file into the “user.lib” folder. On LabVIEW 2014 this is typically...
by Niki Davies | Jan 28, 2016 | LabVIEW Tips
LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) gives a lot of versatility and power to your LabVIEW code. It also gives you the perk of defining custom wire appearances for your LabVIEW class (*.LVClass file). All you need to do is: Right click *.lvclass >> Select...
by Niki Davies | Nov 26, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
One of the biggest regrets you can have is to look back over your code, particularly old code and find that it lacks documentation. A good tip here is to help force yourself to do at least a little documentation when you develop the code using the ‘Subdiagram...
by Niki Davies | Nov 12, 2015 | Demonstration, Events, National Instruments, NI Days, Research & Development, The Austin Team
Video Demo Description: This demo allows us to showcase NI’s VeriStand framework and all the embedded test capabilities that this brings. Austin Consultants have become the leading UK integrator of VeriStand based test systems in a wide range of industries from Oil...
by Niki Davies | Nov 12, 2015 | Demonstration, Events, Machine Learning, NI Days, Research & Development, The Austin Team
Video Demo: Description The system uses the NI LabVIEW Vision tools running on the Laptop to perform high speed object and pattern matching at scan rates of up 80fps to follow both the Puck and the Robot Pusher. Using advanced mathematical formula the software...
by Niki Davies | Nov 4, 2015 | Events, National Instruments, NI Days, The Austin Team
We have just returned from NI Days 2015 full of excitement and inspiration, enlightened by some of the technologies we’ve seen at this years exhibition and motivated by level of keynote talk taking place throughout the day. This year’s NI Days seemed...
by Niki Davies | Oct 31, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
This video explains seventeen essential LabVIEW keyboard shortcuts that speed up programming in LabVIEW. Here, at Austin Consultants UK, we use these shortcuts (and other tricks, stay tuned for that) extensively. The shortcuts are: 1. Ctrl-E: Toggle between front...
by Niki Davies | Sep 30, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
The Sony PS3 EYE camera is a popular choice for computer vision applications due to its low cost and high frame rate capability: up to 75 fps at 640x480 resolution and up to 187 fps at 320x240 resolution. We bought one to have a play with and it only cost us £4.15,...
by Niki Davies | Aug 28, 2015 | LabVIEW User Groups
This week, the South West LabVIEW User Group (SoWLUG) met at the Renishaw UK Headquarters, Gloucestershire for an afternoon of networking, hearing the latest news following NI Week and taking part in discussions with fellow LabVIEW users about the experiences with the...
