by Niki Davies | Aug 28, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
Want something to run only once and then never run again until the program is restarted? Use the First Call? VI. Right click on the block diagram Select Programming>Synchronisation>First Call? Coolest of all it looks like a radiation symbol! Got a LabVIEW Tip of...
by Niki Davies | Aug 28, 2015 | Events, LabVIEW 2015, National Instruments, NI Week, Research & Development, The Austin Team
This month, two members of the Austin Consultants team; Peter Davies and Matt Collett were lucky enough to fly to Austin Texas, home to National Instruments’ global headquarters for the annual NI Week conference. The conference brings together some of the...
by Niki Davies | Aug 25, 2015 | LabVIEW User Groups
Last week, Austin Consultants played host to a group of LabVIEW enthusiasts for the third London LabVIEW User Group (LLUG), held at our office in London Bridge; Sustainable Bridges. The event was streamed live to Austin Consultants’ YouTube channel for the first...
by Niki Davies | Aug 14, 2015 | Events, LabVIEW User Groups, National Instruments, Research & Development
Yesterday, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) on the border of Sheffield and Rotherham played host to the third Sheffield LabVIEW User Group, where LabVIEW enthusiasts met to share ideas, hear about the latest technology from National Instruments and...
by Niki Davies | Aug 6, 2015 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Research & Development
Consider this scenario: a guy (say John) has three dice. The shapes of the die are different. Die 1 has numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on it, Die 2 has numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and Die 3 has numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, as seen in the following figure [1]: John throws...
by Niki Davies | Jul 29, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
Bar charts are always handy and are the staple of Microsoft Excel. However, in LabVIEW they are not immediately obvious, but adding a graph to a LabVIEW front panel is easier than you think. This tip also includes adding graphs. Right click on any of the plots located...
by Niki Davies | Jun 30, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
The Problem We needed to add some rolling average filters to some cRIO channels. Our first attempt was to add a 10 point rolling average filter to 24 channels using the LabVIEW rolling average VIs for FPGA, which fitted on to my FPGA with no problem. During testing we...
by Niki Davies | Jun 30, 2015 | LabVIEW Tips
Does your UI ever get laggy in LabVIEW, or maybe all of the lines in your table take a long time to update? A common programming style is to update UI indicators by grabbing their reference when required. If you are periodically rattling through a long list of...
by Niki Davies | Jun 2, 2015 | Events, National Instruments, NI Automated Test Summit
The Automated Test Summit is a FREE, full-day event, hosted by National Instruments (NI). You will learn more about the top trends and technologies influencing automated test and features a presentation track dedicated to the Aerospace and Defence Industry. The event...
