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Top 5 LabVIEW Rookie Mistakes
Although NI LabVIEW software has long helped engineers and scientists to quickly develop functional measurement and control applications, not all new users follow ...
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Going With the (Data) Flow
Engineering and scientific applications are primarily concerned with turning real-world signals into meaningful information for the purposes of measurement and control. ...
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LabVIEW or C? (Could You Rephrase the Question?)
“Why is LabVIEW better than C?” As a LabVIEW Product Manager, I get asked this question a lot. Honestly, it is the wrong question to ask. It becomes a valid question ...
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Laser Interferometer
Overview In a laser interferometer the laser beam is split into two beams by a beam splitter. One of the beams is directed to a mirror located at a certain distance ...
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Making Solar Energy Economical
Solar panels can provide enough electricity to meet the world’s global demand, yet solar power produces only 1.2 percent of today’s world energy. No other natural ...
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Eye-Opening Jitter Solutions
The only thing harsher than a product failing in the field is knowing that the failure could have been prevented by additional test coverage. Reducing total test ...
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There’s More to Software Than Code
Stop for a moment and ask yourself, “How much time do I really spend each week writing code?” I asked that to LabVIEW developers at NIWeek 2012. Here are some of ...
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Moore’s Law at Work in Data Logging
With our digital world growing more complex, the systems recording the physical and electrical phenomena of today and tomorrow need to meet new data acquisition ...
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High-Flying Engineers and the Democratization of Drone Technology
The UK’s airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), announced on the BBC in 2012 that large unmanned drones could be flying in British skies by the ...
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On the Road With LabVIEW
The LabVIEW Campus Tour Visits 120 Universities in the United States and Canada To address society’s biggest challenges, tomorrow’s engineers and researchers must ...
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