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021 VISP Your Framework Sucks! Why you should be using the Actor Framework Instead

March 1, 2013 · 4 comments

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Here at VI Shots, one of my goals is to always be expanding my knowledge into LabVIEW and learning new software engineering techniques and ideas. To that goal, I try to bring people on the show that can teach me, and in turn you, something new. This episode of the VI Shots LabVIEW podcast is no exception.

We all have, at some point, developed a framework that allows us to create parallel processes and communicate with them. We’ve even given them cool pet names. We’re pretty proud of our creations and excited about using them in our customer projects. However, things fall apart at some point, usually with a looming project deadline.

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Stephen Mercer and Allen Smith from National Instruments join me to discuss some of these framework problems and the solution they have within the Actor Framework. The Actor Framework is a collection of VIs made available through the LabVIEW 2012 palette and as a Project Template. Should you be using it in your next customer project? Listen to the show, then dig into it and try it for yourself.

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019 VISP Extending LabVIEW to the Web with LabSockets

I had the pleasure of interviewing John Bergmans from Bergmans Mechatronics. He’s been working with websockets and LabVIEW over the past few years and has evolved his knowledge into a product he calls LabSockets. From his website: The LabSocket System enables LabVIEW applications to be monitored and controlled remotely using a web browser. The system [...]

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018 VISP Monitor and Control LabVIEW with the Mobile Data Dashboard App

National Instruments has been exploring the mobile space for a couple of years now. They started off with simple utility apps such as the Service Request tracker and NI device pinout documentation tool. They released a mobile app last year which allowed you to view data on an iOS and Android device in a limited [...]

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017 VISP Are you a LabVIEW Hacker?

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff C Jensen, who is a Senior Lead User Manager for Embedded Systems at National Instruments. We had a very interesting discussion about some of the work he’s done with various students and NI employees to interface computers with everyday consumer devices using LabVIEW. All of the work can [...]

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016 VISP Jeffrey Travis – Engineer Turned Filmmaker, Pursuing Your Passion

I had the pleasure of speaking with Jeffrey Travis on this podcast episode. Jeffrey has written several LabVIEW related books, has released several open source LabVIEW tools such as LabVNC, LabSQL and LabPerl. He also has a very successful engineering business (Jeffrey Travis Studios ) developing LabVIEW based automation systems. Over the years, he’s transitioned [...]

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015 VISP What’s new in LabVIEW 2012

LabVIEW 2012 was announced today! You can download it from here. I invited Elijah Kerry, the senior product manager for LabVIEW, on the show so we can find out first-hand about all the new features of LabVIEW 2012. One of the most significant features, this year is the LabVIEW Templates and sample projects. I was [...]

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014 VISP Waterloo Labs Interns Work on Awesome Projects

[Scroll Down for Video] I’m very excited today to bring you an interview I did last year at NIWeek 2011. I sat down with a group of engineering interns at National Instruments. Now these intern positions were not typical. Hunter Smith and Ben James who managed this group of students, gave them the flexibility to [...]

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013 VISP Running a Successful LabVIEW based Business – Interview With Sixclear

I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Spears and Jassem Shahrani of Sixclear on today’s podcast. I had a great time talking about how they got started running their successful business which has LabVIEW as its core. Powered by LabVIEW, if you will. In addition to getting some insights into how they work and [...]

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012 VISP Get involved in the LabVIEW Coding Challenge

A quick podcast interview with Hassan Atassi, who is managing the latest LabVIEW Coding Challenge for the Winter of 2011. Listen to the podcast and find out what the two different challenges are and how you can get involved. The winner gets a sweet Sony Cyber-shot HX9V Digital Camera ($300). Some Deadlines to be aware of: Dec [...]

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011 VISP NI Field Architects Interview

I’m back from a very long absence. I’ve been very busy on various projects so I apologize for leaving you with such a huge gap. However, now I’m back and starting the flow of new audio podcast episodes and soon, new videos. In this episode of the VI Shots podcast, I interview the three members of the [...]

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