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  1. QUOTE (crelf @ Oct 18 2008, 03:08 PM)

    I'm on a team of developers that doesn't use SCC, but I use Tortoise SVN for my work. My question is not how this will benefit me, but whether my experience with it will help when I sit for the CLA exam (someday, perhaps next year, not sure when, not nearly ready...). The stuff I read from NI mentions $oftware that I don't have.

    Thanks,

    Jim

  2. QUOTE (alfa @ Oct 20 2008, 03:12 AM)

    Election Day: I say is the ‘98% Day’ when low level people has the power to put in charge average politicians who create stagnant societies. Low level people are like the animals, they look only for food and asylum.

    :lightbulb: I RESEMBLE that remark!

  3. QUOTE (crelf @ Oct 13 2008, 12:40 PM)

    Let me know if you want to start a dialog...

    I do want to talk further about this, but I want to make sure I'm not getting in over my head. I'm accustomed to receiving specifications, not writing them, so I'd like to get someone else's perspective. I'm going to discuss this with the senior test guys and my manager; we'll see if they're as interested as I am.

    Thanks,

    Jim

  4. Hi,

    I work in a Test Engineering department on the Manufacturing/Operations side of the "wall", with Design Engineering on the other side. There is a disconnect in the way the Design teams specify their requirements and we end up shooting at moving/unclear targets; the result being that our ATEs are often delivered behind schedule and over budget. We'd like to make a generic requirements document that would gently guide them toward providing a specification that we can hang our hats on. If we can accomplish this early in the process we might have a shot at controlling scope-creep. Granted, late design changes will require us to readjust, but we'd be able to specifically say how much time & money will be required to comply if we had a good plan.

    Another area to consider (that I've been hurt by) is custom test equipment purchased by the Design team that gets thrown over the wall when the product is ready for production. I'm about to release one ATE for limited production use after spending > 200 hours reverse-engineering and modifying the software to the latest test requirements. I'd like to be able to get Design Engineering to follow our guidelines when working with an outside vendor, at least if they're going to use "future production use" as part of their justification for the purchase. Our design team is in the process of quoting a new piece and I'd like to get my two cents in early.

    I recall having an NI District Sales Manager give us a presentation on the help they offer folks developing large projects (it's impressive). One of the biggest things I took away was his point that a missing specification is a big risk at the outset of a project. I've sure seen the truth in this. Do you have a template that you would share with me? I'd appreciate any advice you can offer, and I'll compile whatever help I receive and post it back here.

    Thank you,

    Jim

    PS - Our walls aren't very high and we do have cross-functional teams working on all development projects. I'm just trying to help guide our operation toward Standard Work in this area.

  5. QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 23 2008, 08:32 AM)

    I think I'd rather stare at the sun with a telescope!

    "WARNING!!! It is never safe to look directly at the Sun because the Sun’s rays can damage your eyes. It is safe to study the Sun’s surface if you use a telescope to project the Sun’s image onto a piece of paper."

    I don't know what would make it safe to study Michael Moore's new movie. But, I could imagine projecting something... :wacko:

  6. QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 22 2008, 01:06 PM)

    We're supposed to be http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Not-Empire-Patrick-Buchanan/dp/089526272X' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">a republic, not an empire.

    My kids are taught that in school; they go to school in the room over our garage. On the curriculum this year: Lego Mindstorm robot programming. :thumbup:

  7. QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 22 2008, 08:30 AM)

    Democracy in theory is sort of an ideal but in praxis it's still one of the better solutions. If for nothing else than that the "people" can not say that they have absolutely no influence in who rules them

    Rolf Kalbermatter

    I think I'd prefer a monarchy. At least then there's a possibility that the government would want to maintain a sustainable economy; he's not likely to loot it to the point that there's nothing left to pass to his oldest son. The incentive in a Democracy is to get as much loot as you can before loosing office. :thumbdown:

    No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. ~ Gideon J. Tucker

    Jm

  8. QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 22 2008, 05:31 AM)

    It's the opposite really :rolleyes:

    Every country gets the government it deserves. It's not the government that makes the people bad. :shifty:

    Rolf Kalbermatter

    :question: What did I do to deserve this?

  9. I'm interested in buying Peter Blume's book, so I'd like to solicit opinions from people that have read it. Is it an excellent resource? I don't want to spend $80 on anything less.

    I'm a CLD/CPI with two years of full-time LabVIEW experience. I currently work as a Test Engineer taking on large projects and would like to improve myself. I've seen a lot of stuff over the years (all two of them!) that I wouldn't be proud of. I don't want to make the same mistakes, and I do want to pursue CLA certification.

    Would you recommend any other books instead? In addition to?

    Thank you,

    Jm

  10. QUOTE (Vidula S @ Sep 18 2008, 12:54 PM)

    I'd do it like this: http://lavag.org/old_files/post-7534-1221834955.vi'>Download File:post-7534-1221834955.vi

    Perhaps there's a way to use property nodes for the indicator? I don't know. Maybe somebody else will comment on this. (I hope :wacko:)

    This VI uses a boolean 'enable' control and a boolean 'last enabled state' shift register, and another String shift register to store the data while the indicator is disabled. The key is to catch when the enabled state changes and then put the current data (either from the indicator or the shift register) into the appropriate container. These are the 'enable' states & transitions I was interested in:

    start/stay TRUE - append data to string indicator

    start/stay FALSE - append data to shift register

    TRUE - FALSE - put string indicator value into shift register and append data there

    FALSE - TRUE - put shift register value into string indicator and append data there

    I hope this helps!

    Jm

    I finally have a LabVIEW icon under my name!!! :laugh:

    Yippee!

  11. QUOTE (Antoine Châlons @ Sep 18 2008, 10:27 AM)

    By the way, is anyone day-to-day using the Bird's Eye View ?

    I've been using it recently on a project I inherited. I'd never make a VI that didn't fit on one screen!

    NI had their mobile expo in our parking lot a few weeks ago (very cool) and I mentioned that students in a few LabVIEW Basics classes had asked me about a zoom feature. His answer was that NI has resisted doing that so as not to encourage large block diagrams. I wonder why they even have the navigation window.

    Jm

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