jcarmody

QUOTE (jcarmody @ Sep 19 2008, 10:28 AM) That's how I'd do it before kicking myself for making it harder than it needs to be. Just use a shift register in a while loop. http://lavag.org/old_files/post-7534-1221938729.vi'>Download File:post-7534-1221938729.vi Jm

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

QUOTE (Pollux @ Sep 19 2008, 10:59 AM) It tells me I'm a Bilge Rat. I've always known this, it's just nice to hear somebody else say it for a change.

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 ) 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!

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

QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 9 2008, 04:10 AM) In communist (Soviet) Russia, forums watch YOU! Yakov

I've inherited a bunch of spaghetti code, some of the most tangled bunches of wire you've ever seen. But, as bad as they are, I was able to understand & extend them. I've attached my favorite example of horrible code. The best thing about it is that I can point to the spaghetti code (written by coworkers) and honestly say it's not the worst I've seen.

QUOTE (PJM_labview @ Sep 6 2008, 09:02 PM) I went from the VIC20 to the C64. I still have it in the garage.

Let us know who you are My name is Jim Carmody. I'm a Mechanical Engineer/CLD/CPI with (almost) two whole years of LabVIEW experience. where you’re from I'm from Connecticut, but I've been living in North Carolina for the last four years. what you do I've been working as a Test Engineer for in the aerospace/defense industry for the past four months. whatever I've been programming forever (I began with BASIC on a Commodore VIC20). I've solved some interesting problems over the years but I've never been anything more than a pretty good amateur. I started using LabVIEW when I took a position as a Software Engineer, learning the language on-the-job, and becoming very fond of it along the way. I lurk around lavag.org because I want to become an excellent LabVIEW programmer and I'm hoping that spending time in this community will help me grow.

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 27 2008, 11:01 AM) Thanks. I thought you were referring to a pre-8.6 trick. I'd have know if I had installed 8.6. Jm

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 26 2008, 03:58 PM) How do you make shortcuts? Jim

There's an interesting article on the NI Developers Zone about this - http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5313

CPI was easier to get than CLD. I spent about 5 hours in a TX NI classroom, made a short presentation (about while loops) and went home. I've taught two LabVIEW Basics (I & II) classes. Teaching is fun, not at all like working! The preparation beforehand is a lot of work, though. Jim CLD/CPI