GSR Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Dear all, I want to learn middle level labview and take the exam. I just graduate and don't have job, so I can't afford to pay $5500. Is there any book that I can buy to study myself? Can I just take the exam instead of buying the whole package? How much will it cost for the exam only? Anyone has the experience please help Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 QUOTE (zmarcoz @ Jan 3 2009, 01:57 PM) I want to learn middle level labview and take the exam. I just graduate and don't have job, so I can't afford to pay $5500. Is there any book that I can buy to study myself? Can I just take the exam instead of buying the whole package? How much will it cost for the exam only? Anyone has the experience please help Hi Zmarcoz. Sitting the NI courses (which I am assuming your are talking about by mentioning $5500) is not a prerequisite to taking the NI exams. However, the course material does lend it self well to the exam content, as the exam assumes you have the knowledge presented in the courses. If you have the time and enjoy self study you can purchase the course manuals at a substantial price difference to taking the courses. Although I am a big fan of the NI courses and certification, there are however other good non-NI references out there. For example, IMHO, LabVIEW For Everyone contains all the relevant information to pass the CLAD and is about 60 bucks. If you search LAVA you will be able to find other topics on good references as well like this one Quote Link to comment
GSR Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 QUOTE (jgcode @ Jan 3 2009, 08:43 AM) Hi Zmarcoz.Sitting the NI courses (which I am assuming your are talking about by mentioning $5500) is not a prerequisite to taking the NI exams. However, the course material does lend it self well to the exam content, as the exam assumes you have the knowledge presented in the courses. If you have the time and enjoy self study you can purchase the course manuals at a substantial price difference to taking the courses. Although I am a big fan of the NI courses and certification, there are however other good non-NI references out there. For example, IMHO, LabVIEW For Everyone contains all the relevant information to pass the CLAD and is about 60 bucks. If you search LAVA you will be able to find other topics on good references as well like this one Thanks I have a few years of experience on Labview, so I think I am OK on CLAD I really want to know Dear all, I have some question too, I am going to do the CLD exam. 1.How much will it cost to take the CLD exam? 2.Does CLD exam require you know some special function of Labview? for example, ask you to do rs232 connection with equipment, activeX, using NI-DAQmx, etc 3. Where I can buy the course manuals 4. What book is good for studying CLD exam? 5. Do I know the CLD exam result right away? 6. Any good guide to study the exam? Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 QUOTE (zmarcoz @ Jan 3 2009, 10:51 PM) 1.How much will it cost to take the CLD exam?2.Does CLD exam require you know some special function of Labview? for example, ask you to do rs232 connection with equipment, activeX, using NI-DAQmx, etc 3. Where I can buy the course manuals 4. What book is good for studying CLD exam? 5. Do I know the CLD exam result right away? 6. Any good guide to study the exam? 1. I am in a different country but at the time it was ~ US$200 (discount for NI Alliance member may have applied) 2. No, your objective is constructing a working VI from a given spec [E.g. Traffic Light, Security System, Carwash] and being marked on Functionality, Documentation and Style. It is software development, not hardware so there is no NI-DAQ, Serial and there is no ActiveX. 3. Contact NI Training 4. The manuals are great. You really only need Intermediate I as Intermediate II is about connectivity (VI server, TCP/IP, ActiveX) and whilst great stuff is not critical IMHO. LabVIEW For Everyone is still a great resource for CLD IMHO 5. No, I am under the impression that a certain group of people at NI mark the exams for consistency so there is a turn around cost associated with this (they said 2 weeks in my country, but it was more like 4-5 weeks - but it was around NI Week time so I cut them some slack) 6. [E-Kit] Yes read the course manuals, do the examples, the prep course, read lots (LAVA is great) and practice as time is tight for some (if not all) of the specs Quote Link to comment
jzoller Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The problems that I've seen for the CLD are not tremendously difficult if you are prepared... except for the time limitation. When I realized I only had an hour and a half left, I started to sweat a bit Joe Z. Quote Link to comment
ASTDan Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Here is a good presentation on mastering the NI certification exams http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6510 Quote Link to comment
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