| |
|
|
What's New in this Edition? |
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the June edition of the NVSI Monthly Newsletter! We
have created this newsletter in the hope to provide our clients, partners and the
general measurement and automation industry public with updated
information on the products and services from Neo Vista System
Integrators Pty Ltd. Below is a list of what's in this issue:
Two NVSI Staff Members Achieve the Ultimate Certification!
NVSI Moves to more Modern Offices
User Solution: National Standards Commission Environmental Chamber
Upgrading to LabVIEW 7.1 - What's in it for me?
Meet
the Staff: Christopher Relf - National Manager (Australia) |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Two NVSI Staff Members Achieve
Certification! |
|
|
|
|
We are extremely proud to announce that both Liam Granger
(Senior Technical Specialist) and Christopher Relf (National
Manager - Australia) have recently become National Instruments
Certified LabVIEW Architects.
Becoming a Certified LabVIEW Architect signifies Liam and
Christopher's mastery of LabVIEW, and covers not only technical
expertise, but also project planning, QA, large team/application
management, and extremely advanced techniques. As far as
National Instruments is concerned, Liam and Christopher have reached
the pinnacle of LabVIEW certification.
We're absolutely chuffed, and very proud
of both Liam and Christopher - well done guys!.
You can find more information regarding the National
Instruments Certified LabVIEW Architect accreditation here.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
NVSI Moves to more Modern Offices |
|
|
|
|
Due to our business expansion, the Australian office of NVSI has moved to modern, more spacious premises in Top Ryde (Sydney). Moving to these new premises has not only given us more room to play, but also puts us closer to the technological hot spots of Sydney, and hence our clients and partners. Situated on the corner of Victoria Road and Devlin Street, we are at the cross roads of two major arterials, close to a train corridor and the M4, providing us with faster response times to the Northern, Western and Southern Sydney metropolitan areas.
Our telephone, fax and postal details have changed - please have a look at our contacts page for updated details
If you're interested in attending a GOOP® course in your area, please contact NVSI by filling in
your details here.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
User Solution: NSC Environmental
Chamber |
|
|
|
|
The
National Standards Commission (NSC) performs pattern approval type
testing on measuring instruments used for trade purposes in
Australia.
Part of this process involves the use of temperature and
humidity controlled environmental chambers.
This project relates to a chamber which in extended form has
a volume of 34m3. Achieving
reliable controlled environmental conditions has proved difficult in
the past, as the previous system would require approximately 24
hours to stabilize to 20°C
at 50% relative humidity. The
previous system was controlled by a hardwired micro controller, and
relied on outdated electronic control systems.
The previous NSC solution was replaced with a real-time Field Point
based system, which achieved an order of magnitude improvement in
both temperature and humidity monitoring and control, and increased
the response time of the system from 24 hours to 30 minutes.
Temperature
set points were attained to an accuracy of ±0.1K, and relative
humidity to ±1%. The new system is easily configurable
using a database front-end, and can be quickly altered using the
LabVIEW RT IDE and Field Point hardware.
You can find more information regarding the NVSI National Standards
Environmental Chamber solution on our website:
www.nvsi.com.au
or www.nvsi.co.nz
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Upgrading to LabVIEW 7.1 - What's in
it for me? |
|
|
|
|
National Instruments has just launched the latest version of
their flagship development environment - is it worth the
upgrade? Here's some of the new inclusions in LabVIEW 7.1
(assuming your current version is 7.0 - if you have an earlier
version, click here
to compare your version to LabVIEW 7.1):
Support for hyper-threading
enabled processors
Radio Button User Interface
Controls
Exporting Controls as Images
Navigation Window for easily
viewing large front panels and block diagrams
Display Buffer Allocation tool
helps improve VI performance
Faster BLAS/LAPACK-based math and
advanced analysis functions
Polynomial Computation VIs for
calculations and evaluations with rational polynomials
Bluetooth VIs for wireless
communication
Modular Instrument Express VIs
NI-DAQmx support for LabVIEW
Real-Time
For more information on LabVIEW 7.1, click here. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Meet
the Staff: Christopher Relf - National Manager |
|
|
|
|
Christopher graduated from
the University of Technology, Sydney with a Bachelor of Science
(Physics), where he developed his first LabVIEW application as part
of his Scientific Instrumentation course work. After working for a
year as the Duty Programmer and a Cathodal Luminesence Microscopist
at the Sydney Microstructural Analysis Unit, he worked as a Computer
Instrumentation Scientist at the Division of Telecommunications and
Industrial Physics at the CSIRO in Lindfield, Sydney.
Christopher then worked with a very talented team of Software
Engineers JDS Uniphase (Australia), effectively creating a WIP-
based test execution system for the creation of Fibre Bragg Gratings
(FBGs). After JDSU, Christopher wrote a technical LabVIEW book
title "Image
Acquisition and Processing with LabVIEW" (currently
available from CRC
Press and amazon.com), and joined NVSI in 2003 as our National
Manager (Australia).
Christopher is a Certified LabVIEW Architect, and Endevo Certified
GOOP® Trainer. Christopher's
expertise includes Vision-based applications, and large project/team
management. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| In
Our Next Issue (July 2004) |
|
|
|
|
Stick around for our next issue, and read about:
* User Solution: Automated Object Inspection System
* Australasian Training Opportunities for Software Engineers
* Meet One of Our Partners: TBA
* Meet the Staff: Laurent Raynal
...and more!
.
|
|
|
|
| ABOUT
NEO VISTA SYSTEM INTEGRATORS PTY LTD |
|
|
|
|
Neo Vista System
Integrators Pty Ltd is a National Instruments Certified Alliance
Partner,
providing expert software, hardware and education products in the
Measurement and Automation industry. NVSI's mission is:
"To ensure our Partner's and Client's
long-term viability and success, by providing them with timely, appropriate and
effective advice, products and services that enhance their technology, increase their efficiency and
decrease their product's time-to-market."
.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
You have received this
newsletter email as a previous or current client, as someone who has
shown interest in the services that NVSI can provide, or someone whom one
of our staff member thought might be interested in its content. To unsubscribe,
please update your profile by visiting our website.
Please Pass On the News! Feel free to pass this newsletter on
to any interested colleagues
Not happy with what's in the newsletter? Like us to cover something in
particular in a future issue? Please send your feedback to the NVSI Newsletter editor
through our website
* Prices quoted are valid until the end
of the newsletter month as listed on the top of the page, unless withdrawn
earlier
* Prices are listed in Australian Dollars (AUD), and are not inclusive of
GST
* Systems and their components are subject to availability
* This email has not been scanned for virii - attached file(s), if any, as
provided as is. By copying, detaching and/or opening attached files,
your agree to indemnify the sender of such responsibility
* NVSI has a strict privacy policy - for more information, see our website.
|
