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Welcome to the May 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. We were going to release an April version
of the newsletter,
but we've been holding the presses, waiting for National Instruments
to launch it's newest version of LabVIEW - say hello to LabVIEW
7.1! Below is a list of what's in this issue:
NVSI
Becomes Oceania's First National Instruments Certified Alliance
Partner
Advanced
Programming: Object Orientated Programming with LabVIEW
NI
Launches LabVIEW 7.1!
Meet
one of Our Partners - MPA Electronics
Meet
the Staff: Liam Granger - Senior Technical Specialist
Spam
- Not Just a Delicious Luncheon Meat... |
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NVSI
becomes Oceania's First National Instruments Certified Alliance
Partner |
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National Instruments is beginning to phase out it's alliance program
level of "Member", preferring to only accept partners that
have at least one staff member that is Certified in the use of their
products.
NVSI has four Certified LabVIEW Developers (Liam Granger, Christopher
Relf, Laurent Raynal and Graeme Bowyer),
which
acknowledges our staff's expertise in
working with NI products and technologies. The measurement and
automation industry, and NVSI in particular, recognise the National
Instruments Certified Developer credential as a symbol of the skills
and knowledge our staff have gained through experience and a true
passion for evolving knowledge and solutions for our clients.
You can find more information regarding the NVSI / National
Instruments partnership on our website:
www.nvsi.com.au
or www.nvsi.co.nz
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Advanced
Programming: Object Orientated Programming with LabVIEW |
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GOOP® (Graphical Object Orientated Programming) is an advanced
technique used by several LabVIEW developers to create modular code
for large projects, and systems that would benefit from object
orientated design. Christopher Relf
(National Manager - Australia) and Liam Granger (Senior
Technical Specialist) were recently ratified by Endevo (the creators
of GOOP®) as Certified GOOP® Trainers, and are currently
internally reviewing the course material for presentation in Australia
and New Zealand.
No knowledge of object orientation (OO) is needed to attend the two
day course, although it is designed for competent LabVIEW
developers. The course covers the following topics:
- Object oriented system development. Iterative and incremental
development.
- OO analysis, design and implementation.
- Actors and Use-cases.
- Classes, objects, methods and attributes.
- Relationships between classes. Association, aggregation and
inheritance.
- UML notation for the concepts covered.
- Using the GOOP® Wizard (exercise).
- Using the inspector to debug classes (exercise).
- How does GOOP® work? We look at the GOOP® repository.
- OO programming with GOOP® (exercises).
If you're interested in attending a GOOP® course in your area, please contact NVSI by filling in
your details here.
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NI Launches LabVIEW
7.1! |
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It's been a while coming, but LabVIEW 7.1 expands the development
environment to include smart sensors, Express VIs for Modular
Instruments, expanded DAQ Assistant for digital signal analyzers (DSA),
PDA DMMs, and (here comes the big one!) NI-DAQmx on Real-Time.
LabVIEW RT has been extensively upgraded, including the creation of
an Execution Trace Toolkit (invaluable for RT debugging) and timed
loop, as well as real-time support for desktop PCs (that's right:
you can turn your standard desktop Dell into an RT target!).
In addition, the 7.1 versions of the LabVIEW FPGA and PDA modules
are full of features to make your application development faster
than ever before
The next edition of the NVSI Newsletter will include an article on
just what the new version means to the Measurement and Automation
Industry.
You can find more information regarding the NVSI / National
Instruments partnership on our website:
www.nvsi.com.au
or www.nvsi.co.nz
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Meet
One of Our Partners: MPA Electronics |
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MPA Electronics is our
Preferred Electrical Solution Provider
The ever changing standards and laws surrounding the power
industry are well covered by our Preferred Electrical Solution
Provider - MPA Electronics. When a large wiring job is
required, we tend to concentrate on the software engineering and
data acquisition, and trust the experience and commitment of MPA
Electronics.
MPA Electronics are also employed directly by ABB, and perform all
of their installations in the Sydney area. MPA Electronics are
particularly talented when it comes to motion control hardware
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Meet
the Staff: Liam Granger - Senior Technical Specialist |
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Liam graduated from
Adelaide University with an Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
(Honours), where he developed his first LabVIEW application as part
of his Honours project. He spent the next few years overseas,
working in a variety of engineering and non-engineering roles in the
UK while backpacking around Europe and the Americas. Before joining
the NVSI team, Liam spent 3 years working on the Jindalee Over the
Horizon Radar (JORN) for RLM Systems in Melbourne.
Liam is a Certified LabVIEW Developer, recently sat the LabVIEW
Architect exam, and is an Endevo Certified GOOP® Trainer. He also has
significant programming experience in C, C++ and LabWindows/CVI, and
specialises in developing custom solutions incorporating SQL
databases control and logging. |
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Spam
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Our Next Issue (June/July 2004) |
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Stick around for our next issue, and read about:
* Advanced Programming: Upgrading to LabVIEW 7.1 - What's in it for me?
* User Solution: National Standards Commission Environmental
Chambers
* National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Architects
* Meet One of Our Partners: TBA
* Meet the Staff: Laurent Raynal
...and more!
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