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AST September 2024 Newsletter

AST September 2024 Newsletter

‍Celebrating 20 Years as an NI consultant

Custom Software for Automated Test

LabVIEW Tip

Page Labels Display

‍I stumbled across this feature in LabVIEW recently.  It is the page label display for the tab control.  This is built into the tab control.  



What this is an enum you can select what tab you want displayed.  This is useful if you don't want to display the tabs or if you have a lot of tabs. 


This is a screenshot of the tab control with the tabs disabled.  And the tab control color set to transparent.




You can access this feature by right clicking on the tab and selecting Page Labels Display.



What I like to do with tabs is use a system list box to select the tabs.  You can wire the list box into the tab control.  You do have to make the tab control an indicator for this to work.





‍South East Michigan LabVIEW User Group Recap

‍We had a great meeting on August 7th.  Sergio Velderrain from NI gave a presentation on the current state of NI and LabVIEW.  We had a tour of the new NI innovation center which was impressive.

 

If you want to voice concerns or propose priorities for LabVIEW you can email Sergio or Elli directly.

 

sergio.velderrain@ni.com

elijah.kerry@ni.com

 

Here is a link about the announcement of NI's innovation center

 

Stay tuned for our next meeting!

‍GDevCon N.A. Videos posted

‍The video presentations from GDevCon N.A. have been posted to Youtube.  You can view them here

 

GDevCon exists to help LabVIEW developers in teams learn and level up together.

 

G DevCon will be in Chicago next year.  You can learn more here.

‍Automotive Testing Expo October 22, 23, and 24

‍Explore the latest industry developments from 250+ specialist suppliers at the forefront of test, development and validation phases, from prototype through to production. Source solutions and services to shorten product development lifecycles, accelerate the development of next-generation technologies, while eliminating recalls and increasing product quality. See the full EV testing eco-system on display, next-gen powertrain test and evaluation systems, technologies for ADAS development and validation, end-of-line testing, data analysis, software development, hot and cold climate testing, aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing, and much more!

 

Learn more here.

 

I plan on attending this year.  If you would like to meet up please let me know.


‍Western joins Michigan universities in collaborative to spur innovation across state

‍Western Michigan University will play a key role in a new innovation consortium focused on spinning out university technology into companies. The institution is partnering with four other universities to establish the Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund (MUICF) and Michigan University Innovation Capital Consortium (MUICC). 

 

The Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund (MUICF) is a pre-seed venture capital fund that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies based on research from the state of Michigan’s public universities. 

 

Learn more here

 

 

‍NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now

‍Engineers working on NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Tuesday, April 16, to monitor a transmission from the history-making helicopter. While the mission ended Jan. 25, the rotorcraft has remained in communication with the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover, which serves as a base station for Ingenuity. This transmission, received through the antennas of NASA’s Deep Space Network, marked the final time the mission team would be working together on Ingenuity operations.

 

The team enjoyed some “Final Comms” chocolate cake while reviewing the latest data from over 189 million miles (304 million kilometers) away. The telemetry confirmed that a software update previously beamed up to Ingenuity was operating as expected. The new software contains commands that direct the helicopter to continue collecting data well after communications with the rover have ceased.

 

Learn more here

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