Community Spotlights

Engineering TV: LabVIEW Power Pad

Deirdre — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:33:14 GMT

In the spirit of the Beijing Olympics, NI featured an interactive LabVIEW demonstration at NIWeek 2008 where competitors could compete in a video game reminiscent of the original Konami Track & Field series. Only this game was programmed using LabVIEW and the control interface utilizes the classic Nintendo Power Pad, a mat with twelve pressure-sensors embedded between two layers of flexible plastic. Check out the video here!

Video: Trends in the Test, Measurement and Control Industries

Deirdre — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:08:58 GMT

Test engineers in industries ranging from aerospace and defense to consumer electronics are facing the challenge of testing increasingly complicated designs with shrinking timelines and budgets. Check out this YouTube video from NI Product Manager Kevin Bisking, which draws out the new test and measurement technologies that are capable of meeting complex design requirements without raising costs.

NI Wireless Technology Tested Live on Google Maps

Deirdre — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:21:37 GMT

Using a GPS receiver and a bike-mounted ultra-mobile PC running LabVIEW, the NI Cycling Team tracked rider progress live during a 150-mile bike ride from Houston to Austin, Texas. To make it more interesting they decided to give some prototype wireless devices (currently in development by NI R&D) a trial run by taking simple measurements on nearby riders. Check out the technical tutorial and images of the tracking in the NI Developer Zone Community.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame with LabVIEW and Compact DAQ

Deirdre — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:38:12 GMT

The VI Road Show has a cool video showing how CompactDAQ was used to measure how hard Tim Dehne, senior vice president of R&D and former member of the Rice University baseball team, could hit a baseball. Since it's opening day for the sport in the United States, we figured it would be a cool application to highlight.

Video: Wiimote, Robotics, and LabVIEW

Deirdre — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:59:37 GMT

Check out this cool YouTube video from NI AE Evan Dozier. He found an old robotic arm with a broken controller and revamped it using NI hardware, LabVIEW and the Nintendo Wiimote. Evan uses special Bluetooth LabVIEW VIs to control the robot.