PLUG+ - Meeting, June 26th, noon, Mimi's Cafe

[Nate_Moehring]

Fellow wireworkers,

Our agenda will be:

     12:00 - Lunch provided by NI

     12:05 - Welcome, Announcements from NI-guys

     12:10 - The Tech of FIRST Robotics - Iggy Calalang, CLD, Medtronic, http://www.linkedin.com/in/iggyc

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an annual technical sporting contest for high school students. The students (mentored by parents and professionals) apply mechanical, electrical and software engineering techniques related to robotic  design and development. In recent years, the contestants started using hardware and software from National Instruments. This presentation reviews this year’s 3-on-3 basketball competition, and the architecture and integration of NI’s cRIO controller, LabVIEW programming, and 3^rd party sensors/actuators.

    1:10 - Break

     1:15 - Decide on next presentations and presenters

     1:20-2:20 - What is an NI Field Architect? - Nancy Hollenback, CLA, National Instruments, http://www.linkedin.com/in/njhollenback

NI Field Architect, renowned course instructor (CPI), CLA, and LabVIEW enthusiast will speak about a variety of topics that are sure to be relevant to the challenges you are currently facing due to the large amount of customer interactions and technical depth she maintains.  She plans to discuss common issues she sees within larger customers, touch on a few software development processes, and share some programming tips.  In addition, she piques curiousity by seeking our help on a projet.  ???

For more information about the PLUG+, please see the Discussion board on the PLUG website:  http://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/phoenix-arizona-user-group?view=discussions

Please contact Nate Moehring with questions and comments:  nate@themoehrings.com

Hope to see you there!
Nate Moehring

[bpollock]

The meeting has been moved to Mimi's Cafe, which is right down the street from Old Chicago Pizza on Alma School Rd. 

Mimi's Cafe
1250 S. ALMA SCHOOL RD.
MESA, AZ 85210

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