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NI Technical Symposium
Viewpoint will have a booth at the
Toronto event on November 16. Stop by and discuss with us our latest
capabilities and solutions in LabVIEW real-time and FPGA as well as
our product data management platform. Oops! Apparently, some people who tried to download the ZIP file for the Gauge R&R VIs and data files had trouble. So, I apologize for the inconvenience and we are trying again. Here’s the link:Gauge R&R VIs. If you are still having problems, please email me directly and I’ll make sure myself that you receive the ZIP file. Cool Videos Not only is this an interesting lesson for engineers, but the presentation style is fascinating too. Check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc Thanks for reading!
Jim Campbell |
 Testing the Test System
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Those IT and web development programmers have it easy. Pure software applications are easier to test than a Test System. OK, I might be exaggerating, but the hardware involved in a Test System complicates the usual techniques utilized in software validation. When we deliver a Test System, we have to validate both the software AND the hardware. In months past, we’ve shown you how to check the accuracy of the Test System hardware. Now, you need to verify that all the measurements are being collected, analyzed, and reported properly in the right sequence at the right time. This verification involves the application software, the unit under test (UUT), and all the measurement hardware as well. Here are 6 tips to help you deliver a properly functioning Test System. Read on... |
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On November 10, 1983, Microsoft first presented Windows OS to the public. During an elaborate event at New York City's posh Helmsley Palace Hotel, Bill Gates (Microsoft's president and board chairman at the time) promised a user-friendly interface of tiled windows and dropdown menus that supported the use of a mouse and device-independent graphics. Windows OS could run several applications at the same time and even get them to interact. After announcing that the OS would ship in April 1984, Gates predicted it would be running on 90% of all IBM-compatible computers by the end of 1984. Actual numbers fell far short of his prediction. By the end of 1984, there were no computers running Windows OS. Windows 1.0 finally debuted two years later on November 20, 1985. Google Books - Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire |
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