Tag: LabVIEW
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Who’s Going to Run This Thing?
A great test stand design is one your operators can run without a manual. Here is how we design for the person on the floor, not just the spec. Read more
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Why the Job Isn’t Done When the Test Stand Ships
A test stand that goes down on a Friday night needs someone who answers. Here is why test stand support is part of the job, not an add-on. Read more
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Why We Start With Your Goal, Not Your Spec
Most LabVIEW test systems start with a goal, not a tidy spec. Here is how we figure out what your system actually needs to do before we build it. Read more
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What a Good Test Stand Handoff Should Include
A finished test stand is one the next person can run, trust, and maintain. Here’s what a test automation engineer in Cleveland ships with every system. Read more
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Why a Producer Consumer Loop Keeps LabVIEW From Dropping Data
A slow chart or log should not cost you samples. Here is how a producer consumer loop in LabVIEW keeps your data acquisition from dropping data. Read more
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Why You Need an Anti-Aliasing Filter Before Sampling
An anti-aliasing filter strips high frequencies before your DAQ samples the signal. Skip it and noise folds in as a fake reading you can’t undo. Read more
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cRIO vs cDAQ: When to Reach for Each
If you’ve ever spec’d out a National Instruments system, you’ve hit this fork in the road. Both platforms take the same C Series modules. Both measure the same signals. So why do they cost so differently, and which one does your job actually need? The short version A cDAQ needs a computer. It’s built to… Read more
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Nigel Is a Fast Draftsman, Not an Engineer
NI Nigel writes LabVIEW code fast, but it cannot test it. An honest first take after using NI Nigel on a real HTTPS controller project. Read more
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Scaling a Test Lab: From One Working Bench to Many Identical Stations
The first bench is the easy part. An engineer on your team builds a proof-of-concept test rig on a workbench in the corner. It reads the right sensors, drives the part through its sequence, and spits out a pass or fail. Everyone is happy. Then production planning does the math on takt time and volume,… Read more
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When Human Inspectors Can’t Keep Up: A Quick Primer on Automated Visual Inspection
Visual inspection is one of the first things to break as a line speeds up. A skilled inspector can catch a lot, but people blink, tire, disagree with each other, and can only look at so many parts per minute. When throughput climbs or a defect absolutely cannot ship, “have someone watch for it” stops… Read more
