DMC’s Raleigh office recently hosted the Research Triangle LabVIEW user group. These user groups meet regularly across the country to discuss LabVIEW programming techniques, application design patterns, and more. At the August event, attendees enjoyed sharing best practices, a happy hour, and networking with fellow LabVIEW enthusiasts.
LabVIEW Discussion
The program kicked off with the community reviewing the latest LabVIEW trends, updates to certifications, and products reaching their end of life. Then, the group moved on to an ice breaker. During the activity, attendees shared how LabVIEW empowers them, discussed their favorite features, and expressed what they hope to learn in the future.
DMC CORTEX Application Framework
Next, Kevin Shirey, LabVIEW Champion and DMC Senior Project Engineer, led the main technical talk for the day presenting DMC CORTEX.
NI TestStand has a feature-rich set, but mastering it—especially for custom step types, process models, and integration—can be time-consuming. It can also be challenging to create custom operator interfaces and build in data visualization.
DMC’s solution is DMC CORTEX, a powerful, flexible test application framework designed to leverage TestStand for its sequencing capabilities by integrating into LabVIEW. DMC CORTEX is engineered to get developers from setup to actionable test data faster. By building on top of NI’s commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software platforms, including LabVIEW and TestStand, CORTEX minimizes the need for custom development and maximizes the value of proven tools.
At the user group meeting, Kevin highlighted the CORTEX user interface and data visualization. He hinted at future LabVIEW User Group topics such as test modes, safety monitoring, error and alarm handling, station configuration, and parameterized sequence— all of which are already handled by CORTEX.
CORTEX also uses two publicly available DMC UI toolkits, which improve the UI/UX of the application. These toolkits are available for anyone to install and use on VIPM.io, and are widely used in the LabVIEW community:
If you are interested in attending the next Research Triangle LabVIEW user group, reach out to Kevin Shirey (kevin.shirey@dmcinfo.com) or check out the NI Research Triangle LabVIEW User Group Forums.
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