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Insights and experience from working with LabVIEW, test and automation.

Docker · LabVIEW · 29 May 2025

LabVIEW in Docker containers

Headless CI/CD with NI's official container images: MassCompile, VI Analyzer, and reproducible builds – without a GUI installation on the build server.

LabVIEW · MQTT · November 2025

MQTT, cRIO and large-scale systems

Talk from NORDLUG November 2025: MQTT as a generic protocol for connecting LabVIEW, cRIO and third-party programs via publish/subscribe.

LabVIEW FPGA · August 2025

High-speed visualisation of your FPGA wires

Talk from GLA Summit 2025: dynamic signal selection and optimal bandwidth – with video and open source code.

LabVIEW · 15 February 2024

UI testing of LabVIEW executables

Talk from NORDLUG #2: VI Server, mouse clicks, OCR and ready-made toolkits – what works for UI testing of compiled applications?

Electric motors · 14 November 2019

How do you choose the right electric motor?

An overview of the most common types of electric motors – advantages, disadvantages and typical applications.

LabVIEW / TestStand · 8 October 2019

Do LabVIEW/TestStand systems have to be complex and expensive?

A simple semi-automated test system can be up and running in a single day – see how much comes out of the box.

Certification · 3 October 2019

New title: Certified TestStand Developer

The first step of NI's TestStand certification achieved – since followed by CTA and CLA at architect level.

LabVIEW NXG · 10 September 2019

LabVIEW NXG – The future of LabVIEW?

Our 2019 assessment of NI's radical rethink of LabVIEW – with an update on how it turned out.

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