DMC is proud to host this quarter’s Chicago LabVIEW User Group (CLUG) meeting on June 26, 2024! The CLUG is a group of LabVIEW users that meet quarterly to discuss new programming techniques, design choices, updates, and share stories about programming experiences or lessons learned. Due to the pandemic, the meetings have been hosted online for the past few years, but we are kicking off the summer season with a long-awaited in person meeting hosted at DMC Chicago! Back in 2019, DMC hosted a CLUG meeting, and we are so excited to invite everyone to this event again.  

This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn, get updates regarding NI and NI Software, network with other professionals in the Chicago area and have fun! Food and drink will be provided, and after the presentations you will have a chance to relax on the DMC rooftop deck.

This quarter’s user group will consist of some exciting presentations and discussions!

Agenda:

• 3:00-3:30 Arrive and settle in
• 3:30-5:30 Welcome & Presentations
  • Inspirations from NI Connect – Kevin Shirey, LabVIEW Champion and DMC Project Engineer
  • NI Software Roadmap – Eli Kerry, NI Software Director
  • Little LabVIEW Stories – Jeff DeBuhr, Staff Engineer at Chamberlain Group
  • Challenge of Champions – Eli Kerry
• 5:30-6:00 Networking and roof time

Event Logistics:

Location: DMC Chicago – 2222 N Elston Ave Ste 200 Chicago, IL 60614

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 26 from 3:30-5:30pm

Arrival: Please try to arrive and get settled in before 3:30pm so we can start on time

Parking: There is a parking lot adjacent to the north side of our building for DMC visitors. If it is full, there’s free street parking in the surrounding area on Elston, Honore, Lister, and Webster.

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This meeting began with Pizza and networking between DMCers and LabVIEW users from the Chicagoland area.

We kicked off the user group meeting by highlighting some of the most exciting features that were released at NI week this year.

NI Week 2019 Overview

DMC Presentations on LabVIEW Programming

Systems Engineer Ryan Yu presented an overview of NI Package Manager, with content initially developed by National Instruments and presented by Allen Hsu.  Yu showed LabVIEW users the workflow for installing, upgrading, and managing NI software.  He then highlighted the workflow of both NI Package Manager and SystemLink, when used in conjunction with LabVIEW. Users exchanged ideas with Yu and asked questions on use cases, versioning, and SystemLink feeds.

NI Package Manager

Systems Engineer Kyle Mitchell demonstrated JKI’s VI Package Manager, a reasonably popular tool among the user group. Mitchell gave a walkthrough on how to build and deploy packages within LabVIEW, and users shared their experiences and tips about VIPM.

VI package manager

Sharing LabVIEW Stories

This section of the meeting is devoted to short topics (max of 10 minutes) talking about a neat project, cool tool, or challenging problem users need help solving. 

Users shared stories about creating a custom VI to update UI elements through property nodes more effectively, warned about big arrays affecting the search feature, and one user shared a story about how to do LabVIEW translations effectively.

There was also a shoutout to the LabVIEW wiki that the community is currently constructing.

Thanks to our friends in the LabVIEW user group who made it to the event!

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