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LabVIEW Nordic User Group Announced

  A new LabVIEW Nordic User Group was announced today at the “Test and Measurement Days” held in Copenhagen sponsored by CNRood. The first user group meeting will be held on-line on Monday  November 25, 2024 from 15:00 – 17:00. The agenda is as follows:   and the meeting link and Discord server link is […]

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NI Securities Litigation: Insider Trading Claims Survive

Because early overtures to NI from Emerson were not publicly disclosed, and the company re-purchased shares during this period a class action suit was filed on November 30, 2023. On September 6, 2024, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote dismissed all claims against former NI CFO Karen Rapp, and also dismissed the claim of lack of […]

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Get the Rap, DAQ is Back!

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DAQ is Back!

  I just got off a Teams meeting with some of the DAQ team in Austin to brainstorm DSA ideas, and I noted this cool logo that I hadn’t seen before. It was a joy to see an energized team after the successful launch of the recent new DAQ products, a team looking forward to […]

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AI and NI: The great Atlantic Divide

Should NI drop investment in AI for now? In the Thursday session led by Elijah Kerry at GDevCon#5 regarding industrial protocols, the session expanded to a wide-ranging discussion of NI priorities. While discussing the ten Investment Themes, an audience member suggested dropping item #6, the use of AI in generating code, to make more resources […]

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NI Increases Community Engagement

NI unveiled significantly increased engagement with the NI software developer community. At GDevCon #5 in Stuttgart, Germany, Elijah Kerry, Director of Software Community described a number of initiatives: (see attached pdf of Elijah’s slides) Presented roadmaps for open source of Actor Framework and Icon Editor. Description of 10 investment themes for future development. Renewed engagement […]

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GDev Con 2024 kicks off in Stuttgart, Germany

GDevCon 2024 kicked off today in Stuttgart, Germany.  With 196 attendees, over half of them first time, and more than ⅓ of them have been in the NI Ecosystem for more than 15 years. I sensed an energy and enthusiasm in the air, that reminded me of the great spirit of the days when I […]

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A Love-Letter to LabVIEW by Neil Pate

In the beginning of the video, Neil says: “I’ve done a lot of moaning about LabVIEW personally.  I thought NI were taking things in the wrong direction sometimes and I got a bit despondent at one point…I even just said “I’m not going to do any more LabVIEW”, and I spent a few years doing […]

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And just for fun, can you find NI related “Easter Eggs” in this photo?

  and as an add-on question, what Easter Eggs are there in LabVIEW?

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Should LabVIEW be open source? Give your opinion in on-line poll

  A balanced scale between open community and closed secure environment. Created with DALL-E3 Edited with GIMP The LabVIEW Open – Close Conflict Cloud by: Filippo Persia Introduction The recent acquisition of National Instruments (NI) by Emerson has sent ripples through the industry, particularly regarding the future of LabVIEW. LabVIEW, the flagship product of NI, […]