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Action packed summer User Group meeting proves a hit with attendees

We were fortunate enough to be able to hold our July Midlands LabVIEW User Group (MLUG) at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) for the first time. With a tour of the facilities, two fantastic speakers and a demonstration from National Instruments, those who attended were impressed with how much was packed in!

For the first time we were hosted by National Instruments and the MTC, moving the User Group around the Midlands as Argenta had always intended. With the added bonus of a tour of the site this added yet another dimension to the User Group and was well received by those attending, particularly as this wasn’t going to be an option open to them in the near future!

We were fortunate to attract two excellent speakers, both of whom are highly qualified in the LabVIEW field and were able to offer great insight in to their chosen areas of expertise and were both well received by the audience.

First up was James McNally who found Wiresmith Technology 2 years ago after having worked for many years for National Instruments UK. His presentation covered practical tips related to Object Orientated (OO) design and how this has helped the company improve their coding. OO in LabVIEW is a subject area which is often requested by attendees for future talks so we were glad that James was on hand to demonstrate its use.

Our next speaker was Richard Thomas from Cyth Systems U.K. who thoroughly enjoyed the experience of speaking to the group about LabVIEW variants which is identified as a ‘power tool’ in the LabVIEW world. He spoke with the group about the ways in which variants can be a ‘friend’ to the engineer, helping the audience to understand the benefits associated with them.

An extra element that we would like to incorporate in future meetings was that of a demonstration by Gavin Hill from National Instruments who bought along the latest cRIO for the MLUG audience to view. As you can see from the photo some of them got quite involved with the hardware! As part of the demonstration Gavin evidenced how the new cRIO has the ability to connect directly to the monitor rather than through a PC. He was kind enough to send us some useful links;

Online example of an Embedded UI

How to turn on embedded UI feature

Argenta are now looking forward to the next meeting which will be held on Monday 14th November from 1pm, we are working on the agenda and venue and will release details very soon.

Anyone who either uses LabVIEW within their current role or works with LabVIEW would be sure to find this event useful and informative, as well as being a good opportunity to network. Those interested in attending this free event should contact Jenny Bragg via email (mlug@argentaconsult.com) or call Argenta’s office on 0121 318 6363 to register.


Our previous meetings have all been well received and importantly well attended with many regulars attending which is fantastic!

Once again we are welcoming speakers to talk about their latest innovative projects. There’s time to ask questions and enjoy networking with fellow practitioners. We have also introduced a new segment to the meeting– a ‘show and tell’ session with a coding challenge!

We’re meeting at:

The Manufacturing Technology Centre
Ansty Park, Coventry
CV7 9JU

It's free to register, simply e-mail mlug@argentaconsult.com
or phone us on 0121 318 6363

We look forward to welcoming you!

Speaker Programme

1.00pm   Welcome tea and coffee

1.25pm   Introduction 

1.30pm   James McNally (Wiresmith Technology) - Practical Tips for OO Design and Code

2.15pm   Show and Tell - Coding Challenge

2.45pm   Break for refreshments and demonstration from National Instruments

3.00pm   Tour of MTC

3.30pm   Wes Ramm (Cyth Systems) - Variants are your friends

4.15pm   Free time to network

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