Save the date: 20-FEB-2025! PLUG Meetings are Back!

[Iggyfromboston]

The new year is here, and so is the return of the Phoenix LabVIEW (and TestStand) User Group luncheons.

Cyth Systems is graciously sponsoring the first PLUG meeting for this calendar year.

The format will be the same with one or more lectures presented at the free lunch-and-learn, 11:30AM - 2:00PM at our usual location.

Register Here

Vincitorio's Restaurant

1835 E Elliot Rd # C109

Tempe, AZ 85284

This first meeting's agenda is the following:

Meet the Emersons - Introduction to NI's New Owner (Tarek Safwan, Emerson)

Q&A with the Test & Measurement Group's Sales Area Manager for SoCal, AZ, UT, and NM.

What's new in LV2024 Q3 (Zach Olson, Cyth Systems)

Learn about the latest LabVIEW features and programming tips.

There is no cost to you to attend this event! See Registration Link

[Iggyfromboston]

The agenda for this Thursday's luncheon is below. Come for part of it or attend the whole event. Food and soft drinks are free. See link in original post or in PLUG group page for details and registration.

Agenda

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Meeting Start and Networking

• Find seats, talk shop, and mingle with other attendees until the buffet-style dishes are served around noon.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Meet the Emersons - Introduction to NI's New Owner

Tarek Safwan, Emerson Electric Company

• Q&A with the Test & Measurement Group's Sales Manager for SoCal, AZ, UT, and NM

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

What's new in LabVIEW 2024 Q3

Zach Olson, Embedded & OEM BDM, Cyth Systems

• Learn about the latest LabVIEW features and programming tips

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Open Discussion for Future PLUG Meetings

Iggy Calalang, PLUG Coordinator

• What topics, presenters and other possible venues interest you?

[LV_Zach]

Just a quick update, that we will include 2025 Q1 into the presentation as well as 2024 Q3 new features.  We will also provide some public roadmap information and updates to perpetual licensing.  I'm excited to join the Phoenix LV community this week.

Zach, LabVIEW Champion.

[Iggyfromboston]

Thanks to Tarek and @LV_Zach  for presenting today, and to Cyth Systems for sponsoring the luncheon.

The slide decks will be made available in this Forum. 

Listed below are topics of interest for future PLUG meetings. Feel free to add your topic(s). A survey will go out to determine the content for upcoming meetings.

LabVIEW

• Certification preparation
• FPGA (and RT) programming -- possibly lumped into "Build Your Own Embedded Systems" road show
• Resurrecting old hardware, e.g. cRIO, non-express PXI, etc.
• Web-publishing VIs or web services in LabVIEW

TestStand

• Certification preparation
• Custom environments and deploying turn-key solutions
• Dynamic variables at execution

General Software Principles

• Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools with LabVIEW and TestStand