[ML-General] LabVIEW Makers

[Tim H]

Very interesting.
Thank you for updating us.
I am happy to see more companies look to the "maker movement" for products
and revenue.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:54 AM, clayton pannell <clayton.pannell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Went yesterday. The tldr version is LabVIEW home is a full featured
> professional (I think? It's the lower of the 2 varients that doesn't have
> graphical diff built in) version for $50 with the only restrictions being
> noncommercial/educational usage and a home version watermark on the code
> and frontpanel. Windows only, but they're considering Linux (with enough
> feedback/requests).
>
> Also pimped: labview makerhub, drivers to control an arduino, chipkit, and
> i think launchpad, and they partnered with sparkfun and digilent to create
> combopacks with labview home + one of the aforementioned devboards +
> optional sensors.
> On Jun 10, 2015 3:28 AM, "Jason Conklin" <jason.conklin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Right; that's brand-new, though it's been bubbling under the surface
>> for a few years.
>>
>> https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/LabVIEW-Home-Edition/td-p/3117489
>>
>> I'm sure they'll be touting labviewmakerhub.com, too.
>>
>> Aside from the "noncommercial, nonacademic use" clause, the main thing
>> that could be considered a restriction is that it does not come with
>> the "Application Builder" (which provides the ability to generate a
>> standalone executable), which means you need to be running the LabVIEW
>> environment to run your program. But doing so is pretty much normal in
>> the LabVIEW ecosystem anyway -- the app builder even comes to
>> commercial users at a premium. That's not taking into account the
>> Arduino interface they'll be talking about tomorrow.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Dmitriy Plaks <dmitriyp13 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Just checked that NI website and they have a "home" version of labview
>> for
>> > $50. That's definitely more reasonable than their full/regular version.
>> >
>> > Not sure if it comes with any limitations our restrictions, though.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 4:02 PM Brian Oborn <linuxpunk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Octave is a reasonable replacement for MatLab, but not LabView. They're
>> >> entirely different software.
>> >>
>> >> Brian Oborn (bobbytables)
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:55 PM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I hear there is a reasonable clone that works in Linux (free) but I've
>> >>> nto usd it yet.  I think it's called QOctave or just Octave.  Not
>> sure how
>> >>> compatible the two are, or even if i have the name right.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 06/09/15 14:28, Stephan Henning wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Did NI release a cheap version of LabView that I somehow missed?
>> >>>
>> >>> Not sure how they expect makers to use their tool at that (what I
>> >>> remember it being) price point.
>> >>>
>> >>> Would be interested in playing around with it again if they have a
>> more
>> >>> accessible version, can't make this event though. If someone does go,
>> let me
>> >>> know if you get an answer for that.
>> >>>
>> >>> -stephan
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> HI All!  Just passing on the invite to this maker oriented class
>> being
>> >>>> put on by National Instruments:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> http://sine.ni.com/nievents/app/offering/p/offeringId/1920389/site/nic/country/us/lang/en
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It's tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:30AM.  The event is both catered and
>> >>>> free (though you should register).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 654 Discovery Drive
>> >>>> Suite A
>> >>>> Huntsville, AL 35816
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "
>> >>>>
>> >>>> NI’s involvement in the maker space is an extension of what we've
>> been
>> >>>> doing for 40 years – empowering innovators to do amazing things.
>> I'll talk
>> >>>> about the hardware and software we're using to enable makers to
>> build bigger
>> >>>> projects, faster than ever before, the community that we're building
>> to
>> >>>> inspire, enable, challenge and support makers using LabVIEW, where
>> we're
>> >>>> going, and how you can get involved.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> About the Presenter
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sam Kristoff is a Staff Systems Engineer and National Instruments and
>> >>>> the founder of LabVIEW MakerHub, a community designed to enable
>> makers to
>> >>>> use LabVIEW, an industry standard graphical system design tool for
>> hobby
>> >>>> projects. Sam has created free, open source LabVIEW add-ons for
>> Arduino,
>> >>>> Xbox Kinect, Nest Thermostat, Phillips Hue Lights,  and other Maker
>> friendly
>> >>>> devices.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  "
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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