DMC's LabVIEW logging framework has been upgraded to LLAMA. Learn more. What is it? Many developers may be familiar with the concept of a logging platform. Essentially, a logging platform is a modular system that is designed to be plugged...
It was a cool November evening for this year's Turkey Trot JPMorgan Chase & Co. Corporate Challenge, a 3.5 mile race in downtown Chicago... unfortunately it was the 26th of May but with temperatures in the 40s & a strong damp wind it defi...
As many of our friends and acquaintances may already know, DMC has a long standing tradition of competing together in athletic endeavors. Shamrock Shuffle is one of those endeavors and one that personally means a lot to me. When I started a...
As in past years, Team DMC once again participated in the Hustle up the Hancock stair climbing challenge. Although we did have one non-employee on our team this year, we improved our team time by a full 1:20. We also improved our team placement from ...
In the first part of my series, LabVIEW Data Storage: Overview of TDMS, I introduced TDMS as our preferred file format and pointed users toward exploring and using TDMS themselves. In this post, I'm assuming that you are comfortable handling chan...
This is part one of my blog series detailing the use and optimization of the TDMS format. Here is a table of contents for all blogs in this series: LabVIEW Data Storage: Overview of TDMS LabVIEW Data Storage: TDMS Performance Tweaking LabVIE...
DMC has once again sponsored the Northwestern Design Competition. Design Competition is a contest that occurs every year at Northwestern and pits fully autonomous robots against each other to accomplish a specific task. This year that task was ...
Although we use many different technologies and software packages at DMC, we have a great amount of experience with National Instruments LabVIEW. We currently have four Certified Architects and another seven Certified Developers. Lately, we've...
Team DMC has once again made a strong showing at a Chicago area athletic event. As a team, we placed 8th overall out of nearly 150 teams. Several of us even improved our times drastically from last year's competition. DMC is always looking to ...
Employees at DMC receive a fairly top of the line laptop when they start. However, computer manufacturers often update their product offerings, so we don't all end up with the same model. Our two most recent employees both received the same lapto...