LabVIEW
LabVIEW at 20!
Ben,
To anyone that might think that some of the Cap'n Crunch lore might be entirely fictional I will say that an article descriping "Ma Bell's" long distance network which defined what frequencies were used for what function mysteriously disappeared off all of the technical library shelves in about 1971. I know, because I looked for it while at the Univ of Texas, Austin during that time period (that is why I have a trilobyte as my icon, I am older than the dinosaurs!) The Cap'n Cruch reference is to a plastic whistle that came in boxes of that cereal that happen to produce a tone at or near 2600Hz, an important frequency in the telephone network back then. I say back then because most everything is digital, and they have filtered that tone from the lines going to most consumers (telephones). For those old enough, it was the brief tone you heard when the other party hung up during a long distance call, the little "ca-chink" sound. Of course it all looses its importance with Skype, etc., but was all quite interesting to a nerdy, techno-geek back in 1971.
@LV_Pro wrote:
...Of course it all looses its importance with Skype, etc., but was all quite interesting to a nerdy, techno-geek back in 1971.
Don't be so sure. The technology changes but the crooks adapt quickly. 😮
Here's one recent example: http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2006/nk060706.htm
raj_pandey wrote:plzzzzzzzz help me
Your question is offtopic here. I would suggest to post a new thread with a descriptive title over in e.g. the Motion Control and Motor Drives forum.
Good luck! 🙂
Christian! How are you? Saw this thread and had to answer.. thanks for keeping me from doing my real job! 
I first used LabVIEW right out of school (in 1994) on a sattellite program at an aerospace company. I developed a test system for the Attitude & Control Subsystem using LabVIEW 3.1 on a Sun workstation. I took to it like a fish in water. At the time I had no knowledge of state machines or the like and had multiple parallel while loops servicing my GUI. That's where I first learned about the oxymoron of adding wait states in my loops to make my program work faster. The other most memorable thing is that fact that there was NO UNDO! You either saved frequently, or you cried and redid the work you lost. Oh, and add the fact that LabVIEW wasn't the most stable application on a Sun workstation during that time.
Ahhhh, the memories... the good 'ol days were fun, but I'm glad they were over. Someone once told me they can't wait until you can develop LabVIEW applications in 3D... now wouldn't that be interesting.
Ted
