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NASA LabVIEW User Group 4/16/25 (The LabVIEW UI of Your Dreams)
In this meeting, JKI’s Hunter Smith and NI’s Norm Kirchner presented “The LabVIEW UI of Your Dreams.”
Often, the LabVIEW front panels we use day after day are far from a “dream UI,” and we’ve all seen some nightmare UIs. In this meeting, we discussed using a high‐minded design philosophy combined with practical developer checklists that you can apply to make your interfaces more functional, consistent, professional, and dreamy.
About the Presenters:
Hunter is a staff software engineer at JKI who got his start in LabVIEW at NI as an Applications Engineer and K-12 engineering specialist, working with myDAQ, LEGO, FIRST, and founding the YouTube channel WaterlooLabs. Hunter spent 7 years as a software engineer for SpaceX, working on rocket engine test stands, Mission Control user interfaces, and launch pad control systems. At JKI, Hunter has worked extensively with NASA and other customers in aerospace, biomedical, and semiconductor industries to solve complex problems with LabVIEW. Hunter is passionate about aerospace testing, UX design, good documentation, and well-automated DevOps.
Norm Kirchner is a LabVIEW and Test Software Evangelist at NI. A recognized leader in the world of test automation utilizing the NI platform, Norm was the first person to achieve the certifications/title of LabVIEW Architect, TestStand Architect, and LabVIEW Champion. Norm received a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Marquette University.
Resources
Register today for NI Connect (April 28th - 30th)! If you cannot attend in person, you can still register to livestream the keynotes for free.
https://www.ni.com/en/events/niconnect/fort-worth.html
PaneRelief Toolkit for LabVIEW
https://www.vipm.io/package/jki_lib_panerelief/
JKI Flat UI Controls 2.0
https://www.jki.net/blog/introducing-the-flat-ui-controls-2.0-jki-design-palette-for-labview
DMC GUI Suite Toolkit for LabVIEW
https://www.vipm.io/package/dmc_lib_dmc_gui_palettes/
Accelerate Your Aerospace System Testing with STAR-GOAT by JKI
NASA-Grade LabVIEW Engineering
NPR 7150.2 Compliance Package (from JKI)
https://www.jki.net/nasa-npr-7150-2d-labview-compliance
Link to a previous video recording of this presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpxiQ3dFDm0
Please email travis.mccarty@emerson.com for access to the video recording of today's presentation (featuring both Hunter and Norm).
"materialdesignicons.com is a good resource that includes all of the google material design icons as well as a ton more that are user created and contributed."
-Chris D.
In connection with the question about building an XY Chart in LabVIEW, it was suggested to use the Data Queue PtByPt.vi in conjunction with the XY Graph indicator.
https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview-api-ref/page/vi-lib/ptbypt/other-functions-llb/data-que...
