KeynotesFuture Faster: Tomorrow’s Technologies, Made Possible Today
The future, with its challenges and high expectations, can be overwhelming. But through innovation we can solve the trials of tomorrow, today. Developing these amazing, future technologies requires using software-defined systems that can handle complex and rapidily changing requirments. See how leading industries such as automotive, aerospace and defence, semiconductor are shaping their future solutions for autonomy and electrification and how they can be applied to help you meet the demands
of an ever-changing world. Advanced Wireless Research Share expertise, advice and best practices with researchers on prototyping wireless communications systems. This track will bring together researchers from academia and industry who are using the NI platform to prototype advanced wireless communications techniques and protocols. Hear the experiences of experts working on different research projects to share knowledge on practically setting up and using prototyping systems in the most efficient and effective way. Sessions include: - Real world experiences from the ORCA project
- A update on the NI hardware and software roadmap
- Advice for architecting and funding large testbeds
- Hands-on training for new users
- Many more to be confirmed
08:30 | Registration | 09:00 | Plenary keynote | 9:45 | Building Large Research Test Beds on the NI Platform Research requires flexible and scalable testbeds with replicable results to service the complexities of modern engineering systems and keep up with the pace of innovation. Take a detailed look at world leading testbeds built using the NI platform and understand how to partner with NI to augment your funding proposals. Rhys Bowley SDR Solutions Manager, NI | 10:30 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 10:45 | End-to-end networking with Software Defined Radio: The ORCA ambition and a full duplex-Software Defined Radio example Inspired by the recent advances in the self-interference (SI) cancelation technology, ORCA aims to provide full duplex capable SDRs to enable network-level in-band full duplex experimentation. The SDRs benefits from an electrical balance duplexer (EBD) to obtain an initial 40-50dB analog SI rejection allowing further SI suppression by a secondary stage at the digital domain. Modeling the multi-path channel and the RF transmit and receive heads imperfection, the digital SI canceller enhances the full-duplex performance, achieving sufficient signal to interference ratio which is essential for communication purposes. Increasing the spectrum efficiency is not the only interesting dimension of the IBFD as it can improve reliability and energy consumption: ORCA targets developing a reliable networking scheme in which the SI cancelation technique is employed to detect any probable signal collision in real-time. This approach enables robust priority-based data transmission which can find a wide range of applications from energy-efficient sensor networks to ultra-reliable vehicular communication. Dr. Seyed Ali Hassani KU Leuven | 11:30 | Software Defined Radio Research at TUT: From Algorithm Design to Real-Time Implementations The SDR-related research at TUT spans from theoretical system and algorithm-level research to experimental research, on topics such as transceiver design, digital front-end signal processing, and algorithms for RF impairment compensation. This presentation will cover, through examples, our recent studies on digital predistortion techniques, and self-interference cancellation for in-band full-duplex and FDD systems, with a focus on experiments and implementations on NI Platform. Dr Lauri Anttila Tampere University of Technology | 12:15 | Lunch / Visit Exhibition | 13:15 | Multi-Layer Prototyping with Software Defined Radio
Software defined radios provide the flexibility needed to prototype real-world multi-RAT technologies. At its core, a software defined radio is comprised of an analog RF front end paired with a multi-processor subsystem which may contain general purpose processors, FPGA’s or DSP circuitry. By utilizing a single design environment with LabVIEW Communications, the ability to target multiple processor architectures becomes simplified and the necessary steps to develop real world prototypes decreases. By leveraging FPGA IP and open-source network simulation tools, a single software defined radio can be used to prototype LTE and WLAN networks in real-time.
Ben Coffin
USRP Product Manager, NI | Hands-On USRP RIO (limited space) For those newer to the NI's SDR platform you can get hands-on with the USRP RIO and LabVIEW Communications System Design Suite to see how the two tools can be used together for prototyping wireless systems. Due to limited space please register for this track via nidays@ni.com. | 14:00 | From Propagation Channels to Network Layer with NI SDRs: A tale of Two Cities In this talk, we demonstrate utilization of SDR solutions in different layers of communication stack by our research groups in Trondheim and Vienna. We cover research aspects from physical propagation channels to network performance evaluation. We first show a Massive MIMO testbed which is used as a channel sounder to capture physical properties of the propagation channels in a specific environment. This data is then used to characterize the channel analytically. After recording the channel, we use the same USRPs to act as the communication channel. We show a USRP based channel emulator with moving delay taps which reproduces characteristics of fading in the propagation channel and is able to emulate the small fading effects which affect the signal while traveling from transmitter to the receiver. This emulator is specifically capable of reproducing vehicular scenarios with stationary as well as nonstationary model representations. Having the ability to emulate the channel, we use this emulator in two higher-layer performance studies: Firstly, we present benchmarking of the performance of IEEE802.11p modems in an urban scenario. Lastly, we show that by using mobility models, graph theory, and channel modeling along with the flexibility of the USRP-2953R device and the LabVIEW Communications 802.11 Application Framework we can mimic behavior of interfering channels and reproduce the performance of vehicular ad-hoc networks under heavy urban load in the lab. Dr Golsa Ghiaasi & Thomas Blazek NTNU | 14:45 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 15:00 | Multi-Antenna Technology for Vehicular Communication: An Agile SDR Setup for Channel Characterization and Performance Analysis The usage of multi-antenna technology in Vehicle to Everything (V2X) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) use cases has the promise of improving the reliability of the radio link. At AAU, we designed a flexible multi-antenna measurement setup, based on USRP RIO boards, which is able to record live LTE signals from existing cellular networks. The recorded signals can be used for spatial channel characterization as well as for the analysis of receive beamforming and advanced receivers. This presentation will focus on the practical implementation of such a multi-antenna setup and its use in different research activities. The main design challenges while measuring live cellular signals will be described, along with the major insights we obtained from such measurements. Tomasz Izydorczyk Aalborg University | 15:45 | SDR Feedback Session This is your chance to give feedback on NI’s software defined radio tools directly to those involved with our product roadmaps. Ben Coffin and Rhys Bowley from our Austin headquarters will be on hand to listen to your comments. This is a great opportunity for you to share your feedback and ideas and help shape the SDR tools of the future | from 16:30 | Networking drinks | |
Test & MeasurementDiscover best practices for quickly building lower cost automated measurement systems This track will take you through key aspects to consider when building an automated test system to reduce development time and costs. Industry and NI test experts will discuss working with test executive software effectively, creating hardware and measurement abstraction layers, managing distributed test systems, best practices for long term maintenance, and guidance on analysing test data. This track, aimed at people new or experienced with automated test systems, is a great opportunity to learn from peers to ensure your next system is as efficient as possible. 08:30 | Registration | 09:00 | Plenary keynote | 9:45 | How to Make Your Tester Design Reliable, Flexible and Modular with a Minimum of Cabling PXI from NI is the ideal solution to build a flexible, compact and powerful test solution. But to make a complete production test system including loads, power supplies, interfacing, fixturing etc. with the PXI rack as the instrumentation core, is not so easy. You need to account for many things to make a reliable tester that will find any failures during the production and assembly of your products. In this presentation, we will explain in detail the advantages of the fastATE test system concept from 6TL Engineering. Providing information on the fastATE intelligent modular design for added functionality, the importance of Mass Interconnect interfacing for the reliability of your entire test system, minimising and optimising the cabling in your design, and saving valuable time and money during the realisation of your ATE (Automatic Test Equipment). Peter van Oostrom 6TL Engineering | 10:30 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 10:45 | How We Build Our HAL/MAL and What We Learnt Learn how to develop an effective hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and measurement abstraction layer (MAL) architecture that NI Test Engineering has deployed. Walk through the design principles, challenges, and LabVIEW object-oriented programming (OOP) solution. Rik Prins NI | 11:30 | How to Collect and Analyze Test Data From Remote ATEs Collecting and analyzing test data efficiently and in real-time is often a challenge in the manufacturing of electronics products. In this presentation we’ll show a real-life case study on how an existing ATE fleet can be connected to common SPC analytics tool with minimum effort by utilizing NI TestStand and skyWATS products. The presentaion demonstrates also the benefits of the test data analytics and standardization in testing. Esa Kivioja, Etteplan
Tom Arne Danielsen, Virinco | 12:15 | Lunch / Visit Exhibition | 13:15 | Understanding Data Acquisition System Accuracy Learn how to understand and calculate your DAQ system accuracy using NI or third-party hardware by factoring in absolute accuracy of the hardware, gain error, offset error, INL error, noise uncertainty, and calibration considerations. After this session, attend follow-up accuracy deep dives to gain more in-depth knowledge. Ingo Kaiser NI | 14:00 | Best Practices for Interfacing NI Products with MathWorks® Software Explore best practices for interfacing MathWorks software to NI hardware and software for the development of test, measurement, and control systems. This includes direct interfaces to NI hardware and interfaces between MathWorks computing and design software and NI programming environments and application software. Dr. Jeannie Falcon, NI | 14:45 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 15:00 | Choosing the Best Tool for Datalogging and Physical Systems Test We'll discuss different ways to acquire and log mixed signals, customise visualisation and integrate third-party device when testing physical systems. We'll compare LabVIEW with FlexLogger, NI's latest datalogging tool, to see when a custom system like LabVIEW should be used and when a more flexible, configuration based tool is more efficient. Daniel Sjostrom NI | 15:45 | Test & Measurement Challenges Q&A Join the VI Technologies team in this open Q&A session! Bring your Test & Measurement challenge and discuss it with the VITech team and/or other peers in the room. Either present your question live to the room or submit it before October 29 to info@vi-tech.nl so we can include it in the session. Please put Q&A in the e-mail subject field. VI Technologies | from 16:30 | Networking drinks | |
LabVIEW User Group Hear from members of the Dutch LabVIEW User Group and other engineers across Europe as they present on their most useful or favourite topics within LabVIEW or software development. This year we’ll be discussing topics ranging from Object Oriented Programming, best practices for storing data, the Actor Framework, how to create dynamic user interfaces and more. 08:30 | Registration | 09:00 | Plenairy keynote | 9:45 | The Elegancy of OpenGDS The “Open GDS GOOP Development Suite” (Open GDS) is an elegant tool and framework for developing LabVIEW classes. The built in scripts and tools are lowering the entry level for using classes in LabVIEW. The classes created with OpenGDS are very close to the way of working in object oriented design. It is a must have for developers looking for an easier start in object oriented design within LabVIEW. This will be shown in a practical way. Jan Wijman VI Technologies | 10:30 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 10:45 | Structured Data Storage LabVIEW is very good at 'Acquire, Analyze and Present', but often overlooked is how information can best be stored and retrieved. In this presentation we give focus on TDMS, HDF and SQLite database to store data in a structured way (and we explore how to best retrieve it). A bit of theory and technical background is combined with examples clearly showing the differences and best practices. Martin Vernhout Dialog Semiconductor | 11:30 | Using the Right Tool for the Job LabVIEW is great at interfacing with hardware. Python has an extensive collection of libraries for complicated data processing. JavaScript lends itself easily towards modern, reactive user interfaces that can be accessed anywhere. Let's combine all three languages, letting each language do what it's great at. I'll talk a bit about the motivations behind it, some different ways of doing it, and of course play with a demo putting it all together. Danielle Jobe VI Technologies | 12:15 | Lunch / Visit Exhibition | 13:15 | Actor Framework At a certain point in your LabVIEW career you will be confronted with something called ‘Actor Framework’. You looked into it, read a few abstracts and even installed the NI Actor Framework template. Still you can’t seem to grasp why you would even want to use Actor Framework in your project. It’s so complicated! What’s the deal with all these ‘Messages’ and ‘Actors’? Even the examples are hard to understand. But still, persistent as you are, there must be something worthwhile… If you find Actor Framework hard to understand or you want to know how you can benefit from it, then this workshop is for you. In a practical way, I will explain you how you can transform a program based on a State Machine into a highly flexible program based on Actors. It’s a walkthrough that everybody will understand. After this workshop you will at least know how and when to apply the Actor Framework and what the benefits are. Maurice Hanique LWorks.nl | 14:00 | OO: Case Study in Object-Oriented Design and Implementation: Building a Flexible INI File Library Explore the design of a fancy library for reading and writing config files (INI). The library works by wire or by reference while maintaining all possibilities for overriding through inheritance. Discover how, and why, you can use several object-oriented techniques to achieve these and many other features. Wiebe Walstra Carya Automatisering | 14:45 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 15:00 | Editing VI Descriptions & Managing UI Properties To deliver well documented code and applications we need to enter vi descriptions, help descriptions, tipstrips,... as easy as possible. Wouldn't it also be great to dynamically modify the properties of your UI without having to change your code? I'll explain 2 FREE tools that can make these tasks less of a hassle and show a live demo playing a game of "Simon". Stefan Iemmens Intersoft Electronics | 15:45 | What's New in LabVIEW 2018 and LabVIEW NXG LabVIEW is fundamental to test and measurements systems built using NI tools. In this joint session we'll take a look at what's new in both versions of the software so you can pick the best software for the job the next time you create a new system. Andres Vargas & Charlotte Nicolaou NI | from 16:30 | Networking drinks | |
Engineering Education (Limited Space) Learn about the latest NI tool to revolutionise engineering education To register for this track please contact your NI representative or nidays@ni.com. Early this year we launched the NI ELVIS III, our latest solution for project based learning. NI ELVIS III integrates web-based measurements and embedded design into an IoT-ready solution for the lab, from fundamentals to authentic design challenges. In this half day, private track we’ll showcase this latest technology and let you get hands-on with the equipment so you can quickly evaluate if it’s the right tool for your future labs. 08:30 | Registration | 09:00 | Plenary keynote | 9:45 | Teach Students How to Innovate - Introducing the ELVIS III Learn how you can build engaging, impactful experiments in the classroom with the help of NI technology and gain a firsthand experience on the new NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) III, the solution for project based learning in engineering laboratories. You will also explore the application specific teaching resources for electronics, communications, mechatronics, control and more. NI | 10:30 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | 10:45 | Hands-On - ELVIS III Take the opportunity to get hands-on with the ELVIS III equipment. We'll have some ELVIS III devices set up so you can asses the potential of ELVIS III for your courses. You can drop in and out of this session as needed. NI | 12:15 | Lunch / Visit Exhibition | | Please join the other tracks | 14:45 | Coffee Break / Visit Exhibition | | | | | from 16:30 | Networking drinks | |
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