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Remote Working During COVID

8/28/2020

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COVID-19 has brought us all some interesting challenges. Out is the old daily routine, replaced with new ways of working and communicating.

Fortunately, for most engineers, we can do much of our work with just a computer. 
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One of the biggest challenges is that sometimes we need access to hardware. Having direct access to an ATE system, or other device used to be as easy as walking into a lab. Working remotely has made us come up with other methods.

At S5, we embraced the shift to remote work. We upgraded our VPN system to improve remote connection to hardware at the office. I turns out that a lot of times walking to the lab wasn't necessarily required, it was just convenient.

We have done plenty of work remotely for many years. However, customers often seemed to regard that as second best and still wanted us on site frequently. We have been pleased to see once reluctant customers embracing remote work. We are no longer the "outside team" to employees working on-site; we are just all part of "the team." In an odd way, being distant has brought some of the teams closer.

How have you coped with the challenges during this time? Has it changed your view of work?

Here is a great blog post from NI with some tips for working remotely.
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Publishing to Kindle

8/18/2020

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​Kindle has removed one of the impediments or excuses for not writing that novel or theoretical engineering (is there such a thing?) treatise. Never again can we use the fear of rejection from publishers, the long-involved publishing process or the hidden cost of publishing as reasons not to write,
because with Kindle, it’s easy and free.
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​Once you have that prize-winning book written and edited, just follow the wizard. You’ll need an
Amazon account (very easy to accomplish) and your banking information (so you can get paid). Watch
this video and get started. Now, you’re on the way to joining Stephen King and Stephen Hawking (even if
your name isn’t Stephen) as an author.

Go forth and write...
Related:
  • When Pigs Fly - the Kindle story written by the S5 Solutions Business Development Manager.
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When Pigs Fly

8/11/2020

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The COVID pandemic has made us all discover new ways of getting by. Eric Frederick, the S5 Solutions Business Development Manager, decided to flex his writing muscles. He has released his story, which is available on Kindle.

The author's own review:
"It ain't Shakespeare but it might cure your insomnia.  It's just 56 pages, just so you know before you invest 99 cents."

​Similar to "I hear You Paint Houses", the basis for the crime film "The Irishman", When Pigs Fly explores how a young man becomes a criminal and is then involved in the Kennedy assassination and cover-up. Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby and David Ferrie are central to this fictitious account which is bound to entertain anyone interested in the JFK conspiracy. If you like to speculate about what happened on 11/22/63, you’ll like When Pigs Fly.
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Related:
  • Publishing to Kindle - how you can publish your book on Kindle
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Getting Started with Object-Oriented Programming in LabVIEW

8/3/2020

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LabVIEW is a great language. What could make it better? Objects.

Object-oriented programming adds a dimension to LabVIEW that can help bring order to your program and keep that order as it grows. If you have used OO in other languages, most of the principles are still in place. If it is a new concept, don't let that keep you from harnessing the power of objects to improve your LabVIEW code.
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There is a learning curve, of course. But it is well worth it.
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Choosing a LabVIEW Framework

7/24/2020

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A framework is a set of code, strategies, and programming techniques that serve as a starting point for a program. Like the framework of a building, it provides the basic structure. You can then build the details of your application around that basic structure.
A framework provides some boiler plate code, saving time by giving you a jump start at development.

​It also standardizes the programming style, making it easier to read code from other developers. It is especially helpful in a team environment to have everyone on the team coding with similar styles and techniques.
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LabVIEW Tips and Tricks

7/21/2020

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The current pandemic has stopped us from meeting for a LabVIEW Developer Days this year. So this seems like a good time to look back at some of the presentations from last year.

​This is a short video of a 7x7 presentation given by Stuart Wilson, one of the senior LabVIEW developers at S5 Solutions.
This video is on the Seattle LabVIEW Youtube channel that is dedicated to the presentations from the 2019 event. Let's hope next year we are back face to face.
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Improved Ventilator Testing

7/6/2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of challenges. One of our clients had to significantly increase their production of ventilator testers to keep up with demand.

We attacked the problem from multiple directions. Changing only software, we improved test time by 30%.
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Masks Ready!

6/25/2020

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The S5 office is ready for mask compliance, even the Cylon.
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David the Intern: Shapeoko CNC GRBL Upgrade

6/23/2020

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By David the Intern
This is another episode making some upgrades to our Shapeoko 2 CNC. For more episodes, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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Making COVID Masks with Glowforge

6/23/2020

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By Mike Wynn, Engineer
As the COVID-19 epidemic broke out and people were looking for masks, my wife wanted to help. She began making masks using a pattern she found online which she then printed on cardstock to use to cut the fabric.

As she continued making more masks, I reminded her we had a Glowforge at work and I could make her some acrylic templates. We’d spoken previously about doing this for quilting templates, a commodity that’s pretty readily available in the quilting community, though they do tend to come at significant cost. I also pointed out that I could etch the pattern information on the templates to minimize confusion and wasted materials caused by using the wrong template and cutting out fabric in the wrong size.
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