LabVIEW Champions Member Profile - David Thomson

Name: Dr. David S. Thomson Home: Boulder, CO Programming Languages: LabVIEW, LV RT, LV FPGA, LV PDA

Certification:
Certified LabVIEW Architect

Used LabVIEW Since:
LabVIEW 2.0

Applications Areas:
R&D Laboratory Automation, Instrument Control, Data Analysis, Manufacturing Test and Monitoring, Instrument Drivers

Biography:
I have worked at the NOAA Aeronomy Lab since 1990 as a research scientist, developing instrumentation for atmospheric chemistry measurements. We began using LabVIEW in 1992 with version 2.0. As LabVIEW matured, we found it useful on a large number of laboratory projects and autonomous, airborne instruments. In 1997, I became an NI Alliance member and started consulting part time. Much of my consulting involves data acquisition systems for R&D labs and new instruments, but I have also developed several instrument drivers and worked in various manufacturing environments. In 2003, my LabVIEW activities spilled over from my full-time and part-time jobs to my hobbies, as I spear-headed the development of the first Battlebot powered by LabVIEW (with NI's generous assistance!)

User Groups:
I participate in the NI-sponsored LabVIEW User Groups throughout the Colorado Front Range. I helped found and currently help organize the Advanced LabVIEW Architects of the Rocky Mountains (ALARM) User Group.

Discussion Groups:
Info-LabVIEW, NI LabVIEW Forum

Websites:

• www.originalcode.com 
• www.botlabs.com

Articles:

All of the following articles are available at www.originalcode.com.

The following article was published in Instrumentation Newsletter, Q1 2005, p 23:

• NOAA Develops a Rugged Solution with NI CompactRIO

The following Application Notes and Customer Solutions are also available at www.ni.com:

• Reading An SPI Interface with CompactRIO
• Measuring Pulse-Code-Modulation Signals with CompactRIO
• Analyzing Black Carbon Particles with a LabVIEW-Based DAQ System
• Validating LabVIEW-RT Platformsfor Operation at High Altitudes
• Developing a Rugged, Embedded Solution for Extreme Altitudes with NI CompactRIO

The following article was published in LabVIEW Technical Resource vol 10, no 3, 2003:

• An Easy-To-Maintain Configuration File Architecture

The following posters were entered in the NIWeek Poster Contest:

• Acquiring Data from Multiple Asynchronous Processes on a Single DAQ Card - or - Stretching Your DAQ Dollar
• A Multi-threaded LabVIEW Data Acquisition and Control Program for a Laboratory Reactor System
• A LabVIEW Program for the Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectroscopy Instrument

The following article was published in Scientific Computing, July, 1999:

• A LabVIEW Program for the Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry Instrument

The following white paper describes the first combat robot controlled by LabVIEW:

• A Novel Embedded System for a Combat Robot

In addition, presentations I have made at LabVIEW User Groups can also be found at www.originalcode.com.

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