From Hollerith Cards to LabVIEW and beyond…Lessons learned
summary
History of instruments meets hard numbers and runnable systems: LabVIEW powers a 1K FFT analyzer implemented in roughly 2,000 lines of code and a VLI-style processor, a design that actually runs; a VXI-to-CompactPCI product is conceived and delivered in eight months by 30 engineers and sells; custom 256‑bit SRAM modules store 2–3 seconds of event audio in a digital recorder; prototypes for nan‑sized synchronized sensors stream real‑time data from wind‑turbine tips and the avatar‑tracking prototype functions before mainstream adoption.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 7:22Perfectionism vs customer needs
- 10:15Heathkit clocks longevity
- 13:50Moore’s law trade-offs
- 17:21Security risks modern computing
- 20:37HP35 calculator analog
- 23:28Simplicity in design
- 27:48Bit-slice processors FFT
- 31:06Virtual instrumentation Lisa
- 35:45Danish innovation National Instruments
- 38:41Bug tracking quality
- 41:35Engineering motivation timing
- 44:01Innovation pitfalls deployment
- 46:35Vision versus execution
- 49:04Conclusion joy of engineering
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