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Smartphones for Smarter Data Acquisition

Joe Friedrichsen
Engineer, Measurement Application Group

Charlie Stiernberg
Product Manager, Networked DAQ

Why Are You Here?

You think Droids are cool

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You think Droids are cool Youre Steve Jobs #1 fan

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You think Droids are cool Youre Steve Jobs #1 fan You love LabVIEW

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Why Am I Here?
The Trend: Smaller is Better
Smaller form factors Higher performance processing Increasing memory and storage Decreasing costs

US Consumer PC Sales
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Desktops Laptops Netbooks Tablets

Source: Forrester Research

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Global Mobile Phone OS Market Share

2008 2014
"Dumb" phones, 42% Smartpho nes, 58%

Smartpho nes, 48%

"Dumb" phones, 52%

Source: Frost & Sullivan

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Global Mobile Phone OS Market Share

WebOS, Android, 0%

2008
Other, 10%

1%
iOS, 8% Windows, 12%

WebOS, 2%

2014
Other, 11% Symbian, 42%

Android, 12% Symbian, 52% iOS, 10%

Blackberr y, 17%

Windows, 6%

Blackberr y, 17% Source: Frost & Sullivan

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DEMO

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How It Works
VI Deployed as Web Service XML Data Native Smartphone Apps

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LabVIEW Web Service Architecture

LabVIEW Application LabVIEW Web Service
Request Response

Web Interface

Separate deployed VI from application Communicate via shared variables Provide configuration and administrative control
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Invoking a VI Using Web Services

Deploy VIs from Build Specifications Invoke VI via URL Web Request

Address of Server Name of Web Service Mapping to a VI

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The Problem
We need to get the data to the user.

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The Problem Well-Stated

1. 2. 3.

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The Problem Well-Stated

1. Connect 2. 3.

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The Problem Well-Stated

1. Connect 2. Parse 3.

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The Problem Well-Stated

1. Connect 2. Parse 3. Interact

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APPLE iOS

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iOS Primer
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iOS Primer
1. What is iOS? 2.

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iOS Primer
1. What is iOS? 2.

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iOS Primer
1. What is iOS? 2. How are apps distributed?

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iOS Primer
1. What is iOS? 2. How are apps distributed?

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iOS Primer
1. What is iOS? 2. How are apps distributed?

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GOOGLE ANDROID

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Android Primer
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Android Primer
1. What is Android? 2.

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Android Primer
1. What is Android? 2.

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Android Primer
1. What is Android? 2. How are apps distributed?

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Android Primer
1. What is Android? 2. How are apps distributed?

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Android Primer
1. What is Android? 2. How are apps distributed?

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Show Time!

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Lets Dig In
The plan:
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Lets Dig In
The plan:
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Start a new project

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Lets Dig In
The plan:
Start a new project 2. Build the UI
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Lets Dig In
The plan:
Start a new project 2. Build the UI 3. Get the UI working
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Lets Dig In
The plan:
Start a new project 2. Build the UI 3. Get the UI working 4. Solve the problem
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iOS App Basics

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create a new project Build the UI Add the View objects and actions (.h/.m) Wire the Views and actions (.xib) Add your own logic/functionality

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You Can Get Started Today

Download example code Collaborate with other smartphone/LabVIEW developers Tell us about your applications Submit ideas and feature requests

ni.com/smartphone
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Mobile Computing at NIWeek

ni.com/niweekmobile

demos.niweek.com
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Summary
The mobile computing market is expanding rapidly You can use LabVIEW today to connect your mobile device to your I/O Tell us what you want to do tomorow

Q&A
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