Monthly Archives: December 2004

Agilent VEE TV Episode 2 – Intro to MATLAB

Check out the latest VEE TV episode at http://www.agilent.com/find/veetv.  There are some fun homages to the movie Office Space in this episode.

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Miscellaneous Enhancements

It seems like every updated version of an existing product tends to contain an assortment of miscelleneous “cats & dogs” enhancements.  Here’s a list of some of those enhancements in the Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003: IO … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Setup & Redist Support

Building an application on Agilent T&M Toolkit has been pretty easy in the past but deploying the app was a right pain in the rear.  You had to install the Agilent IO Libraries, instrument drivers, the .NET Framework redist and the … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Spectrum Data Type

Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003 also supports a Spectrum data type which maps an array of complex values (y axis) to the frequency domain (x axis).  It can be used like so: using Agilent.TMFramework;using Agilent.TMFramework.DataAnalysis;using Agilent.TMFramework.DataVisualization;…FunctionWaveformGenerator … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Matrix Support

Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003 now provides Matrix and ComplexMatrix types.  You can use the Matrix type like so: using Agilent.TMFramework;using Agilent.TMFramework.DataAnalysis;…Matrix m1 = new Matrix(new double[,] {{1.0, 2.0, 3.0},{4.0, 5.0, 6.0}});Matrix m2 = new Matrix(new double[,] {{1.0, … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Test Automation

Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003 ships with Test Automator which is a powerful tool that simplifies your test creation needs. It offers straightforward sequencing design with a multi-purpose results capture table to provide the flexibility and depth … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: Waveform Data Type

One of the new data types in T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003 is the Waveform data type.  It is a pretty simple type that encapsulates a simple time-domain waveform i.e. array of doubles for the y data and … Continue reading

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Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 New Features: InstrumentFinder

Ever since we shipped Toolkit 1.0, we got requests to provide an API to dynamically find instruments just like our Instrument Explorer finds instruments.  With Agilent T&M Toolkit 2.0 for Visual Studio .NET 2003, we delivered on this API and … Continue reading

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NetObjectives Streamzine: GoF Strategy Pattern

NetObjectives is a training and consulting company that specializes in teaching OO analysis & design, agile development processes and design patterns.  I did a brief write-up of tips from a book written by one of the company founders – “Design Patterns Explained“ which is a … Continue reading

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