Two State-of-the-art IO-Link Products in the Same Office Building

Two State-of-the-art IO-Link Products in the Same Office Building!

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In most cases, you go online to find information about new products and interesting theories. A Google search or skimming a newsletter, and we're fast forward. But as we also know, it’s sometimes the informal conversations that can result in knowledge sharing and sales. This scenario is exactly the case in this story where it has turned out that there are two world news about IO-Link in the same house.

Two IO-Link World News in the Same Office Building

At GPower, we are part of a larger office community at Point Nordic in Hinnerup near Aarhus. This is also the case for Wika resulting in great news within IO-Link.

While Wika is behind the world’s first IO-Link pressure sensor with 360° LED status display (Wika A-1200 IO-Link 1.1), GPower has the world’s first IO-Link Toolkit for LabVIEW and TestStand.

How Is It Revolutionary?

The revolutionary element about Wika’s product is that it’s the first IO-Link pressure sensor with a 360° LED status display (see picture). A product that enables operators and repairers to quickly see if everything is OK or if problems need to be solved.

If a green signal is displayed, everything is OK. When a yellow signal is displayed, a critical condition has occurred, and when a red signal is displayed, a definite error is the case. You can use an IO-Link command to make the status LED flash, so you can easily find the device you want to work with in a setup with many devices.

The revolutionary thing about GPower IO-Link, on the other hand, is that the product enables you to easily and quickly connect your IO-Link devices to NI’s tool chain. By simply installing a toolkit, GPower IO-Link provides access to data from more than 30,000 devices in the LabVIEW code. In addition, we have taken our own medicine by using our IO-Link LabVIEW Toolkit to build IO-Link step types for TestStand.

“During the development of GPower IO-Link, we went to great lengths to obtain various IO-Link compatible devices to test our product. It was only after the release of the first version that we accidentally discovered that Wika, who is housed in the same building as us, has IO-Link units in their portfolio. I hope that we can help each other finding areas of application for our products in the future,” says senior specialist at GPower, Jens Christian Ø. Andersen.

Get to Know the IO-Link Products Better [Video]

Mekan and GPower Enter into a Strategic Collaboration

Mekan and GPower Enter into a Strategic Collaboration

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In order to be able to deliver 360° solutions, it is absolutely crucial as a software company to enter into strategic collaboration agreements with various hardware companies. In addition to a long-standing collaboration with NI (National Instruments), we are proud to present our new partner Mekan. Mekan offers mechanical solutions for test, development, and production in the electronics industry.

From Consulting to 360° Solutions

In recent years, we have gone from focusing on consulting tasks to being a 360° partner. So, from being responsible for “only” the software solution, we are now in charge of the entire project in almost all cases. A change that make strategic collaboration agreements with various hardware suppliers absolutely necessary.

We are therefore proud to present this agreement with Mekan. Mekan will be included as hardware experts in relation to mechanical solutions for test, development, and production for the electronics industry.

Mekan in Short

Besides offering mechanical solutions for test, development, and production in the electronics industry, Mekan is well known for:

    • Designing product-specific test fixtures from low to high complexity and production volume
    • Designing product-specific tools and assembly and holding fixtures
    • Developing and manufacturing prototypes and special solutions

Read more about Mekan

Morten Balzer

New Key Account Manager at GPower

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While we are experiencing an increasing demand of our services, we have chosen to focus on our customers. A focus resulting in an organizational change in our sales department where Morten Baltzer is now at the helm as GPower's Key Account Manager.

Increased Focus on Key Account Management

Since Morten’s employment, the plan for him has been to combine software development and sales. However, because of significantly increased sales activity, we have already made an organizational change which means that Morten will primarily be focusing on sales management as GPower’s new Key Account Manager. As Key Account Manager, Morten will, among other things, take care of key accounts, define sales strategies, and build long-term relationships.

Morten Baltzer is a trained mechanical engineer with many years of experience as a certified test engineer. Moreover, Morten has worked at NI (National Instruments) acquiring a great deal of knowledge about NI’s software and hardware products on which we build our business on, among others.

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”The combination of Key Account Management and the experience developing test systems makes Morten capable of bringing the technical understanding to the table, identify our customers’ needs, and create better communication throughout the sales process. We already see positive results from these activities and organizational change”, says GPower’s CEO, Martin Boje.

Book a Meeting

If you would like to meet Morten Baltzer, feel free to contact him on phone or by email. Then, Morten offers a cup of coffee at our office in Hinnerup near Aarhus. Also, he is ready to visit your office! ☕

Download IO-Link til LabVIEW og TestStand gratis

Download IO-Link for LabVIEW and TestStand for Free!

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Are you a LabVIEW or TestStand developer, you should really try GPower IO-Link! A universal driver for more than 30,000 IO-Link devices! For the first time, it's plug 'n' play to access encoders, digital and analog IO, laser rangers, light towers, button presses and much more just by loading their IODD file in LabVIEW or TestStand.

Introduction

Even though IO-Link has been around for more than a decade there has been no easy way to connect the devices with the NI tool chain. This is why the GPower IO-Link is revolutionary. By installing just one toolkit you gain access to data from more than 30.000 devices right in your LabVIEW code. Moreover, we have taken our own medicine and utilized our IO-Link LabVIEW Toolkit to build a set of IO-Link step types for TestStand.

Click Here and Download Free Demos for IO-Link!

WUELUG14 Code Quality & Design for Reuse Steen-Schmidt

WUELUG14: Code Quality & Design for Reuse – Steen Secher Schmidt

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Did you miss WUELUG14 (Thursday, 28. October), including the presentation “Code Quality & Design for Reuse” by our founder and CTO, Steen Secher Schmidt? If so, you can now watch the presentation in this post.

The topic for the 14th meeting of the WUELUG on October 28, 2021, was “Dependencies and Packages”. Here, the presenters talked about different strategies of managing dependencies and tools like VIPM and NI Package Manager.

Clean, Efficient, and Reusable LabVIEW code

Do you want to know more about clean, efficient, and reusable NI (National Instruments) LabVIEW code? Then watch the presentation below by our founder and CTO, Steen Secher Schmidt, who was among the three profiles to present at WUELUG14:

Agenda of the Day:

    • 5:00 – 5:10: Introduction
    • 5:10 – 5:30: Keeping dependencies inside your project repository (Joerg Hampel)
    • 5:30 – 6:00: Package Management using Conan (Stefan Lemmens)
    • 6:00 – 7:00: Code Quality and Design for Reuse (Steen Schmidt)

Why WUELUG?

One way of giving back to a community is making the effort of bringing people together, helping them meet new friends and connect to each other. That’s why, together with NI, we’re starting up the LabVIEW User Group Wuerzburg (short: WUELUG)!

Read more about WUELUG

Simon Sejer Pedersen

Welcome to GPower, Simon!

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At GPower, we welcome Simon Sejer Pedersen who has become part of our development team from today. Despite his young age and academic degree from Aarhus University, Simon has already been on stage at NIWeek in Austin, Texas, where we met him first time.

Simon is a newly graduated with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Aarhus University. As a part of his studies, Simon has a specialization in business understanding and has, among other things, worked with design, testing, and analysis of new methodologies for vacuum drying and vibrations in wind turbine towers. Furthermore, Simon has i.e., worked with test and measurement equipment setup, quality assurance, and data analysis which is consistent with GPower’s core competences.

In addition to study experience, Simon also has experience with test and measurement systems from his internship at Siemens Gamesa. Here, he has worked with thermodynamic and mechanical systems among others. In previous projects, Simon has, moreover, dealt with everything from initial design of test set-up and preparation of software to data analysis and collection before, during, and after a project.

Simon is a former Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) and well on his way to becoming a Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD).

Reunion Joy from NIWeek 2019

However, it is not the first time we have encountered Simon. We met him i.e., at NIWeek 2019 in Austin where he and a group of fellow students presented an autonomous robot for Arctic use. A project – and a presentation – resulting in a 2nd place, while they won the audience award at the same event. In addition, the project also won the SDG Sustainary’s Best Research Category at the SDG Tech Awards 2019.

Why GPower?

“I wanted to be part of GPower because it’s exciting working with test and measurement technologies. I see GPower as a smaller specialist team focusing on knowledge sharing and interdisciplinarity. This means, among other things, that I can become wiser based on internal knowhow and many years of LabVIEW and TestStand experience. Furthermore, it suits me well being part of a company with exciting customers and different projects to satisfy a wide range of personal interests. I look forward to getting started on projects contributing to automation, increased quality, and greater benefit of test results for our stakeholders” – Simon Sejer Pedersen.

Mød GPower til [Re]Connect

Do You Miss NIDays? Meet GPower at [Re]Connect in Copenhagen

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While NI (National Instruments) has previously been the organizer of the annual NIDays in various parts of the world, this event has now been replaced by [Re]Connect. A test and measurement conference organized by NI and CNRood Technologies. Read more about time, place, and registration in this post.

Are you an engineer, scientist, or manager, and do you want to hear more about the latest testing and measurement technologies, including topics such as test strategy, LabVIEW, and PXI? Then join [Re]Connect and experience exciting keynotes and partner sessions. Among others, our CTO, Steen Secher Schmidt, will give a presentation entitled: “Modular Software: The Secret behind Low Cost and High Value”.

Just as NIDays, there will be networking opportunities throughout the event in the exhibition area, where NI Alliance Partners will have a stand.

See participating NI Alliance Partners here

Where and when?

[Re]Connect will take place on October 7, 2021, in Copenhagen, Scandic Kødbyen from 8.30 am:

    • 8:30 Doors open. Enjoy a coffee, water or tea
    • 9:30 Keynote “Building State of the Art Test and Measurement Systems” by CNRood
    • 10:00 Keynote “NI and the new partner channel network” by NI
    • 10:30 Break, enjoy a coffee, water or tea
    • 11:00 “What’s New in Software, including LabVIEW 2021” by NI
    • 11:45 “What’s New in Hardware, including PXI” by NI
    • 12:30 Buffet Lunch
    • 13:30 Partner Session(s) >> Download the full agenda
    • 15:00 Break, enjoy a coffee, water or tea
    • 15:30 Partner Session(s) continued
    • 16:30 Closing Presentation (raffle with a gift, a MyDAQ)

Free Registration

Want to learn more about the latest testing and measurement technologies and talk to us NI partners? Sign up for free by clicking on this link.

Marck Holm Hansen erny LabVIEW Champion

GPower Celebrates New LabVIEW Champion!

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Today is a big day for GPower. In addition to the fact that our founder has been the only LabVIEW Champion in Denmark so far, our Tech Lead, Marck Holm Hansen, has just been awarded the same title! An appointment that emphasizes our LabVIEW skills to a great extent. In short, LabVIEW is a visual programming language from NI which is especially used for test, measurement, and control.

What Is a LabVIEW Champion?

As a LabVIEW Champion, you have been recognized by NI for application development, technical depth and breadth, and leadership and contributions to the LabVIEW community. In addition to being credible technology experts from around the world who inspire others to learn and grow with LabVIEW through active technical community participation and face-to-face interactions, LabVIEW Champions are also characterized by being positive contributors and part of the success of LabVIEW. 

Read more about LabVIEW Champions 

The Only LabVIEW Champion Team in Denmark

In addition to being the only LabVIEW Champion team in Denmark, GPower is also the highest certified team within LabVIEW and TestStand. An average that supports the fact that we can solve the most demanding software challenges within test, measurement, and control.  

Read more about GPower  

A Statement from our New Champion

“I am super honored to have become a LabVIEW Champion and I look forward to representing NI and the Danish LabVIEW Community. In addition, I look forward to benefits e.g., having direct access to NI’s R&D team, the opportunity to influence the development of NI’s products, and prioritizing important NI features. 

I participate in both online and physical events such as ”NIWeek”, ”CLA Summit”, and “LabVIEW Mastermind”. Here, we spend time discussing challenges, solutions, and general development within LabVIEW and TestStand. Besides participating events, my goal is also to help Danish LabVIEW interested parties to get started – Marck Holm Hansen. 

See Marck’s LabVIEW Champion Badge 

IO-Link for LabVIEW and TestStand

GPower IO-Link for LabVIEW & TestStand [Download Free Trial Versions]

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Are you a LabVIEW or TestStand developer, you should really watch this video and try GPower IO-Link! A universal driver for more than 30,000 IO-Link devices!

IO-Link for LabVIEW and TestStand

Even though IO-Link has been around for more than a decade there has been no easy way to connect the devices with the NI tool chain. This is why the GPower IO-Link is revolutionary. By installing just one toolkit you gain access to data from more than 30.000 devices right in your LabVIEW code. Moreover, we have taken our own medicine and utilized our IO-Link LabVIEW Toolkit to build a set of IO-Link step types for TestStand.

A Revolutionary Product Including...

LabVIEW driver for IO-Link Masters

    • LabVIEW driver API with LabVIEW Palette
    • Easy access to all parameters of IO-Link devices thanks to the simple download of IODD files
    • Easy installation using VI Package Manager

TestStand Step Type for IO-link Masters

    • Easy access to all parameters of IO-Link devices thanks to the simple download of IODD files
    • Direct integration to TestStand variables
    • Easy installation using NI Package Manager

Download Free Trial Versions

We hope this trigged your interest in IO-Link products and our tools for accessing them from the NI software tool chain. You can download free trial versions and learn more by visiting our website: https://gpower.io/en/products/io-link-labview-teststand/.

#iolink #plugnplay #encoders #ioddfile

Want to know more? Please contact our Senior Specialist, Jens Christian Andersen.