Original Code Consulting

DMT Code Source

In early 2012, Original Code Consulting combined resources with Droplet Measurement Technologies to create a new National Instrument Alliance Member, DMT Code Source. DMT Code Source combines over 15 years of LabVIEW development and system integration experience of Original Code with the engineering and business resources of Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). DMT is a well-established high-tech company in Boulder, Colorado, which has been creating custom and production scientific instrumentation to the atmospheric sciences community for over 22 years. By leveraging the resources of DMT with the experience of Original Code, we can now offer an even wider range of services and solutions. Inquiries are welcome to either Original Code Consulting or DMT Code Source.

Original Code Consulting provides LabVIEW programming from instrument drivers to complete applications. I have over 19 years of LabVIEW experience in laboratory data acquisition, experiment control, and data analysis and review tools, and over 14 years as a LabVIEW consultant in Colorado. My previous projects have included serial, GPIB, DAQ, and custom interfaces to mass spectrometers, test and measurement equipment, high speed digitizers, analytical chemistry instruments, and laser and optical systems. In addition to working with NI hardware, I have written drivers and programs for instruments and plug-in boards from numerous other manufacturers. In addition to working with clients throughout Colorado, I have helped customers throughout the United States and in Europe,

I provide cost-effective programming solutions designed with long-term maintainability in mind. My emphasis is on well-documented, quality code with a highly-functional, easy-to-understand user interface. End-user support is available to ensure successful implementation and full compliance with the customer’s specifications. A discounted rate is available for educational and government institutions.

Previous Experience

LabVIEW Programming	Instruments	Interfaces
Instrument Drivers	Digital Oscilloscopes	RS232
Data Acquisition	High Speed Digitizers	RS485
Data Analysis and Display	Lasers	SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)
Instrument Control	Laser Power Meters	GPIB
Process Monitoring	Power Supplies	VISA
	Pulse Generators	NI-DAQ
Systems	GPS	FieldPoint
Lasers / Optical Systems	Analytical Chemistry Instruments	Motion Control
Mass Spectrometers	Micro-Positioners	Plug-In Cards
Industrial Processes	Particle Counters	Custom Interfaces
Test and Measurement	Multi-Channel Analyzers	USB Instruments
Laboratory / Field / Aircraft / Balloon	Aerosol Instrumentation	Communication Interfaces via DLLs

I have been a LabVIEW programmer since version 2.0 and have been a beta tester for LabVIEW versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 8.20, and 2011 as well as for several add-on toolkits and National Instruments hardware products. Several yeasr ago, I participated in the Mindstorms Developer Program, acting as a beta tester for the new Mindstorms NXT hardware and software (which is based on LabVIEW). Besides extensive experience with LabVIEW itself, I am proficient in using LabVIEW RT (Real Time), and LabVIEW FPGA. In addition, I have performed tests in cooperation with National Instruments for validating PXI, Compact FieldPoint, and CompactRIO hardware for operation at high altitudes/low pressure.

My largest LabVIEW project has been the Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry Instrument (PALMS), which I have helped build and operate at the NOAA Aeronomy Lab in Boulder, Colorado. PALMS is a complex, state-of-the-art instrument that measures the chemical composition of individual atmospheric particles. It operates completely autonomously on a high-altitude aircraft or under operator control in the laboratory or at ground-based field stations. The software is composed of 6 independent, parallel tasks that control the instrument, maintain it in a safe operating state, and acquire the science data and monitoring data. This program includes over two dozen custom drivers for commercial and custom hardware components. More information on this instrument can be found on the PALMS website and on my publications page.

    As a contractor, I have done LabVIEW consulting on several other aerosol instruments, including particle sizers and counters, aerosol spectrometers, the Single Particle Soot Photometer made by Droplet Measurement Technologies, and the Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber (CFDC) operated by Paul DeMott's group at Colorado State University. The CFDC is an instrument for studying the ice nucleation properties of aerosol particles. Several years ago, the CFDC and PALMS were brought together for field measurements at the Storm Peak Laboratory near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to investigate the composition of ice-nucleating particles.
    Many examples of my previous work are described on this web site, including previous scientific and utiltity LabVIEW programs, drivers for various instruments available for free download, and several publications and presentations I have written, including two that were selected as finalists in the Research catagory for the NIWeek paper contest.
    One of the most recent additions to this website is the OCC Streaming Data System, a flexible suite of components that make it easy to read a wide variety of data streams into any LabVIEW program.

I have been involved with Colorado LabVIEW user groups for many years, and since mid-2004, I have been helping to organize a user group for advanced LabVIEW programmers throughout Colorado. The group is known as ALARM (Advanced LabVIEW Architects of the Rocky Mountains) and meets bi-monthly, alternating between Golden and Boulder, Colorado. Visit the ALARM website for information about future meetings.

As of September, 2006, Original Code Consulting has fulfilled its commitment to becoming a Zero Net Carbon Emissions Company and all of our electricity is wind-powered. In 2011, we installed a solar photo-voltaic system, and now get 75% of our electricity from the sun!

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