Rube Goldberg Code

[James_W]

Not really sure if this is a Rube or not - not really sure what this is:

Found this in a driver module for an Elprotronic chip driver "Oscillator.vi".

Kudos to:

1) Whoever managed to write this and deploy it - How did they create a while loop with no wired conditional terminal. This is an infinite loop.

2) NI for such an amazing "feature" in the timed loop!

Can anyone explain why this "works"?

James

[bsvare]

You have a "Timed Loop" structure:

According to help

"Unlike the While Loop, the Timed Loop does not require wiring to the stop terminal. If you do not wire anything to the stop terminal, the loop will run interminably."

Refer to the Timed Loop (FPGA Module) topic for more information about using and configuring the Timed Loop in FPGA Vis."

[JÞB]

I imagine that somewhere else in that driver you will find something like this:

Yeah, timed loops can be stopped remotely

[JW-JnJ]

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@JÞB wrote:

I imagine that somewhere else in that driver you will find something like this:

Yeah, timed loops can be stopped remotely

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Holy obfuscation batman!

[Jacobson-ni]

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@JÞB wrote:

I imagine that somewhere else in that driver you will find something like this:

Yeah, timed loops can be stopped remotely

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They might know about this feature but they also didn't explicitly wire a structure name and kept the default name of "L198724412" so I bet there is a good chance it's just an infinite loop.

[James_W]

Simple question.

In the time it took for me work work out my reply (msg 3) I was beaten by msg 2!

I would like to take loads of credit for ofuconfususication -  or whatever the long word is you keep using!

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Access-directly-to-Cluster-on-Front-Panel-inside-other-control/m-p/3...

James

[JÞB]

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@James_W wrote:

Simple question.

In the time it took for me work work out my reply (msg 3) I was beaten by msg 2!

I would like to take loads of credit for ofuconfususication -  or whatever the long word is you keep using!

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Access-directly-to-Cluster-on-Front-Panel-inside-other-control/m-p/3...

James

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Obfuscation

[James_W]

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@JÞB wrote:

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Obfuscation

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yup that's the one Jeff

Obvious-flipping-confusin-ion

[altenbach]

Or more appropriately. Obfuscation (software), except that many examples of this thread are not deliberate. 😄

[altenbach]

We've seen the "Equal TRUE logic" over and over here, so for a change in scenery, let's try a "Not equal FALSE" 😮 There are many ways to write Rube Goldberg code!

 

(seen here)