labview basic 1

A. About This Manual ...............................................................................................viii

B. What You Need to Get Started .............................................................................viii

C. Installing the Course Software..............................................................................ix

D. Course Goals.........................................................................................................x

E. Course Conventions..............................................................................................x

A. Software Development Method ............................................................................1-2

Exercise 1-2 Project: State Transition Diagram ....................................................1-11

G. Project ...................................................................................................................1-14

A. Virtual Instruments (VIs)......................................................................................2-2

B. Parts of a VI ..........................................................................................................2-2

C. Starting a VI..........................................................................................................2-4

E. Front Panel............................................................................................................2-12

F. Block Diagram......................................................................................................2-18

Exercise 2-4 Concept: Dataflow............................................................................2-41

J. Building a Simple VI ............................................................................................2-42

Exercise 2-5 Simple AAP VI.................................................................................2-46

K. LabVIEW Help Utilities .......................................................................................2-57

Exercise 2-6 Concept: Using Help ........................................................................2-61

A. Front Panel Design................................................................................................3-2

Exercise 3-4 Concept: While Loops versus For Loops .........................................3-44

F. Timing a VI...........................................................................................................3-47

G. Iterative Data Transfer ..........................................................................................3-48

Exercise 3-5 Average Temperature VI..................................................................3-51

H. Plotting Data .........................................................................................................3-55

Exercise 3-6 Temperature Multiplot VI ................................................................3-61

Exercise 3-7 Project: Determine Warnings VI ......................................................3-71

J. Formula Nodes......................................................................................................3-78

B. Clusters .................................................................................................................4-15

Exercise 4-2 Concept: Clusters..............................................................................4-21

C. Type Definitions ...................................................................................................4-29

Exercise 4-4 Project: Weather Station CTL ..........................................................4-33

A. Correcting Broken VIs..........................................................................................5-2

C. Increasing Measurement Quality ..........................................................................7-12

Exercise 7-1 Concepts: Measurement Fundamentals............................................7-18

A. Hardware...............................................................................................................8-2

B. Software Architecture ...........................................................................................8-5

C. Simulating a DAQ Device ....................................................................................8-8

Exercise 8-1 Concept: MAX ...............................................................................8-9

D. Analog Input .........................................................................................................8-15

Self-Review: Quiz.......................................................................................................8-33

A. Instrument Control................................................................................................9-2

B. GPIB .....................................................................................................................9-2

C. Serial Port Communication...................................................................................9-3

D. Using Other Interfaces ..........................................................................................9-6

E. Software Architecture ...........................................................................................9-7

Exercise 9-1 Concept: GPIB Configuration with MAX .......................................9-9