LabVIEW Introduction: A Comprehensive Guide to Building and Running Virtual Instruments - , Lab Reports of Physics

Download LabVIEW Introduction: A Comprehensive Guide to Building and Running Virtual Instruments - and more Lab Reports Physics in PDF only on Docsity! LABVIEW INTRODUCTION • LabVIEW basics • LabVIEW components • functions & subVIs • building & running a VI LABVIEW BASICS LabVIEW • LabVIEW: Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench • G-programming language • VI’s: virtual intruments • data flow programming Useful Resources • LabVIEW Bookshelf • Getting Started with LabVIEW • LabVIEW Tutorial • LabVIEW User Manual • LabVIEW Example VIs • LabVIEW Basics Interactive Basic LabVIEW Procedures • start LabVIEW • new VI • open VI • save VI & save VI as (.vi) • run VI • continuous run VI • abort VI Components of Virtual Instruments • front panel - controls - indicators • block diagram - nodes - terminals - wires - structures LabVIEW Environment • tools palette - quick selection with tab and space - automatic tool selection • control palette • functions palette • menus • toolbar LabVIEW Intro 2 LABVIEW COMPONENTS Front Panel Objects • show/hide label • show/hide caption • find terminal • find control/indicator • change to control/indicator • reinitialize to default value • make current value default • text font • color Numeric Controls & Indicators • digital controls/indicators • slide & rotary controls/indicators • unit label • representation • data range • format & precision Boolean Controls & Indicators String Contorls & Indicators Path Controls & Indicators Array Controls & Indicators Cluster Controls & Indicators Ring Controls Waveform Control Data Types • floating point: single, double, & extended precision • complex floating point: single, double, & extended precision • signed integer: 8-bit, 16-bit, & 32-bit • unsigned integer: 8-bit, 16—bit, 32-bit • boolean: 1-bit • string: bytes of ASCII characters • array • cluster • path • waveform: to, dt, Y Constants • user-defined constants