LabVIEW Training Days

Introduction to LabVIEW 2009

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 Agenda

TOPICS
A. Virtual Instruments (VIs) F. Shift Register
B. Front Panel/Block G. Case structure
Diagram H. State Machine design
C. Dataflow I. LabVIEW toolkits &
D. LabVIEW Project module
E. While loop J. Where to find information
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A. Virtual Instruments (VIs)

Virtual Instrument (VI) – A LabVIEW

program

The appearance and operation of VIs imitate physical instruments,

such as oscilloscopes and digital multimeters.

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B. Parts of a VI

LabVIEW VIs contain three main components:

1. Front Panel 2. Block Diagram 3. Icon/Connector Pane

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B. Parts of a VI – Front Panel

Front Panel – User interface for the VI

You build the front panel

with controls (inputs) and
indicators (outputs)

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B. Parts of a VI – Block Diagram

Block Diagram – Contains the

graphical source code

Front panel objects

appear as terminals on
the block diagram

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B. Parts of a VI – Icon/Connector Pane
• Icon: graphical representation of a VI
• Connector Pane: map of the inputs and outputs of a VI
• Icons and connector panes are necessary to use a VI as
a subVI
− A subVI is a VI that is inside of another VI
− Similar to a function in a text-based programming
language
Icon Connector Pane

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B. Starting a VI

Demonstrate using the

Getting Started dialog
box and the New dialog
box to start a VI.

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B. Front Panel – Controls Palette
• Contains the controls and indicators you use to
create the front panel
• Access from the front panel by selecting
View»Controls Palette

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B. Block Diagram – Functions Palette
Contains the VIs, functions, and constants
you use to create the block diagram

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C. Dataflow
LabVIEW follows a dataflow model for running VIs
• A node executes only when data are available at all of its
input terminals
• A node supplies data to the output terminals only when the
node finishes execution

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D. Project Explorer
Use LabVIEW Projects to:
• Group LabVIEW files and non-LabVIEW files
• Create build specifications
• Deploy or download files to targets

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E. While Loops

Repeat (code);
Until Condition met;
End;

LabVIEW While Loop Flowchart Pseudo Code

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E. While Loops

• Iteration terminal: returns number of times loop has

executed; zero indexed
• Conditional terminal: defines when the loop stops

Iteration Terminal Conditional Terminal

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E. While Loops – Tunnels

• Tunnels transfer data into and out of structures

• The tunnel adopts the color of the data type wired to the
tunnel
• Data pass out of a loop after the loop terminates
• When a tunnel
passes data into
a loop, the loop
executes only
after data arrive
at the tunnel

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F. Iterative Data Transfer

• When programming with loops, you often need to know the

values of data from previous iterations of the loop
• Shift registers transfer values from one loop iteration to the
next

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G. Case Structures
• Have two or more subdiagrams or cases
• Execute and displays only one case at a time
• An input value determines which subdiagram to execute
• Similar to c a s e statements or i f . . . t h e n . .. e ls e
statements in text-based programming languages

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G. Case Structures – Enum
• Gives users a list of items from which to select
• The case selector displays a case for each item in the
enumerated type control

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H. State Machines

• The state machine design pattern implements a state

diagram or flow chart
• When to use state machines?
− Commonly used to create user interfaces, where different user
actions send the user interface into different states
− Commonly used for process tests, where a state represents
each segment of the process

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H. State Machines – Infrastructure

• A state machine consists of a set of states and a transition

function that maps to the next state
• Each state can lead to one or multiple states or end the
process flow

While Loop

Shift Register Case Structure ni.com/training

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LabVIEW Core Training Path
New User Experienced User
LabVIEW Core 1 LabVIEW Core 3 Managing Software
Engineering in LabVIEW
LabVIEW Core 2
Skills learned: LabVIEW OOP System
• Modular application Design
Skills learned:
• LabVIEW environment development Advanced Architectures
navigation • Structured design and in LabVIEW
• Dataflow programming development practices
Skills learned:
• Use of common design • Inter-application • Manage a LabVIEW project from
techniques communication and design to deployment

• Event driven programming connectivity techniques • Object-oriented programming for

LabVIEW
• Programmatic UI control • Develop scalable applications and
reusable code
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Developer Exam Developer Exam Architect Exam
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• LabVIEW environment • LabVIEW application • LabVIEW application
knowledge development expertise development mastery

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