Audience: 

• New LabVIEW users 

• Users and technical managers evaluating LabVIEW in purchasing decisions 

• LabVIEW users pursuing the Certified LabVIEW Developer certification 

After attending this course you will be able to: 

• Develop PC-based data acquisition, analysis, and display applications

• Create user interfaces with strip charts, graphs, and buttons 

• Acquire analog waveforms using a data acquisition board •Perform measurements, store the data in a file, and retrieve it later 

• Use an instrument driver 

• Collect temperature data using temperature sensors and log it to a file 

• Save data in files that you can retrieve with a spreadsheet program 

• Control a GPIB instrument 

• Develop applications that use the serial port 

• Develop modular and reusable functions 

Prerequisites: 

• Experience with Microsoft Windows. Programming experience is helpful. 
  

You will cover:

Introduction to LabVIEW

• Overview of virtual instruments and data flow programming

• Description of the LabVIEW environment, its tools, and its features

• Discussion of LabVIEW online help and user documentation

Creating, Editing, and Debugging VIs (virtual Instruments)

• Understanding three components of a VI – front panel, block diagram, and

• icon/connector pane

• Working with controls and indicators

• Techniques for editing and debugging VIs

Creating a SubVI

• Understanding block diagram hierarchy

• Developing modular applications for reuse and testing

• Using connectors for passing data to and from a SubVI

• Creating a SubVI from sections of a block diagram

Loops and Charts

• Using loops to repeat execution

• Acquiring data at timed intervals

• Displaying data on strip charts

• Manipulating chart data using chart options like auto scaling, zooming, and scrolling

• Using shift registers to perform running averages on acquired data

Arrays, Graphs, and Clusters

• Overview of arrays for data storage

• Using auto-indexing to facilitate data collection and analysis

• Manipulating arrays with the array functions

• Understanding polymorphism (ability to handle multiple data types)

• Displaying data on waveform and X-Y graphs

• Bundling different data types using clusters

• Manipulating clusters with the cluster functions

Case and Sequence Structures

• Using case structures to perform conditional execution

• Using sequence structures to control the order of execution

• Improving the readability of your application by avoiding sequence structure overuse

• Using the formula node to directly enter expressions in your block diagram

Classroom/Laboratory Exercises:

• DAQ and GPIB simulators and ISA plug-in boards are used

Course Materials:

• LabVIEW Basics Training Manual

• LabVIEW Basics Diskettes including examples and solutions

 

NI Course 910013

3 days

FEE: $1,599

This course is available on the following dates in: Remainder of 2008
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	Philadelphia
- June 9-10-11 - August 11-12-13 - October 27-28-29 - December 1-2-3	- July 7-8-9     - September 15-16-17     - November 10-11-12	Scheduled by request.

Courses are regularly offered throughout the year. Customized courses and alternative training schedules are available either on-site or at our permanent facility. Course descriptions and current course schedules are available upon request.

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