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Outline
What is LabVIEW LabVIEW VI and Toolboxes Palettes Co t o s a d d cato s Controls and Indicators Functions Graphing

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WhatisLabVIEW?
LabVIEW is Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench. Its Graphical Programming Language We will use LabVIEW for:
Simple programming tasks Data Displaying and Plotting Data Acquisition Control Systems

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LabVIEWVI

Open NewVI

ALabVIEWprogram A LabVIEW program iscalledVirtual InstrumentorVI

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LabVIEWVI LabVIEWVI
Each VI is composed of front panel and block diagram. Front Panel: is the graphical user interface that contains controls and indicators. Block Diagram: is the actual coding. Here you have to construct the connection wiring between the controls, indicators and other icons that represent functions and control structures. Tip: to move back-and-forth from front panel to block diagram use the shortcut crtl+E

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LabVIEWVI
RightClick FrontPanel RightClick BlockDiagram

Tip:usethesearchutilitytofindanycontrol,indicatororfunctionifyouareunable toallocatethem

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Run Continuous Stop Pause Button RunButton Button Button

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ToolsPalette
The tools palette can be viewed from the view menu. The most common tools are indicated below.

Automatictoolselection Operatevaluetool Wiringtool ProbeDatatool

Arrowtool Edittexttool Getcolor G t l Setcolor

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ControlsPalette FrontPanel ControlsPalette

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InsertcontrolsandindicatorsintotheFront Paneltocontrolyourinputandoutputdata

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FunctionsPalette BlockDiagram FunctionsPalette

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ControlsandIndicators
Numerical Controls/indicators: if you are working numerical data

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ControlsandIndicators
Boolean Controls/Indicators: if you are working with logical data

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Numerical&MathConstants

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BooleanConstants
Boolean constants

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WiringColors
Wiresarecolorcodedtocorresponddatatypes.Belowaresomeofthe mostcommondatatypesalongwiththecorrespondingcolor

Integernumeric(single) Integernumeric(array) Floatnumeric(single) ( y) Floatnumeric(array) Boolean

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Inputvs.Output Numericalvs.Numerical

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ControlStructures
For Loop While Loop Case structure st uctu e Sequence Structure

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ForLoop
Theforlooprepeatstheexecutionofitssubdiagramafixednumber oftimes.Numberofrepetitions(iterations)dependsontheinput terminalN.

N:numberofiterations(input) Itisconnectedtoaconstantor acontrol

i=0,1,2,3,...,N1 Itspecifiesthecurrentloop iterationnumber

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ForLoop

Sizeofarrayisequalto numberofiterationN. Thisisthecaseonlyifthe autoindexingisenabled.

Thisiscalledtunnel :ifautoindexingisenabledthentunnel containseveryvaluetheVIwillgenerate. Bydefault,autoindexingisenabledinforloops. Autoindexingmeans:howtheloopwillpassthevalue(s)tothe outside.Itcanbeusedtobuilduparraysifenabled.

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WhileLoop
The while loop repeats the sub diagram inside it until loop condition receives a particular Boolean value value. It can be stopped by: Boolean Button Condition
Currentiterationnumber

Loopcondition Loop condition Continueiftrue

Bydefault,autoindexingisdisabled inwhileloops.

Loopcondition Stopiftrue

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WhileLoopExamples

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CaseandSequenceStructures
Case structure: It is by default has two states, true and false. The value wired to the selector input terminal determines which case sub-diagram is going to be executed. Remember that one case is executed at a time, and the whole case structure is executed once. Unlike Looping structure which can be executed as many times as required. Sequence Structure: Consists of one or more sub-diagram or frames, which are executed sequentially.

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FormulaNode
Perform math operations based on a numerical input. You have to identify the inputs and outputs of the equation programmed in Variable names are case sensitive You can use built in functions such as: abs, exp, sqrt Each statement must be terminated with a semicolon (;)

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SelectorFunctions
It its called selector because it returns at the output either: The input t if s is TRUE. The input f if s is FALSE. p

The inputs t and f should be of the same type. Both should be numerical or both should be Boolean.

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Example1
Write a VI that tests an input number against 5. If it is greater than 5 a green LED will light, otherwise a red LED will light (Use one LED).

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Graphicalindicators
Chart - can be used to plot single values or arrays. Also used y to view history of the data Graph - Plot an array of numbers g against their indices XY Graph - Plot an array of numbers against another
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Example2:Drawsin(t),0 t 10withstepof0.1 Example2:Drawsin( 10withstepof0.1

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Example3:Drawsin(t/)vs.cos(t/),0t 100 Example3:Drawsin(t/)vs.cos(t/),0t

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Example4
A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Write a LabVIEW to determine the depth of the well. Solution: From Newtons law of Motion H= V0 t + at2 Given : V0 = 0 m/s Gi / t = 3.41 s a = g = 9.8 m/s2
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Example4
Write a LabVIEW VI to automatically determine the currentvoltage characteristic for a Resistor. The current-voltage characteristic of the Resistor is to be determined from 0 to 12 Volts. For quick analysis, the currentvoltage characteristic is plotted on an XY graph with no less than 24 samples. Also, note that a 500ms time delay is often required between the setting of the power supply and reading the measurement of the DMM.

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