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To comment oa National Instruments documentation, refer tothe National Instruments Weh site al ai .com/ info ana ener the info code feectbackContents Student Guide ‘A. About This Manual B. What You Need to Get Started C. Installing the Course Software D. Course Goals E. Course Conventions. Lesson 1 Problem Solving A. Software Development Method B. Scenario C. Design D. Implementation E. Testing F. Maintenance. Exercise 1-1 Software Development Method. G. Course Project Lesson 2 Navigating LabVIEW Virtual Instruments (VIs) Parts of a VI Starting a VI Project Explorer Front Panel Window Block Diagram Window Exercise 2-1 Concept: Exploring a VI G. Searching for Controls, VIs, and Functions Exercise 2-2 Concept: Navigating Palettes H. Selecting a Too! Exercise 2-3 Concept: Selecting a Tool 1. Data Flow. : Exercise 2-4 Concept: Data Flow J. Creating a Simple VI Exercise 2-5 Simple AAP VI mmonw> Lesson 3 Troubleshooting and Debugging Vis A. LabVIEW Help Utilities Exercise 3-1 Concept: Using Help ....... B. Correcting Broken Vis. C. Debugging Techniques (© Maton Istuments Corporation w LabVIEW innodction Course ManualContens D. Undefined or Unexpected Data. E. Error Checking and Error Handling, Exercise 3-2 Concept: Debuggi Lesson 4 Implementing a VI A. Designing Front Panel Windows B, LabVIEW Data Types C. Documenting Code Exercise 4-1 Determine Warnings VI D. While Loops. Exercise 4-2. Auto Match VI E. For Loops. Exercise 4-3 Concept: While Loops versus For Loops. F, Timing a VI G. Iterative Data Transfer Exercise 44 Average Temperature VI H. Plotting Data... Exercise 4-5 Temperature Multiplot VI. 1. Case Structures Exercise 4-6 Determine Warnings VI J. Formula Nodes. Exercise 4-7 Self-Study: Square Root VI. Exercise 4-8 Self-Study: Determine Warnings VI (Challenge) Exercise 4-9 Self-Study: Determine More Warnings V1 Lesson 5 Relating Data A. Arrays cc Exercise 5-1 Concept: Manipulating Arrays B. Clusters : Exercise 5-2 Concept: Clusters. C. Type Definitions Exercise 5-3 Type Definition Lesson 6 omy Measurement Data . Understanding File /O .. B. Understanding High-Level File 0. Exercise 6-1 Spreadsheet Example VI C. Understanding Low-Level File V/O. Exercise 6-2 Temperature Log VI Exercise 6-3 Self-Study: Read VCard VI... LabVIEW tnroastion Course Manua! " 317 od18 3-21 4-2 4-9 4-16 419 4-26 4-30 437 441 4-44 4-45 4-48 4-52 4-58 4-63 4-69 4-74 4-76 4-80 4-83 5-2 5-1 5-14 5-20 5-26 5-30 e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ e e @ @ @ o @ 6 @ e e aLesson 7 Developing Modular Applications A. Understanding Modularity... B. Building the leon and Connector Pane C. Using SubVIs.... Exercise 7-1 Determine Warnings VI. Lesson 8 Acquiring Data A. Using Hardware... B. Communicating with Hardware C. Simulating a DAQ Device .. Exercise 8-1 Concept: MAX. D. Measuring Analog Input Exercise 8-2 Triggered Analog Input VI E. Generating Analog Output F. Using Counters... Exercise 8-3 Count Events VI G. Using Digital LO ...... Exercise 8-4 Optional: Digital Count VI........ Lesson 9 Instrument Control A. Using Instrument Control .. B. Using GPIB. C. Using Serial Port Communication D. Using Other Interfaces E. Sofiware Architecture Exercise 9-1 Concept: GPIB Configuration with MAX. F._ Using the Instrument I/O Assistant. Exercise 9-2 Concept: Instrument /O Assistant G. Using VISA... Exercise 9-3 VISA Write and Read VI H. Using Instrument Drivers. Exercise 9-4 Concept: NI Devsim VI Lesson 10 Common Design Techniques and Patterns A. Using Sequential Programming... B. Using State Programming. C. State Machines...... Exercise 10-1 State Machine VI D. Using Parallelism. (© Maton instruments Corporation v Contents 7-2 7-3 7-9 TA 85 8-10 8-11 8-17 8-19 8-24 8-26 8-27 8-30 831 10-2 10-5 10-5 10-14 10-21 LabVIEW iodetion Course ManualContes Appendix A Analyzing and Processing Numeric Data A. Choosing the Correct Method for Analysis a : A2 B. Analysis Categories . Ad Exercise A-|_— Concept: Analysis Types, ™ me seeererseere AO Appendix B Measurement Fundamentals ‘A. Using Computer-Based Measurement Systems B-2 B. Understanding Measurement Concepts : B-3 C. Increasing Measurement Quality... sieueaBel2 Exercise B-1 Concepts: Measurement Fundamentals. a eee BLS. Appendix C CAN: Controller Area Network A. History of CAN B. CAN Basics i Exercise C0 Concept: CAN Device Setup C. Channel Configuration Exercise C-1_ Channel Configuration D. CAN APIs : ete E, CAN Programming in LabVIEW (Channel APD) Exercise C-2 Read and Write CAN Channels... Exercise C-3. Synchronize CAN & DAQ. Appendix D Additional Information and Resources Index Course Evaluation Labview troauton Ce