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LabVIEW State Machine

The document discusses using state machines to structure LabVIEW code. It notes that new LabVIEW programmers often put all code in a while loop without structure. A state machine uses a while loop, shift register, case structure, and selector to organize code into different states. Structuring code with state machines, a project explorer, and subVIs helps prevent code from growing uncontrolled and improves modularity, readability, and reuse. State machines are a fundamental architecture for building LabVIEW applications.

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LabVIEW State Machine

The document discusses using state machines to structure LabVIEW code. It notes that new LabVIEW programmers often put all code in a while loop without structure. A state machine uses a while loop, shift register, case structure, and selector to organize code into different states. Structuring code with state machines, a project explorer, and subVIs helps prevent code from growing uncontrolled and improves modularity, readability, and reuse. State machines are a fundamental architecture for building LabVIEW applications.

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LabVIEW
State Machine
Creating LabVIEW Applications using the State Machine Principles

Hans-Petter Halvorsen
LabVIEW
• LabVIEW is a graphical programming language
• LabVIEW has powerful features for Simulation,
Control, Vision and DAQ Applications
Resources:
• https://halvorsen.blog/documents/programming/labview/
• https://halvorsen.blog/documents/teaching/courses/labview_automation.php

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While Loop
Basic LabVIEW Example

New LabVIEW Programmers that has


not learned about the State Machine
principles tends to put all their code
into a While loop without no structure

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Simple LabVIEW VIs vs. LabVIEW Applications
• Typically engineers often create simple LabVIEW VIs
that eventually grow out of control, because they don't
have the proper structure and best practices.
• The solution to this problem is organizing your code
and data in a way that enables modularity, readability,
and reuse.
• Using a state machine approach is a good way to make
it right from the early beginning.

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State Machine
The state machine is one of the fundamental architectures
LabVIEW developers frequently use to build applications

In LabVIEW software, you can create a basic state machine


with a While loop, a Shift Register, a Case Structure, and
some form of case selector
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While Loop Case Structure

State Machine
Event Structure
Example
Shift Register

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Structure your Code!
• Use the State Machine principles
• Use the Project Explorer
• Create and use SubVIs

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Project Explorer

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SubVIs

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LabVIEW Example

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Hans-Petter Halvorsen
University of South-Eastern Norway
www.usn.no

E-mail: [email protected]
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