Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Basic Programming for

Electronics
Dr. Nguyen Viet Chien Email: [email protected]

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Chapter 2 : Basic LabVIEW Programming

Contents:
1. LabVIEW Programming Development
2. Loops and Waveform Graphs
3. Data Files and Character Strings
4. Important Programming Structures: cases, shift registers...

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Outline

Sensor DAQ Algorithm DAQ Output

Display

Load data
Save data

PC

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Graph-based programming:
Graphical icons

Create VI
Create Project:
Includes many VIs

VI: Virtual Instrument

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Switching: Ctrl + E
Graph-based programming:
Graphical icons

Front panel (interface) & Block

diagram (code)

Front panel: knobs, switches,

numeric, graphs, charts...

Block diagram: wire, functions

(VIs)...

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Text-based example Graphic-based example

#include<iostream.h>
#include<stdlib.h> “Plus” operator
(function)
Int main()
Variables
{
Int a, b; // Variable Variables
cout << “Enter a, b”;
cin >> a >> b;
cout << (a+b) // “Plus”
} Numeric:
control
Numeric:
indicator
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➢ Front panel ➢ Block diagram
▪ Controls Palette ▪ Terminals
▪ Controls, Indicators ▪ Variables & Constant
▪ Nodes
▪ Functions palette
▪ Search for Controls, VIs & Functions

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Front panel (user interface): simulate instrument devices
• Controls: knobs, push buttons, numeric, ... -> Input
• Indicators: graphs, LEDS, numeric, ... -> Output

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Right-click on Front panel ->
Controls pallet
Numeric: control & indicator
can be switched (right-click)

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Right-click on
Front panel ->
Controls pallet

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Block diagram (G-code): program the front panel objects
• Terminals, variables, constants, (nodes) functions, structures, wires
• subVIs
Variables
Block diagram Front panel

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Block Diagram
Example

Wires Indicator
Control terminals
terminals

Constant

Structure Node
(function)
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Block Diagram
Terminals: Inputs or outputs
Controls = Inputs
Variables Indicator
Indicators = Outputs Control
Wires
terminals
Constants = Fixed values terminals

Nodes:
build-in functions (+,-,*,/...)
Constant
Or VIs (functions)
Structure Node
(function)

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Wires

*Broken wire: Do nối hai đối tượng với các kiểu dữ liệu không tương thích

Clean Up Wire: LabVIEW tự động chọn một con

đường đi hợp lý nhất cho các dây nối

Ctrl + B: LabVIEW tự động xoá tât cả broken wire

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Block
Diagram
Right-click on
Block diagram
-> Functions
-> Search

Toolbox
functions
Or load VIs
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Block Diagram
View Variable as Icon
Select variable Un-tick
-> Right click -> View as icon

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Block Diagram
Practice: Create the block diagram shown below
You can change the name of indicators, controls,
and constants by double-clicking the label and
typing in the desired name.
If there is no label showing, right-click the desired
object and select Visible Items → Label.

Front panel

Summary:
• Common tools and IDE of LABVIEW
• Front panel, block diagram, functions pallet, controls pallet
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Q&A

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