Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers

Chapter 1. The While Loop and Waveform Chart
Sine Wave Plot Using A While Loop And Waveform Chart Block Diagram Editing LabVIEW Help Front Panel Editing Pop-Up Menu Finishing the Program Program Execution Program Improvements Date-Type Representations Automatic Creation Feature Program Storage Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 2. The For Loop and Waveform Graph
Sine Wave Plot Using A For Loop And Waveform Graph Waveform Graph Owned and Free Labels Creation of Sine Wave using For Loop Cloning Block-Diagram Icons Auto-Indexing Feature Running the VI X-Axis Calibration of the Waveform Graph Sine Wave Plot Using A While Loop And Waveform Graph Array Indicators and the Probe Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 3. The Mathscript Node and XY Graph
Sine Wave Plot Using A Mathscript Node And Waveform Graph Debugging with Error List Waveform Simulator Using A Mathscript Node and XY Graph Creating an XY Cluster Running the VI Mathscript Interactive Window Adding Shape Options to Waveform Simulator The Enumerated Type Control Finishing the Block Diagram Running the VI Control and Indicator Clusters Creating an Icon Using the Icon Editor Icon Design Connector Assignment Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 4. Data Acquisition using DAQ Assistant
Data Acquisition VIs Data Acquisition Hardware Analog Input Modes Range and Resolution Sampling Frequency and the Aliasing Effect Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)
Simple Analog Input Operation on a DC Voltage Digital Oscilloscope Analog Output DC Voltage Source Software-Timed Sine-Wave Generator Hardware-Timed Waveform Generator Placing a Custom-Made VI on a Block Diagram Completing and Executing Waveform Generator (Express)
Modified Waveform Generator Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 5. Data Files and Character Strings
Storing Data in a Spreadsheet-Formatted File Storing a 1D Data Array Transpose Option Storing a 2D Data Array Controlling the Format of Stored Data The Path Constant and Platform Portability Fundamental File I/O VIs Adding Text Labels To Spreadsheet File Blackslash Codes Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 6. Shift Registers
Power Function Simulator VI Numerical Integration Using A Shift Register Numerical Integration via the Trapezoidal Rule Trapezoidal Rule VI Convergence Property of the Trapezoidal Rule Numerical Differentiation Using A Multiple-Terminal Shift Register Modularity and Automatic SubVI Creation Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 7. The Case Structure
Numerical Integration via Simpson's Rule Parity Determiner Using a Boolean Case Structure Summation of Partial Sums Using A Numeric Case Structure Trapezoidal Rule Contribution Using Boolean Case Structure Numerical Integration Using Simpson's Rule Comparison of the Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 8. The Sequence Structure
Event Timer Using A Sequence Structure Event Timer Using Data Dependency Highlight Execution Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 9. Built-In Analysis VIs-Curve Fitting
Temperature Measurement Using Thermistors The Linear Least-Squares Method Inputting Data to a VI Using A Front-Panel Control Inputting Data to a VI By Reading From a Disk File Slicing Up a Multi-Dimensional Array Curve Fitting Using the Linear Least-Squares Method Residual Plot Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 10. Analysis VIs-Fast Fourier Transform
The Fourier Transform Discrete Sampling and the Nyquist Frequency The Discrete Fourier Transform Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
Frequency Calculator VI FFT of Sinusoids Applying the FFT to Various Sinusoidal Inputs Magnitude of the Complex-Amplitude Leakage and Windowing Observing Leakage Analytic Description of Leakage Description of Leakage Using the Convolution Theorem Windowing Estimating Frequency and Amplitude Aliasing Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 11. Data Acquisition and Generation using DAQmx VIs
DAQmx VIs Simple Analog Input Operation on a DC Voltage Digital Oscilloscope Express VI Automatic Code Generation Limitation of Express VIs Improving the Digital Oscilloscope VI Analog Output Operations Waveform Generator Do It Yourself Problems
Chapter 12. PID Temperature Control Project
Voltage-Controlled Bi-Directional Current Driver for Thermoelectric Device PID Temperature Control Algorithm PID Temperature Control System Chapter 13. Control of Stand-Alone Instruments The VISA Session The IEEE 488.2 Standard Common Commands Status Reporting Device-Specific Commands Specific Hardware Used in this Chapter Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)
Simple VISA-Based Query Operation Message Termination Getting and Setting Communication Properties using a Property Node Performing a Measurement over the GPIB 644
Synchronization Methods Measurement VI Based on the Serial Poll Method Measurement VI Based on the Service Request Method Creating An Instrument Driver Using the Instrument Driver to Write an Application Program Do It Yourself Problems Appendix I: Construction of Temperature Control System
1. The While Loop and Waveform Chart