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  • ISBN-13: 9780130650962
  • ISBN-10: 013065096X

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Table of Contents

Preface: Good Stuff to Know Before You Get Started.

Welcome to LabVIEW. Objectives of This Book. Organization. Conventions Used. CD Contents. Installation of the Evaluation Version of LabView. Resources to Help You. About the Author.

BASIC SECTION.


1. Introduction: What is LabVIEW?
What Exactly is LabVIEW and What Can It Do For Me? Demonstration Examples. Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

2. Virtual Instrumentation: Hooking up Your Computer to the Real World.
What is Data Acquisition? What is Instrument Communication? Communication Using GPIB, Serial Port, Ethernet. Real World Applications: Why We Analyze. Connectivity: The Internet, Web, TCP/IP, Networks, SQL. Add-on Toolkits. Wrap it Up!

3. The LabVIEW Environment: Building Your Own Workbench.
Front Panels. Block Diagrams. The Icon and the Connector. Pull-down Menus. Floating Palettes. The Toolbar. Pop-up Menus. Help! A Word about SubVIs. Wrap it Up!

4. LabVIEW Foundations.
Creating VIs: It's Your Turn Now! Basic Controls and Indicators and the Fun Stuff They Do. Format and Precision Pop-up Menu. Numeric Types, Representation Units. Wiring Up. Running Your VI. Useful Tips. Wrap it Up!

5. Yet More Foundations.
Loading and Saving VIs. VI Libraries. Debugging Techniques: Probe, Brealpoint, Pause, Highlighting. Creating SubVIs. Hierarchy Window. Documenting Your Work. Exporting Your Work (Printing to a Printer, RTF, HTML). Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

6. Controlling Program Execution with Structures.
The For Loop. The While Loop. Timing. Shift Registers. The Case Structure. The Sequence Structure. The Formula Node. Problems in Wiring Structures. Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

7. LabVIEW's Composite Data: Arrays and Clusters.
What are Arrays? Creating Array Controls and Indicators. Functions for Manipulating Arrays. Polymorphism. All About Clusters. Creating Cluster Controls and Indicators. Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

8. LabVIEW's Exciting Visual Displays: Charts and Graphs.
Waveform Charts. Graphs. XY Graphs. Chart and Graph Components. Scaling. Intensity Charts and Graphs. 3-D Graphs. Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

9. Exploring Strings and File I/O.
More About Strings. Using String Functions. Tables. File Input/Output. Wrap it Up! Additional Exercises.

ADVANCED SECTION.


10. Getting Data Into and Out of Your Computer: Data Acquisition and Instrument Control.
Acronyms Unlimited. How to Connect Your Computer to the Real World. Signals 101. Selecting and Configuring a DAQ Board. Using a GPIB Board. Serial Communication. Ethernet Communication. Wrap it Up!

11. DAQ and Instrument Control in LabVIEW.
Definitions, Drivers, Devices. The Waveform Datatype. Analog I/O. Digital I/O. VISA VIs: Everywhere Your Instrument Wants to Be. Wrap it Up!

12. Advanced LabVIEW Structures and Functions.
Local and Global Variables. Property Nodes. Other Goodies: Dialogs, Occurrences, Sound, STOP, Quit LabVIEW. Calling Code from Other Languages: ActiveX, DLLs, CINs. Creating DLLs from LabVIEW. Fitting Square Pegs into Round Holes: Advanced Conversions and Typecasting. Advanced File I/O: Text Files, Datalog Files, and Binary Files. Wrap it Up!

13. Advanced LabVIEW Features.
Preferences in LabVIEW. Configuring Your VI. VI Server. Radices, Units, Tools to Manage Your Lab VIEW Project. Wrap it Up!

14. Connectivity in LabVIEW.
Publishing VIs to the Web. Sharing Data over the Network: DataSocket. Talking to Other Programs and Objects. Talking to Other Computers: Network VIs. Connectivity Toolkits.

15. The Art of LabVIEW Programming.
Why User Interface Matters. Arranging and Decorating. Adding Online Help. How to make LabVIEW Cook Your Dinner and Other FAQs. Memory and Performance. Programming with Style. Wrap it Up!

Appendix A. CD Contents.
Appendix B. Additional LabVIEW Resources.
Appendix C. Troubleshooting and Common Questions.
Glossary.
Index.

 

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