LabVIEW – 2 Windows ► Front Panel- User Interface ► Block Diagram- Programming View

Front Panel – User Interface ► User can type in values ► User can flip a switch ► Instruments can record values such as  Temperature  Heart Rate  Wave Forms

Block Diagram ► Icons on the Block Diagram represent examples of programming code

Block Diagram

What do we mean by Programming Code? ► Let’s look at two examples  Binary Code  HTML Code

Binary Code ► Code using two numbers 0 1 ► Click below for a Binary Code Encoder:  Binary Code Encoder Binary Code Encoder Binary Code Encoder

Example of HTML Code The following is an example of Marquee HTML Code for a website. ► The Code causes the text to scroll across the screen ► The Code is hidden from the user ► Code Example Code Example Code Example

HTML Code Revealed

LabVIEW Programming Code ► Block Diagrams in LabVIEW represent the hidden programming code

LabVIEW- A Simple Example ► Let’s see both front panel and block diagram for calculating the:  Area of a Triangle

Formula for Area of Triangle?

►.5 x base x height ►.5* b*h

Wires transfer data among block diagram objects

Wires

Loops ► Loops can continue a cycle of input or can cause input to stop

WHILE Loop ► To run the VI until a condition occurs, you can use a While Loop