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

4. 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

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

8. Block Diagram

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

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

11. 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

12. HTML Code Revealed

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

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

16. Formula for Area of Triangle?

17. ►.5 x base x height ►.5* b*h

19. Wires transfer data among block diagram objects

20. Wires

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

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