LabVIEW Core 1

You will explore common types of applications that you will be able to build after finishing this course.

• What is LabVIEW?
• Common types of LabVIEW  applications

You will learn how to interactively acquire, analyze, and visualize data from an NI data acquisition (DAQ) device.

• Hardware Overview
• Connect your hardware
• Validate data
• Troubleshoot unexpected I/O results

You will learn how to interactively acquire, analyze, and visualize data from a non-NI instrument.

• Hardware Overview
• Connect your non-NI hardware
• Validate I/O
• Troubleshoot unexpected I/O results

You will learn how to explore an existing LabVIEW project and application and predict the behavior of the application.

• Explore a LabVIEW project
• Parts of a VI
• Dataflow
• Example code

You will learn how to create a simple LabVIEW application that acquires, analyzes, and visualizes data.

• Create a new project and VI
• Explore different data types
• Build an Acquire-Analyze-Visualize VI (NI DAQ)
• Build an Acquire-Analyze-Visualize VI (non-NI hardware)

You will learn how to debug and troubleshoot a LabVIEW application.

• Correct a broken VI
• Debugging techniques
• Manage and display errors

You will learn how to execute code repeatedly using While Loops and For Loops.

• Use While Loops and For Loops
• Timing a loop
• Use Loops with Hardware Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Date Feedback Loops

You will learn about data types that represent groups of data and how to use and process them.

• Groups of data in LabVIEW
• Working with single-channel acquisition data
• Working with multi-channel acquisition data
• Explore additional array examples

You will learn how to execute code based on a condition.

• Conditional logic introduction
• Create and configure Case structures
• Common examples

You will learn about the basic concept of file I/O and how to access and modify file resources in LabVIEW.

• Write data to text file
• Write multi-channel data to text file
• Create file and folder paths
• Analyze data in a text file
• Compare file formats

You will learn about modular programming and how to use subVIs to reuse code and improve code readability.

• Understand modularity
• Create an icon
• Configure the connector pane
• Document a subVI
• Calling a subVI

You will learn how to group data of mixed data types into a cluster to improve data organization and code readability.

• When to use clusters?
• Create a cluster
• Read and write clusters
• Error clusters
• Using clusters with charts and graphs

You will learn how to automatically propagate data types changes.

• When to use use type definitions?
• Creating and using a type definition

You will learn about common sequential LabVIEW design techniques and the state machine design pattern.

• Explore sequential programming
• Explore state programming
• State machines

Discusses next steps to continue your LabVIEW learning.

• Continue your learning
• Additional resources
• LabVIEW certification

Provides a closer look at TDMS files and binary data files.

• File formats
• Access TDMS files in LabVIEW and Excel
• Write and read binary files