Getting started with LabVIEW

self paced tutorial

These tutorial videos were developed using LabVIEW 2009, and we will be using the newer LabVIEW 2010. There are some slight changes and differences, but the basics covered apply to all versions.

For each section, watch the short video clip, and follow along with their steps in your own LabVIEW program. When you complete the clip you should be able to create the VI's shown on your own without the video guiding you. If you can not, you may want to view the video again. These skills are the basic skills that you will be required to know to do the labs and at home assignments.

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Basic topics:

Introduction to labview lesson 1 Follow along in your own program until you are familar with how to manage the basic sections of the labVIEW environment.

Introduction to labview lesson 2 Follow along in your own program to gain familiarity with how the cursors, help and basic objects of LabVIEW.

Introduction to labview Lesson 3 Follow along and build the VI's as the video dowes to practice the basics as well as see how debugging works.

Sub VI's and Formula Nodes THere are two videos on this page. Do the top one first, and then the bottom. Create the VI's and follow along with the video.

Loops and Graphs There are three videos on this page. Begin with the top one and work your way down, following along in your own VI's

Shift registers This video explains how to use shift registers on loops. This is an extreemly imporant topic!

Arrays There are two videos on this page. Do the top one first and then the bottom. This set will walk you through how auto indexing works.

Case structures (1 of 3) The three video segments explain how case statments work, and how to use them with boolean, string and numeric inputs.

Case Structures (2 of 3)

Case Structures (3 of 3)

Testing your MyDaq This test will verify that your MyDaq is properly connected to the comptuer and working. You should run this test on your own comptuer as well after you have installed all the NI software..

Data acquisition with MAX and NI-Daq There are are a number of ways to create data acquisiton elements, these three video clips show the primay methods we will be using in this class to do this. Play these videos from top to bottom, and be sure you have installed your MyDaq card so you can create the components and practice using MAX with your board. After all 3 videos have been viewed, do the exersize shown below the third video box.

Reading and writing data to a file This video explains how to read and write data to files in simple quick form. Additional file I/O information is avaiable on the class web site.Note that this example uses the data acquisition Express VI. You may use this for this exersize, but you are not allowed to use this express VI in your regular programing assignments.