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EET 2259 Unit 2 Virtual Instruments. Read Bishop, Chapter 2. Lab #2 and Homework #2 due next week. Quiz #1 next week. Virtual Instruments. Remember, LabVIEW programs are called virtual instruments , or VI s for short. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
EET 2259 Unit 2Virtual Instruments
Read Bishop, Chapter 2.
Lab #2 and Homework #2 due next week.
Quiz #1 next week.
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Virtual Instruments Remember, LabVIEW programs are
called virtual instruments, or VIs for short.
Recall that every VI has a front panel (user interface) and a block diagram (program code).
(Bishop, p. 53)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Items on Front Panel The front panel contains controls and
indicators. Controls are inputs that let the user
enter data, such as switches, knobs. Indicators are outputs that display data
to the user, such as graphs, numeric displays.
(Bishop, p. 62)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Controls Palette
Use the controls palette to place controls or indicators on the front panel. (Open palette by View > Controls Palette or by right-clicking a blank area on front panel.)
(Bishop, p. 62)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Finding Controls & Indicators
On the controls palette, under Modern, the most commonly used controls and indicators are grouped into three categories: Numeric, Boolean, and String & Path.
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Search Button on Controls Palette
Search button lets you find controls or indicators by name.
(Bishop, p. 64)
Search
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Items on Block Diagram
The block diagram contains items connected by wires. Most items on the block diagram fall into one of four categories: Built-in functions (such as multiplication) SubVIs (A subVI is a smaller program contained
within a bigger program.) Express VIs (a special type of subVI) Terminals representing front-panel controls or
indicators, or constant values
(Bishop, pp. 68-69)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Distinguishing Functions from SubVIs (Part 1)
On block diagrams, built-in functions have a pale yellow background, while subVIs usually have a white background (except for Express VIs, which have a blue background).
(Bishop, p. 70)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Distinguishing Functions from SubVIs (Part 2)
When you double-click a function, nothing happens.
When you double-click a standard subVI, the front panel for the subVI opens. (Remember, a subVI is a complete program with its own front panel and block diagram.)
When you double-click an Express VI, a dialog box opens to let you configure it.
(Bishop, p. 70)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Functions, SubVIs, and Express VIs
Functions: Can’t be customized. Standard subVIs: You can rewire the block
diagram to customize. Express VIs: You use dialog box to
customize.
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Icons vs. Expandable Nodes
Standard subVIs and Express VIs can be displayed either as icons or as expandable nodes.
To change display, right-click and select (or deselect) “View As Icon.”
(Bishop, p. 70)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Example
Same VI, viewed three different ways. Icon Expandable Node Expanded Node
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Colors for Data Types
Terminals and wires are color-coded to show what type of data they carry: Blue = integer Orange = floating point number Green = Boolean (true/false) Pink = String (text) Blue & White Dashed = Dynamic (for Express VIs)
Usually two terminals can be connected together by a wire only if they’re the same data type.
(Bishop, p. 72)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Terminals
A terminal on a block diagram is a connection point for a wire. There are several kinds of terminals, including: Constants Control terminals for inputs from front panel Indicator terminals for outputs to front panel Node terminals on functions or subVIs
(Bishop, p. 71)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Control Terminals
A control terminal has an arrow pointing out to the right.
There’s a control terminal on the block diagram for each control on the front panel.
On front panel, can right-click and choose “Find Terminal.”
On block diagram, can right-click and choose “Find Control.”
(Bishop, p. 72)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Indicator Terminals
An indicator terminal has an arrow pointing in from the left.
There’s an indicator terminal on the block diagram for each indicator on the front panel.
On front panel, can right-click and choose “Find Terminal.”
On block diagram, can right-click and choose “Find Indicator.”
(Bishop, p. 72)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Icons vs. Data Type Terminals
On the block diagram, control terminals and indicator terminals can be displayed either as icons or as data type terminals.
To change display, right-click and select (or deselect) “View As Icon.”
(Bishop, p. 72)
Icon Data Type Terminal
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Terminals on Functions or SubVIs (Part 1)
Functions and subVIs also have terminals where wires can connect to them.
By convention, inputs are placed on the left and outputs are on the right.
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Terminals on Functions or SubVIs (Part 2)
To show terminals more clearly, right-click and select “Visible Items” > “Terminals”
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Dataflow Programming
In traditional text-based programming languages, the order of the statements determines the order in which they’re executed.
In LabVIEW’s graphical language, the layout on the page does not tell you the order of execution. Rather, a node executes whenever all of its inputs are available.
(Bishop, pp. 82-83)
Floyd, Digital Fundamentals, 10th ed
Highlight Execution Button
To watch the order in which nodes are executed in the block diagram, click the Highlight Execution button on block diagram’s toolbar and then run the VI.
(Bishop, p. 84)
Click on Highlight Execution button; dataflow is animated using bubbles. Values are displayed on wires.