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Author:   Robert Bishop
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 10.00cm , Height: 10.00cm , Length: 10.00cm
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9780134022123

ISBN 10:   0134022122
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   26 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780135825754
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 LabVIEW Basics 1 1.1 System Configuration Requirements 2 1.2 Installing the LabVIEW Student Edition 2 1.3 The LabVIEW Environment 3 1.4 The Getting Started Screen 5 1.5 Panel and Diagram Windows 9 1.5.1 Front Panel Toolbar 9 1.5.2 Block Diagram Toolbar 13 1.6 Shortcut Menus 15 1.7 Pull-Down Menus 16 1.7.1 File Menu 17 1.7.2 Edit Menu 17 1.7.3 View Menu 17 1.7.4 Project Menu 20 1.7.5 Operate Menu 20 1.7.6 Tools Menu 21 1.7.7 Window Menu 21 1.7.8 Help Menu 23 1.8 Palettes 24 1.8.1 Tools Palette 24 1.8.2 Controls Palette 25 1.8.3 Functions Palette 27 1.8.4 Searching the Palettes and Quick Drop 28 1.9 Opening, Loading, and Saving VIs 31 1.10 LabVIEW Help Options 33 1.10.1 Context Help Window 33 1.10.2 LabVIEW Help 36 1.11 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 36 1.12 Relaxed Reading: Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Minimizes Damage to Healthy Tissue 38 1.13 myDAQ Building Blocks 40 1.13.1 Building a Basic LED Circuit 41 1.13.2 NI ELVISmx Instrument Launcher 42 1.13.3 Testing with the ELVISmx Instrument Panel 42 1.14 Summary 43 Exercises 45 Problems 50 Design Problems 52 2 Virtual Instruments 57 2.1 What Are Virtual Instruments? 58 2.2 Several Worked Examples 60 2.3 The Front Panel 67 2.3.1 Numeric Controls and Indicators 67 2.3.2 Boolean Controls and Indicators 69 2.3.3 Configuring Controls and Indicators 73 2.4 The Block Diagram 73 2.4.1 VIs and Express VIs 74 2.4.2 Nodes 75 2.4.3 Terminals 76 2.4.4 Wiring 79 2.5 Building Your First VI 82 2.6 Data Flow Programming 87 2.7 Building a VI Using Express VIs 89 2.8 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 96 2.9 Relaxed Reading: Building A Semiautonomous Vehicle Driven By the Visually Impaired 98 2.10 myDAQ Building Blocks 100 2.10.1 Building a Basic Thermistor Circuit 101 2.10.2 The Thermistor Circuit Test VI 101 2.10.3 Testing the Thermistor Circuit 102 2.11 Summary 103 Exercises 104 Problems 110 Design Problems 113 3 Editing and Debugging Virtual Instruments 117 3.1 Editing Techniques 118 3.1.1 Creating Controls and Indicators on the Block Diagram 118 3.1.2 Selecting Objects 120 3.1.3 Moving Objects 122 3.1.4 Deleting and Duplicating Objects 122 3.1.5 Resizing Objects 123 3.1.6 Labeling Objects 124 3.1.7 Changing Font, Style, and Size of Text 127 3.1.8 Selecting and Deleting Wires 130 3.1.9 Wire Stretching and Broken Wires 131 3.1.10 Aligning, Distributing, and Resizing Objects 134 3.1.11 Coloring Objects 136 3.1.12 Cleaning Up the Block Diagram 144 3.1.13 Routing Wires 146 3.1.14 Reusing Snippets of Code 148 3.2 Debugging Techniques 149 3.2.1 Finding Errors 150 3.2.2 Highlight Execution 151 3.2.3 Single-Stepping Through a VI and Its SubVIs 154 3.2.4 Breakpoints and Probes 155 3.2.5 Navigation Window 159 3.3 Property Nodes 160 3.4 A Few Shortcuts 163 3.5 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 163 3.6 Relaxed Reading: Using Graphical System Design for Tumor Treatments 166 3.7 myDAQ Building Blocks 168 3.8 Summary 170 Exercises 172 Problems 174 Design Problems 178 4 SubVIs 182 4.1 What Is a SubVI? 183 4.2 Review of the Basics 184 4.3 Editing the Icon and Connector 186 4.3.1 Icons 187 4.3.2 Connectors 190 4.3.3 Selecting and Modifying Terminal Patterns 191 4.3.4 Assigning Terminals to Controls and Indicators 193 4.4 The Help Window 195 4.5 Using a VI as a SubVI 199 4.6 Creating a SubVI from a Selection 202 4.7 Error Checking and Error Handling 204 4.7.1 Automatic Error Handling 204 4.7.2 Manual Error Handling 205 4.7.3 Error Clusters 205 4.8 Saving Your SubVI 206 4.9 The VI Hierarchy Window 207 4.10 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 209 4.11 Relaxed Reading: Mobile Rescue Operations 212 4.12 myDAQ Building Blocks 213 4.13 Summary 218 Exercises 219 Problems 222 Design Problems 225 5 Structures 228 5.1 The For Loop 229 5.1.1 Numeric Conversion 231 5.1.2 For Loops with Conditional Terminals 235 5.2 The While Loop 236 5.3 Shift Registers and Feedback Nodes 242 5.3.1 Shift Registers 242 5.3.2 Using Shift Registers to Remember Data Values from Previous Loop Iterations 244 5.3.3 Initializing Shift Registers 246 5.3.4 Feedback Nodes 248 5.4 Case Structures 251 5.4.1 Adding and Deleting Cases 254 5.4.2 Wiring Inputs and Outputs 256 5.5 Flat Sequence Structures 262 5.5.1 Evaluate and Control Timing in a Sequence Structure 263 5.5.2 Avoid the Overuse of Sequence Structures 265 5.6 The Formula Node 265 5.6.1 Formula Node Input and Output Variables 266 5.6.2 Formula Statements 266 5.7 Diagram Disable Structures 269 5.8 Local Variables 270 5.8.1 Creating Local Variables 270 5.8.2 Use Local Variables With Care 272 5.8.3 Initializing Local Variables 273 5.8.4 Memory and Execution-Speed Considerations 273 5.9 Common Programming Techniques 273 5.9.1 Sequential Programming 273 5.9.2 State Programming and State Machines 275 5.9.3 Parallelism 279 5.10 Some Common Problems in Wiring Structures 280 5.10.1 Failing to Wire a Tunnel in All Cases of a Case Structure 280 5.10.2 Overlapping Tunnels 281 5.10.3 Wiring Underneath Rather Than through a Structure 281 5.11 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 282 5.12 Relaxed Reading: Refining the Process of Steel Recycling 286 5.13 myDAQ Building Blocks 288 5.14 Summary 290 Exercises 292 Problems 296 Design Problems 301 6 Arrays and Clusters 305 6.1 Arrays 306 6.1.1 Creating Array Controls and Indicators 307 6.1.2 Multidimensional Arrays 309 6.2 Creating Arrays with Loops 310 6.2.1 Creating Two-Dimensional Arrays 313 6.3 Array Functions 314 6.3.1 Array Size 314 6.3.2 Initialize Array 315 6.3.3 Build Array 317 6.3.4 Array Subset 318 6.3.5 Index Array 319 6.4 Polymorphism 327 6.5 Clusters 330 6.6 Creating Cluster Controls and Indicators 331 6.6.1 Cluster Order 333 6.6.2 Using Clusters to Pass Data to and from SubVIs 335 6.7 Cluster Functions 336 6.7.1 The Bundle Function 336 6.7.2 The Unbundle Function 340 6.7.3 Creating Cluster Constants on the Block Diagram 340 6.7.4 Using Polymorphism with Clusters 342 6.8 Matrix Data Type and Matrix Functions 343 6.8.1 Creating Matrix Controls, Indicators, and Constants 344 6.8.2 Matrix Functions 345 6.9 VI Memory Usage 348 6.10 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 349 6.11 Relaxed Reading: Automatic Laser-Assisted Neuron Growth 352 6.12 myDAQ Building Blocks 355 6.13 Summary 357 Exercises 359 Problems 362 Design Problems 365 7 Charts and Graphs 369 7.1 Waveform Charts 370 7.2 Waveform Graphs 378 7.3 XY Graphs 386 7.4 Customizing Charts and Graphs 389 7.4.1 Axes Scaling 389 7.4.2 The Plot Legend 393 7.4.3 The Graph Palette and Scale Legend 395 7.4.4 Special Chart Customization Features 398 7.4.5 Special Graph Customization Features: Cursor Legend 400 7.4.6 Using Graph Annotations 402 7.4.7 Exporting Images of Graphs, Charts, and Tables 404 7.4.8 Using Context Help 404 7.5 Using Math Plots for 2D and 3D Graphs 405 7.5.1 2D Graphs 405 7.5.2 3D Graphs 407 7.6 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 412 7.7 Relaxed Reading: Environmental Monitoring in the Costa Rican Rain Forest 414 7.8 myDAQ Building Blocks 417 7.9 Summary 419 Exercises 420 Problems 422 Design Problems 424 8 Data Acquisition 427 8.1 Components of a DAQ System 428 8.2 Types of Signals 429 8.2.1 Digital Signals 431 8.2.2 Analog DC Signals 432 8.2.3 Analog AC Signals 433 8.2.4 Analog Frequency-Domain Signals 434 8.2.5 One Signal-Five Measurement Perspectives 436 8.3 Common Transducers and Signal Conditioning 437 8.4 Signal Grounding and Measurements 441 8.4.1 Signal Source Reference Configuration 441 8.4.2 Measurement System 442 8.5 Analog-to-Digital Conversion Considerations 447 8.6 DAQ VI Organization 452 8.7 Choosing Your Data Acquisition Device 453 8.7.1 X Series Data Acquisition Devices 454 8.7.2 Low Cost Data Acquisition for Students 454 8.7.3 Simulated Data Acquisition 454 8.7.4 Macintosh, Linux, and Mobile Devices 455 8.8 DAQ Hardware Configuration 456 8.8.1 Windows 456 8.8.2 Channels and Tasks 463 8.9 Using the DAQ Assistant 466 8.9.1 DAQmx Task Name Constant 469 8.10 Analog Input 473 8.10.1 Task Timing 473 8.10.2 Task Triggering 474 8.11 Analog Output 478 8.11.1 Task Timing 479 8.11.2 Task Triggering 480 8.12 Digital Input and Output 485 8.13 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 491 8.13.1 Generating Pulse Width Modulated Signals with Hardware Counters 492 8.13.2 Applications of Pulse Width Modulation 493 8.14 Relaxed Reading: Reducing Seismic Risk for an Ancient Roman Amphitheater 493 8.15 myDAQ Building Blocks 495 8.16 Summary 498 Exercises 501 Problems 503 Design Problems 503 9 Strings and File I/O 505 9.1 Strings 506 9.1.1 Converting Numeric Values to Strings with Build Text Express VI 513 9.2 File I/O 514 9.2.1 Writing Data to a File 518 9.2.2 Reading Data from a File 521 9.2.3 Manipulating Spreadsheet Files 522 9.2.4 File I/O Express VIs 525 9.2.5 Obtaining the Path to the System Directories 530 9.3 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 531 9.4 Relaxed Reading: On the Science of Cycling Speed 533 9.5 myDAQ Building Blocks 535 9.6 Summary 537 Exercises 538 Problems 540 Design Problems 541 10 NI LabVIEW MathScript RT Module 544 10.1 What is MathScript RT Module? 545 10.2 Accessing the MathScript Interactive Window 546 10.2.1 The Command History and Output Windows 548 10.2.2 Viewing Data in a Variety of Formats 549 10.3 MathScript Help 552 10.4 Syntax 554 10.4.1 Key MathScript Functions 563 10.5 Defining Functions and Creating Scripts 564 10.5.1 User-Defined Functions 565 10.5.2 Scripts 568 10.6 Saving, Loading, and Exporting Data Files 572 10.6.1 Saving and Loading Data Files 572 10.6.2 Exporting Data 574 10.7 MathScript Nodes 575 10.7.1 Accessing the MathScript Node 577 10.7.2 Entering Scripts into the MathScript Node 577 10.7.3 Input and Output Variables 578 10.7.4 Script Highlighting 582 10.7.5 Debugging Scripts 583 10.7.6 Saving Scripts from within the MathScript Node 590 10.8 Applications of MathScript RT Module 592 10.8.1 Instrument Your Algorithms 592 10.8.2 Graphical Signal Processing, Analysis, and Mathematics 593 10.8.3 Integrating Measurement Hardware 594 10.9 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 595 10.10 Relaxed Reading: Acquiring and Analyzing the Bioacoustic Communication of Killer Whales 597 10.11 myDAQ Building Blocks 599 10.12 Summary 601 Exercises 603 Problems 604 Design Problems 605 11 Analysis 607 11.1 Linear Algebra 608 11.1.1 Review of Matrices 608 11.1.2 Systems of Algebraic Equations 613 11.1.3 Linear System VIs 615 11.2 Statistics and Curve Fitting 618 11.2.1 Curve Fits Based on Least Squares Methods 619 11.2.2 Fitting a Curve to Data with Normal Distributions 623 11.2.3 The Curve Fitting Express VI 625 11.3 Differential Equations 629 11.4 Finding Zeroes of Functions 637 11.5 Integration and Differentiation 640 11.6 Signal Generation 641 11.6.1 Normalized Frequency 642 11.6.2 Wave, Pattern, and Noise VIs 646 11.6.3 The Simulate Signal Express VI 649 11.7 Signal Processing 651 11.7.1 The Fourier Transform 651 11.7.2 Smoothing Windows 655 11.7.3 The Spectral Measurements Express VI 660 11.7.4 Filtering 663 11.7.5 The Filter Express VI 672 11.8 Building Blocks: Pulse Width Modulation 675 11.9 Relaxed Reading: High-Speed Control System To Test MEMs Microshutters 677 11.10 myDAQ Building Blocks 679 11.11 Summary 682 Exercises 684 Problems 685 Design Problems 686 A Instrument Control 687 A.1 Components of an Instrument Control System 688 A.1.1 What Is GPIB? 688 A.1.2 GPIB Messages 689 A.1.3 GPIB Devices and Configurations 691 A.1.4 Serial Port Communication 693 A.1.5 Other Bus Technologies 695 A.2 Detecting and Configuring Instruments 696 A.2.1 Windows 696 A.2.2 Macintosh OS X 696 A.3 Using the Instrument I/O Assistant 699 A.4 Instrument Drivers 707 A.4.1 Developing Your Own Instrument Driver 713 A.5 Future of Instrument Drivers and Instrument Control 714 A.6 Summary 715 B LabVIEW Developer Certification 717 B.1 Overview of the NI LabVIEW Certification Structure 718 B.2 Logistics of the CLAD Examination 718 B.3 Benefits of CLAD 719 B.4 Sample CLAD Examination 720 B.5 Detailed Sample CLAD Test Solutions 731 B.6 Additional Study Resources 735 B.7 Summary 736 Index 738

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