ME 120 Experimental Methods Lab View Resources Page

LabView Resources

Here are a number of resources to help you learn LabView:

Site

http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/tutorial/index.html

http://www.mines.edu/academic/courses/eng/EGGN383/ref/r29/

http://www.eelab.usyd.edu.au/labview/main.html

http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys405/fall05/P405_Labs/Lab4_LabVIEW_Primer/Lab4_LabVIEW_primer.pdf

http://www.iit.edu/~labview/Dummies.html

http://www.ee.upenn.edu/rca/software/labview.html

http://egweb.mines.edu/eggn350/labview/

http://oldwww.rasip.fer.hr/research/labview/gintro.html

http://www.tufts.edu/as/tampl/program/workshops/workshop2.html

http://www-ee.eng.buffalo.edu/faculty/paololiu/edtech/roaldi/tutorials/labview.htm

http://c.webring.com/hub?ring=labview&id=97&prev5

https://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nigb.main?code=GB_TUTLV

LabView VI’s:

· Read Voltage VI – Reads a single analog input from the device and channel specified

· Spreadsheet Writer VI – Generates 3 columns (with headers) x 100 rows and stores in a file compatible with Excel

· Spreadsheet Reader VI – Reads a text file (or spreadsheet file saved as a text file) consisting of a column of data and calculates the mean and standard deviation

· PID VI – PID temperature controller for lab experiment

· ME120WaveformAcq VI – For use with the Waveform Logger Experiment. Acquires a waveform from the DAQ Signal Accessory box

· Waveform Logger Simulator VI – Simulates the sinewave generator on the DAQ Signal Accessory box and a data acquisition card

How-to’s:

· Getting Started With LabView (pdf) – A quick start guide to get you going

· Basic TCP/IP Using LabView – A brief intro on how to use TCP/IP in LabView

· Using Fast Fourier Transforms and Power Spectra in LabVIEW – Describes the basics of FFT analysis using LabView

Other:

· LabView User Manual (pdf)– A nice overview of the concepts of measurement and virtual instrumentation

· LabView Quick Reference (pdf) – Gives keyboard shortcuts, descriptions of palettes, etc.

· LabView Measurements Manual (pdf) – A nice overview of the concepts of measurement and virtual instrumentation

· Learning Directory (zip) – example VI’s associated with the LabView 7 Express Student Edition book

· LabView Training Materials (ME 120)

· LabView Training Materials (NI.com)

· Educator and Classroom Resources (NI.com)

· ME 120 LabView Training Materials (from National Instruments)

· LabView Introduction (MS ppt)

Week 1	Exercise 0 – Open and run a VI (MS Word)
	Exercise 1 – Convert C to F (MS Word)
	Exercise 2a – Create a sub-VI (MS Word)
	Exercise 2b – Temperature DAQ and display (MS Word)
	Exercise 4-1 – While loop temperature monitor (pdf)
Week 2	Exercise 4-5 – Temperature running avg. (shift registers and For loops) (pdf)
	Exercise 5 – Using waveform graphs (MS Word)
	Exercise 6 – Error clusters (MS Word)
Week 3	Exercise 7 – Simple state machines (MS Word)
	Exercise 7-1 – Strings (pdf)
	Exercise 6-4 – Formula nodes (pdf)

· LabView Extra Challenges

*Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF files can be downloaded directly from http://www.adobe.com/.

Last updated 29OCT2009 by BJ Furman