LabVIEW Introduction and Virtual Instruments

Author: Zhang Aiping
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: To help readers quickly and easily enter the world of LabVIEW programming and fully enjoy the flexibility and efficiency brought by the graphical programming language for the development of user applications, this book is written in a step-by-step manner, thoroughly explaining the basic concepts and structures of G language (graphical programming). Graphics are appropriately inserted in each chapter to achieve a balance between text and visuals, and numerous application examples and analyses are provided to facilitate self-study for beginners. The book is divided into 10 chapters, with Chapters 1 to 6 covering the basics of G language, Chapter 7 introducing LabVIEW analysis software, which utilizes LabVIEW's powerful data analysis software library to transform collected data into meaningful results and build virtual instruments with various functionalities. Chapter 8 introduces practical programming techniques in G language, where property nodes, global variables, and local variables are the essence of G language programming and constitute the advanced part of the book. Chapter 9 focuses on instrument control, using serial instruments and GPIB instruments as examples to highlight VISA programming techniques. Chapter 10 briefly introduces some features and applications of the newly released LabVIEW 7.0 version by NI.
LabVIEW is a software development environment based on graphical programming language for designing virtual instruments, serving as a software system for data acquisition, instrument control, data analysis, and expression. This book systematically introduces the basic principles of graphical programming language and virtual instrument programming techniques. It is divided into 10 chapters, providing a step-by-step introduction to LabVIEW's fundamentals, covering the creation of virtual instrument programs, structures, arrays, clusters, charts, graphs, string operations, file I/O, instrument control, analysis software, and more. Chapter 10 briefly introduces the features and applications of LabVIEW 7.0.
The book uses numerous examples to explain the basic concepts, structures, and programming points of LabVIEW and virtual instruments, emphasizing practicality. To help readers understand and quickly master graphical programming techniques, the book is written in detail with a balance of text and visuals, supplemented by numerous application examples and exercises in each chapter. This book can serve as a comprehensive teaching material or reference book for vocational and technical colleges in testing technology, instruments and meters, industrial control, computer applications, electrical, and mechanical fields, as well as a reference for engineering technicians in related fields.