Graphical Programming Using LabVIEW. Fundamentals and advanced techniques

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Contents
About the authors
Introduction
Part I. Fundamentals
	1 Introduction to LabVIEWTM
		1.1 What is LabVIEWTM?
			1.1.1 LabVIEWTM parallelism
		1.2 Project explorer
			1.2.1 Folders
		1.3 Virtual instrument
			1.3.1 Front panel
			1.3.2 Block diagram
		1.4 Data flow and data types
			1.4.1 Data flow
		Data flow rules
			1.4.2 Data types
		1.5 Elementary functions, controls, and indicators
			1.5.1 Elementary controls and indicators
			1.5.2 Elementary functions
		1.6 Examples
			1.6.1 Solved examples
			1.6.2 Examples to solve
	2 Debugging tools
		2.1 Debugging tools
			2.1.1 Highlight execution
			2.1.2 Execution by steps
			2.1.3 Breakpoints
			2.1.4 Probes
		2.2 Debugging examples
			2.2.1 Quadratic equation calculator
			2.2.2 Square pyramid volume calculator
			2.2.3 X in relation to Y
	3 Structures
		3.1 For loops
		3.2 While loops
		3.3 Cases
		3.4 Sequences
		3.5 Timing
		3.6 Feedback in loops
		3.7 Examples of VIs with structures
	4 SubVIs
		4.1 Creating a subVI
			4.1.1 SubVIs from existing code
			4.1.2 SubVIs from VI
		4.2 Connector pane
		4.3 Custom icons
		4.4 SubVI documentation
		4.5 SubVI creation examples
			4.5.1 Average subVI
			4.5.2 Approved SubVI
			4.5.3 Arrange message subVI
	5 Structures – LabVIEWTM features
		5.1 Arrays and loops
			5.1.1 Functions and operations with arrays
			5.1.2 Loop features
		5.2 Data between parallel loops
			5.2.1 Local variables
			5.2.2 Race conditions
		5.3 Formula nodes
	6 Organizing front panel and block diagram
		6.1 Clusters
		6.2 Control type files
			6.2.1 Type definition and strict type definition
		6.3 Examples of clusters and custom controls
			6.3.1 Cluster implementation
			6.3.2 Custom control creation
			6.3.3 Custom cluster indicator
	7 Using software resources
		7.1 Accessing resources
			7.1.1 Using High-level File I/O VIs
			7.1.2 Using Low-Level File I/O functions
		7.2 Formatting headers and working with multiple signals
		7.3 Read and look information from a spreadsheet with headers
	8 Using hardware resources
		8.1 NI MAXTM
		8.2 Data acquisition systems
		8.3 VISA libraries and instrument control
			8.3.1 Control by VISA libraries
			8.3.2 Control by instrument drivers
		8.4 Arduino drivers
		8.5 Examples of VIs using hardware
			8.5.1 Examples description
			8.5.2 Examples with DAQs
			8.5.3 Examples with Arduino
	9 Implementing test machines with a basic architecture
		9.1 Code scalability and design patterns
		9.2 State transition diagram
		9.3 State machine design pattern
		9.4 State machine design examples
		9.5 State machine recommendations
Part II. Advanced techniques
	10 Controlling the user interface
		10.1 Property nodes
		10.2 Invoke nodes
		10.3 Control references
		10.4 User interface control example
	11 Error handling
		11.1 Errors and warnings
		11.2 Custom errors
		11.3 Error messages
		11.4 Error handling examples
	12 Responding to the user interactions
		12.1 Event structure
		12.2 Event-driven programming
		12.3 Event-driven state machine
		12.4 Recommendations for event-driven state machines
	13 The ATM review project
		13.1 Creating a project with a VI and an auto-populating folder
			13.1.1 Creating the project
			13.1.2 Creating a VI
			13.1.3 Creating folder (auto-populating)
		13.2 Creating user interface
			13.2.1 Creating user interface controls
			13.2.2 Adjusting interface
		13.3 Creating event state machine
			13.3.1 Creating the state machine
		13.4 Creating property nodes and arrays
			13.4.1 Creating property nodes
		13.5 Reading and writing files
			13.5.1 Creating user files
			Accessing and modifying the cluster account information
			13.5.2 Creating the event Check Balance
			13.5.3 Programming PIN change
		13.6 File save and rewrite
			13.6.1 Creating events
			13.6.2 Creating Save File case
		13.7 Last adjustments and VI documentation
			13.7.1 Modify text file and case parameters
			13.7.2 VI documentation
	14 Communication between loops at different rates
		14.1 Asynchronous communication
			14.1.1 Queues
			14.1.2 Producer–consumer design pattern
		14.2 Example of asynchronous communication with producer–consumer design pattern
		14.3 Event-driven producer–consumer design pattern
		14.4 Recommendations
	15 Preventing race conditions
		15.1 What are race conditions?
		15.2 Preventing race conditions
		15.3 Functional global variables as prevention of race conditions
		15.4 Race condition prevention examples
	16 Advanced use of software resources
		16.1 Types of files
			16.1.1 ASCII files
			16.1.2 Binary files
			16.1.3 TDMS files
		16.2 Working with relative paths
		16.3 Binary files
			16.3.1 Writing two-channels binary files
			16.3.2 Reading two-channels binary files
		16.4 Working with files and folders
		16.5 Recommendations to work with files and folders
	17 Real-time programming
		17.1 CompactRIOTM for industrial systems
			17.1.1 Installing software on CompactRIOTM system
			17.1.2 Creating a real-time project on the CompactRIOTM
			17.1.3 Real-time programming on CompactRIOTM
			17.1.4 FPGA programming on CompactRIOTM
		17.2 An application example with CompactRIOTM
References
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