LabVIEW for Engineers

Based on the most current release of LabVIEW, LabVIEW for Engineers is designed for readers with little to no experience using LabVIEW. Part of Prentice Hall's ESource Program: ESource enables instructors to choose individual chapters from published books in the Prentice Hall ESource Series. The content available in this online book-building system covers topics in engineering problem-solving and design, graphics, and computer applications. Using this program, instructors can create a unique text for the introduction to engineering course that exactly matches their content requirements and teaching approach. www.prenhall.com/esource. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 1.1 What is LabVIEW......Page 16 1.2 Assumptions......Page 17 1.3 Conventions in the Text......Page 18 1.4 LabVIEW VIs......Page 19 1.5 Starting LabVIEW......Page 20 1.6 Creating a VI......Page 27 1.7 LabVIEW Menus......Page 36 Key Terms......Page 39 Self-Assessment......Page 40 2.2 Basic Math in LabVIEW—Using Functions......Page 41 2.3 Programming Preview: While Loops......Page 52 2.4 Dataflow Programming......Page 53 2.5 Data Types and Conversions......Page 55 2.6 Documenting VIs......Page 59 2.8 Saving Your Work......Page 64 2.9 Closing a VI......Page 66 Summary......Page 67 Self-Assessment......Page 70 Problems......Page 71 3.1 Introduction......Page 75 3.2 Basic Math Functions......Page 77 3.3 Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions......Page 89 3.4 Exponential and Logarithm Functions......Page 92 3.5 Boolean and Comparison Functions......Page 95 3.6 Programming Preview: Debugging......Page 102 Key Terms......Page 106 Summary......Page 107 Self-Assessment......Page 111 Problems......Page 113 4.1 Working with Matrices and Arrays in LabVIEW......Page 118 4.2 Extracting a Subarray from a Larger Array or Matrix......Page 121 4.3 Adding Arrays......Page 126 4.4 Transpose Array......Page 127 4.5 Multiplying an Array by a Scalar......Page 128 4.6 Matrix Multiplication......Page 129 4.7 Element by Element Multiplication......Page 131 4.8 Condition Number......Page 132 4.9 Matrix Determinant......Page 133 4.10 Inverse Matrix......Page 135 4.11 Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations......Page 136 4.12 Programming Preview: For Loops......Page 142 Summary......Page 148 Self-Assessment......Page 152 Problems......Page 153 5.1 Overview of Data Acquisition......Page 157 5.2 Sensors, Signals and Signal Conditioning......Page 159 5.3 Data Acquisition Hardware......Page 168 5.4 Using LabVIEW to Collect Data......Page 173 Summary......Page 189 Self-Assessment......Page 190 Problems......Page 192 6.2 Writing LabVIEW Data to a Spreadsheet File......Page 196 6.3 Writing LabVIEW Data to a Measurement File......Page 200 6.4 Reading a LabVIEW Measurement File......Page 204 6.5 Reading a Spreadsheet File in LabVIEW......Page 205 6.6 Using Spreadsheet Data to Initialize a Matrix Control......Page 214 Summary......Page 224 Self-Assessment......Page 226 Problems......Page 227 7.1 Introduction......Page 231 7.2 Using Waveform Charts......Page 232 7.3 Using Waveform Graphs......Page 243 7.4 Modifying Graph Features......Page 251 7.5 Generating 1D Arrays for Graphing......Page 255 7.6 Putting LabVIEW Graphs to Work......Page 257 7.7 Using XY Graphs—2D Plotting......Page 263 7.8 3D Graphing......Page 269 Key Terms......Page 273 Summary......Page 274 Self-Assessment......Page 276 Problems......Page 277 8.2 Basic Statistics......Page 279 8.3 Interpolation......Page 284 8.4 Curve Fitting......Page 291 8.5 Regression......Page 295 Summary......Page 305 Self-Assessment......Page 307 Problems......Page 308 9.2 LabVIEW Programming Basics, Expanded......Page 312 9.3 Structures......Page 329 Summary......Page 359 Self-Assessment......Page 362 Problems......Page 363 10.2 Working with Polynomials......Page 367 10.3 Statistics: Hypothesis Testing......Page 369 10.4 Differentiation......Page 370 10.5 Integration......Page 372 10.6 Runge–Kutta Integration......Page 374 10.7 Exponential Filter......Page 376 10.8 Spectral Analysis......Page 378 10.9 Monte Carlo Simulation......Page 379 10.10 PID Controller......Page 383 APPENDIX: PRINTING VIS......Page 385 A......Page 392 C......Page 393 D......Page 394 F......Page 396 G......Page 397 I......Page 398 M......Page 399 N......Page 400 P......Page 401 S......Page 402 V......Page 404 W......Page 405 Z......Page 406 MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 CONTENTS 6 1 INTRODUCTION 16 1.1 What is LabVIEW 16 1.2 Assumptions 17 1.3 Conventions in the Text 18 1.4 LabVIEW VIs 19 1.5 Starting LabVIEW 20 1.6 Creating a VI 27 1.7 LabVIEW Menus 36 Key Terms 39 Summary 40 Self-Assessment 40 2 LABVIEW BASICS 41 2.1 Opening a VI 41 2.2 Basic Math in LabVIEW—Using Functions 41 2.3 Programming Preview: While Loops 52 2.4 Dataflow Programming 53 2.5 Data Types and Conversions 55 2.6 Documenting VIs 59 2.7 Printing a VI 64 2.8 Saving Your Work 64 2.9 Closing a VI 66 Key Terms 67 Summary 67 Self-Assessment 70 Problems 71 3 LABVIEW MATH FUNCTIONS 75 3.1 Introduction 75 3.2 Basic Math Functions 77 3.3 Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions 89 3.4 Exponential and Logarithm Functions 92 3.5 Boolean and Comparison Functions 95 3.6 Programming Preview: Debugging 102 Key Terms 106 Summary 107 Self-Assessment 111 Problems 113 4 MATRIX MATH USING LABVIEW 118 4.1 Working with Matrices and Arrays in LabVIEW 118 4.2 Extracting a Subarray from a Larger Array or Matrix 121 4.3 Adding Arrays 126 4.4 Transpose Array 127 4.5 Multiplying an Array by a Scalar 128 4.6 Matrix Multiplication 129 4.7 Element by Element Multiplication 131 4.8 Condition Number 132 4.9 Matrix Determinant 133 4.10 Inverse Matrix 135 4.11 Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations 136 4.12 Programming Preview: For Loops 142 Key Terms 148 Summary 148 Self-Assessment 152 Problems 153 5 DATA ACQUISITION WITH LABVIEW 157 5.1 Overview of Data Acquisition 157 5.2 Sensors, Signals and Signal Conditioning 159 5.3 Data Acquisition Hardware 168 5.4 Using LabVIEW to Collect Data 173 Key Terms 189 Summary 189 Self-Assessment 190 Problems 192 6 GETTING DATA INTO AND OUT OF LABVIEW WITHOUT DATA ACQUISITION 196 6.1 Introduction 196 6.2 Writing LabVIEW Data to a Spreadsheet File 196 6.3 Writing LabVIEW Data to a Measurement File 200 6.4 Reading a LabVIEW Measurement File 204 6.5 Reading a Spreadsheet File in LabVIEW 205 6.6 Using Spreadsheet Data to Initialize a Matrix Control 214 Key Terms 224 Summary 224 Self-Assessment 226 Problems 227 7 GRAPHING WITH LABVIEW 231 7.1 Introduction 231 7.2 Using Waveform Charts 232 7.3 Using Waveform Graphs 243 7.4 Modifying Graph Features 251 7.5 Generating 1D Arrays for Graphing 255 7.6 Putting LabVIEW Graphs to Work 257 7.7 Using XY Graphs—2D Plotting 263 7.8 3D Graphing 269 7.9 Getting Graphs onto Paper and into Reports 273 Key Terms 273 Summary 274 Self-Assessment 276 Problems 277 8 DATA ANALYSIS USING LABVIEW VIS 279 8.1 Introduction 279 8.2 Basic Statistics 279 8.3 Interpolation 284 8.4 Curve Fitting 291 8.5 Regression 295 Key Terms 305 Summary 305 Self-Assessment 307 Problems 308 9 PROGRAMMING IN LABVIEW 312 9.1 Introduction 312 9.2 LabVIEW Programming Basics, Expanded 312 9.3 Structures 329 Key Terms 359 Summary 359 Self-Assessment 362 Problems 363 10 LOOKING FORWARD: ADVANCED MATH USING LABVIEW VIS 367 10.1 Introduction 367 10.2 Working with Polynomials 367 10.3 Statistics: Hypothesis Testing 369 10.4 Differentiation 370 10.5 Integration 372 10.6 Runge–Kutta Integration 374 10.7 Exponential Filter 376 10.8 Spectral Analysis 378 10.9 Monte Carlo Simulation 379 10.10 PID Controller 383 APPENDIX: PRINTING VIS 385 INDEX 392 A 392 B 393 C 393 D 394 E 396 F 396 G 397 H 398 I 398 K 399 L 399 M 399 N 400 O 401 P 401 Q 402 R 402 S 402 T 404 U 404 V 404 W 405 X 406 Z 406

based On The Most Current Release Of Labview, Labview For Engineers Is Designed For Readers With Little To No Experience Using Labview.

part Of Prentice Hall's Esource Program:
esource Enables Instructors To Choose Individual Chapters From Published Books In The Prentice Hall Esource Series. The Content Available In This Online Book-building System Covers Topics In Engineering Problem-solving And Design, Graphics, And Computer Applications. Using This Program, Instructors Can Create A Unique Text For The Introduction To Engineering Course That Exactly Matches Their Content Requirements And Teaching Approach. Www.prenhall.com/esource.