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Graphical Programming Made Even Easier

This is the classical, best-selling introductory text for learning LabVIEW (think of it as the "LabVIEW For Dummies"; only we didn't want to offend our readers!).

Now completed updated in the 2nd edition for LabVIEW 6, this book is a friendly, tutorial introduction to LabVIEW, the leading graphical programming language designed for streamlining laboratory experiments. It provides a clear introduction to LabVIEW, showing the non-expert how to start programming quickly, but also illustrates good LabVIEW programming techniques for more experienced users. The book explains LabVIEW "virtual instruments," and how they work. It includes extensive coverage of real-world applications.

The first half of the book is the "basic" section for complete newbies, while the second half is the "advanced" section that covers topics every LabVIEW developer should know.

Part I: Beginner's Section

Foreword.
Preface Good Stuff to Know Before You Get Started.
1. What in the World Is LabVIEW?
2. Virtual Instrumentation: Hooking Your Computer Up to the Real World.
3. Building Your Own Workbench.
4. LabVIEW Foundations.
5. Yet More Foundations.
6. Controlling Program Execution with Structures.
7. LabVIEW's Composite Data: Arrays and Clusters.
8. LabVIEW's Exciting Visual Displays: Charts and Graphs.
9. Exploring Strings and File I/O.

Part II: Advanced Section
A Bit About the Advanced Section.
10. Getting Data into and out of Your Computer: Data Acquisition and Instrument Control.
11. DAQ and Instrument Control in LabVIEW.
12. Advanced LabVIEW Functions and Structures.
13. Advanced LabVIEW Features.
14. Connectivity in LabVIEW
15. Advanced File I/O, Printing, and Reports
16. The Art of LabVIEW Programming.

Appendix. Resources for labVIEW
Glossary.
Index.

The CD-ROM contains code, solutions for the book's activities, examples, plus a fully-functional evaluation version of LabVIEW 6i.

Updated May 15, 2002.

Do you have a bug or error in the book to report? Please email me! Below is the list of errors and corrections for the current edition.

Errata

• Page 9, Activity 1-1, step 3 tells you to open the file Temperature System Demo.vi from the library CH1.LLB from the book's CD. There is no file CH1.LLB on the CD. Instead, you can find this VI in the LabVIEW examples. Go to your LabVIEW directory, and inside there, open "examples/apps/tempsys.llb/Temperature System Demo.vi"