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LabWindows/CVI Core 1 Course Overview

The LabWindows™/CVI Core 1 Course prepares you to create applications using LabWindows/CVI. After completing this course, you will be able to create basic solutions using many of the built-in features of LabWindows/CVI. The hands-on format of the course helps you apply skills learned in the course to your applications.

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Available formats

 

On-Demand

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Course Objectives

  • Develop applications within the LabWindows/CVI environment

  • Create professional user interfaces

  • Understand the fundamentals of event-driven programming

  • Create and use an instrument driver

  • Develop and distribute stand-alone LabWindows/CVI applications

  • Configure and use data acquisition within LabWindows/CVI

  • Control a GPIB and serial instrument

Course Details

Duration

  • Instructor-led Classroom: Three (3) days

  • Instructor-led Virtual: Four (4) days, five-and-a-half-hour sessions

  • On-Demand: 2 hours

Audience

  • New users and users preparing to develop applications using LabWindows/CVI

  • Users and technical managers evaluating LabWindows/CVI in purchasing decisions

  • Users pursuing the Certified LabWindows/CVI Developer (CCVID) certification

Prerequisites

  • Experience with C programming

NI Products Used

  • LabWindows/CVI

  • NI-DAQmx

  • NI-488.2

  • PCI-6221 or USB-6212 *

  • BNC-2120 *

Training Materials

  • On-demand training includes digital course materials delivered through the NI Learning Center, available for the access duration of your subscription

  • Virtual instructor-led training includes digital course material that is delivered through the NI Learning Center

  • NI virtual instructor-led training is delivered through Zoom, and Amazon AppStream/LogMein access is provided to participants to perform the exercises on virtual machines equipped with the latest software

Cost in Credits

  • On-Demand: Included with software subscription and enterprise agreements, 5 Education Services Credits, or 2 Training Credits

  • Public virtual or classroom course: 30 Education Services Credits or 9 Training Credits

  • Private virtual or classroom: 210 Education Services Credits or 60 Training Credits

LabVIEW Core 1 Course Outline

LessonOverviewTopics

Introduction to LabWindows/CVI​

Explore the LabWindows/CVI environment and the tools LabWindows/CVI provides for application development.​

  • LabWindows/CVI Environment​
  • Source Editor​
  • Exploring Function Panels​
  • Data Types and Scope of Variables
  • Debugging​ ​

Graphical User Interface (GUI)​

Explore how to create GUIs in the User Interface Editor and     event-driven programs using CodeBuilder.​

  • Introduction to Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)​
  • Creating a Panel​
  • Creating Controls​
  • GUI Controls​
  • User Interface Library​
  • Controlling a GUI​
  • Event-Driven Programming​
  • CodeBuilder​
  • Pop-Up Panels​
  • Timer Controls​
  • Strip Charts​

Instrument Drivers​

Explore how to use and create instrument drivers in LabWindows/CVI.​

  • Exploring Instrument Drivers​
  • Creating an Instrument Driver​

Distributing LabWindows/CVI Applications​

Create and distribute a release executable and distribution.​

  • Release Executables​
  • Creating Release Executables​
  • Distributing Executables​

Data Acquisition and Signal Generation​

Exploring Data Acquisition and Signal Generation.​

  • Tools for Data Acquisition and Signal Generation​
  • Acquiring Analog Data​
  • Generating Analog Data​
  • Digital Input and Output
  • DAQ Assistant​
  • Logging Data to TDMS Files​

Instrument Control​

Exploring GPIB and serial instrument control using LabWindows/CVI.​

  • Introduction to Instrument Control​
  • GPIB Communication​
  • Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA)​
  • Instrument Drivers​
  • Serial Communication​

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