University of Maribor

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor
Slovenia
INSTITUTE Of ROBOTICS

Introduction to LabVIEW
Exercises

February, 2007

Author:

Darko Hercog

Contact:

darko.hercog@uni-mb.si

Project:

TARET Winter School

Introduction to LabVIEW

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LABVIEW EXERCISES....................................................................................1
EXERCISE 1 (CONVERT C TO F) .............................................................................
EXERCISE 2 ....................................................................................................
EXERCISE 3 (THERMOMETER) ................................................................................
EXERCISE 4 (TEMPERATURE MONITOR) .....................................................................
EXERCISE 5 (TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS).....................................................................

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1: Convert C to F - front Panel..........................................................................

2: Convert C to F - block Diagram .....................................................................
3: Convert C to F icon...................................................................................
4: Convert C to F connector...........................................................................
5: Thermometer - front panel ...........................................................................
6: Thermometer - block diagram ......................................................................
7: Thermometer - connector pane.....................................................................
8: Temperature Monitor - front panel ................................................................
9: Temperature Monitor - block diagram ............................................................
10: Temperature Analysis - front panel ..............................................................
11: Temperature Analysis - block diagram..........................................................

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1. LabVIEW exercises
1.1. Exercise 1 (Convert C to F)
Create VI that will take a numeric value representing degrees Celsius and converts it to
degrees Fahrenheit (Figure 1 and Figure 2). Save VI as Convert C to F.vi.

Figure 1: Convert C to F - front Panel

Figure 2: Convert C to F - block Diagram

List of functions
Add
Function palette > Numeric > Add
Multiply
Function palette > Numeric > Add

1.2. Exercise 2
Create icon (Figure 3) and connector (Figure 4) for virtual instrument created in Exercise 1
(Convert C to F.vi). Assign Deg C as input and Deg F as output.

Figure 3: Convert C to F icon

Figure 4: Convert C to F connector

1.3. Exercise 3 (Thermometer)

Create virtual instrument that will acquire temperature from the sensor and show it in
Temperature indicator on the VI front panel (Figure 5). The sensor returns a voltage

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proportional to temperature. For example, if the temperature is 23 C, the sensor output

voltage is 0.23 V. Create also an icon and connector for this VI (Figure 7).

Figure 5: Thermometer - front panel

Figure 6: Thermometer - block diagram

Figure 7: Thermometer - connector pane

List of SubVIs and functions

(Demo) Read Voltage.vi
Function palette > User Libraries > Basic 1 Course > (Demo) Read Voltage.vi
Convert C to F.vi
VI from previous example
Select
Function Palette > Comparison > Select
Multiply
Function Palette > Numeric > Add

1.4. Exercise 4 (Temperature Monitor)

Create temperature monitor LabVIEW application. Create VI that will acquire temperature
every 500 mili seconds temperature and displays it on the waveform chart (Figure 8).

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Figure 8: Temperature Monitor - front panel

Figure 9: Temperature Monitor - block diagram

List of SubVIs and functions

Thermometer.vi
Virtual instrument from previous example
Wait Until Next ms Multiple
Function Palette > Timing > Wait Until Next ms Multiple

1.5. Exercise 5 (Temperature Analysis)

Create VI that measures temperature every 0.1 s for 4 s. During the acquisition, the VI
should display the measurements in real time on a waveform chart. After the acquisition is
complete, the VI must plots the data on a graph and calculates the minimum, maximum,
and average temperatures and present them on VI front panel indicators.

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Figure 10: Temperature Analysis - front panel

Figure 11: Temperature Analysis - block diagram

List of SubVIs and functions

Thermometer.vi
Virtual instrument from Exercise 3

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Mean.vi
Function Palette > Mathematics > Probability & Statistics > Mean
Array Min Max
Function Palette > Array