 Go to the “Front Panel” and press “Right Click”.

 Go to Controls-> Modern-> Numeric-> Numeric Control. You can see the

different numeric block here.

 Select the encircled block and place it on the “Front Panel”.

 The figure below shows the selected blocks.
 Similarly place two more blocks on the “Front Panel” and change their names
as “a”, “b” and “c”. These are basically the coefficients of quadratic equation.
 The figure below shows the illustration of all of the above steps.
 Selection of Numeric Indicator
 Now, again go to Controls-> Modern-> Numeric-> Numeric Indicator.
 Select the encircled block and place it on the “Front Panel”.
 Similarly place two more blocks and change their names to “y”, “x1” and “x2”
respectively.
 The figure below shows all of the above steps.
 In above figure “x1” and “x2” are two quadratic roots of the quadratic equation.
These roots can be real as well as imaginary. It depends upon the coefficients
of quadratic equation.
 Now go to the “Block Diagram” window.
 You can see it is looking like a figure below.
 Selection of Formula Node
 Arrange all the block, as the above figure shows the arrangement.
 Now, go to Functions-> Programming-> Structures-> Formula Node. You
can see different structure blocks there.
 The figure below shows the selection of the “Formula Node”.
 Select the encircled one and place it on the “Font Panel”.
 The figure below shows the “Formula Node” on the “Block Diagram” window.
 Now put you cursor on inside the “Formula Node” and write the code for
calculating the roots of quadratic equation.
 Here is the screen shot of the written algorithm to find quadratic roots.
 Now put your cursor on the “Formula Node” and press “Right Click”, you can
see a new window on you screen.
 Go to “Add Input” and press click.
 After clicking on this option you can see a new input is added to the “Formula
Node”.
 The below shows the adjusted input.
 Similarly add two more inputs and change their names to “b” and “c”.
 Make their connections with the “Numeric Controls”.
 The figure below illustrates the above steps.
 Now, put your cursor on the “Formula Node” again and press “Right Click” and
go to the “Add Output”.
 Similarly add three outputs to the “Formula Node”.
 Change their names to “y”, “x1” and “x2”.
 Make the connections between outputs of the “Formula Node” and “Numeric
Indicator”.
 The figure below shows the illustration of all of the above steps.
 For Loop selection
 Go to the “Block Diagram” window and press “Right Click”.
 Go to Functions-> Programming-> Structures-> For Loop. you can see
different structures blocks.
 The figures below shows the selection of “For Loop”.
 Select the desired block and place it on the “Block Diagram” window.
 The figure below shows the selected “For Loop”.
 Now, place the entire program inside the “For Loop”.
 Go to the bottom right of the “For Loop” and press “Right Click” on it.
 Go to Create->Control. You can see a stop button is now generated.
 The figure below shows the entire algorithm.
 The figure above shows the complete algorithm for “Calculating Quadratic Roots
using NI LabVIEW”.
 Now go to “Front Panel”. Here you can see the whole output of the designed
algorithm.
 “Run” the program and change the values of the quadratic coefficients, you can
obtain the corresponding output.
 The program will continue to start until you terminate it.
 If you press the stop button then the program will terminate.
 The figure below shows the screen shot of the complete output of the designed
algorithm.
 Making better External Look
 Press “Double Click” on the “Front Panel” and start typing the name of the
project.
 Go to the upper Toolbar (18pt application form) and change the color, style
and size of the text.
 The figure below shows the illustration of all of the above steps.
 Go to the “Front Panel” and press “Right Click”.
 Go to Controls-> Modern-> Decoration. You can see different “Decoration”
blocks there.
 Select the encircled blocks and place them on the “Front Panel”.
 Arrange them in way shown in the figure below.
 Extend the placed blocks so that you can put the whole program inside these
blocks.
 Now select the entire program and drag it over these blocks.
 You can see the figure below on your screen.
 Now, go to the upper toolbar and perform the following steps.
 The figure shows the steps to perform.
 Press “Move to Front” your program will appear clearly on the front side of these
blocks.
 Here is the screen shot of the above step.
 Tools Palette
 You can use this tools to change the color of your output.
 Go to the upper toolbar and go to View-> Tools Palette.
 Screen shot is shown in the figure below.
 When you select this option, you can see a new window on your screen.
 Here is the scree shot of the new window appeared on the screen.
 You can change the color of your output according to your own choice.
 I have changed them according to my choice.
 Here is the screen shot of the final output with different colors.

 The above figure shows the complete output of the designed algorithm.
 Here’s the video in which I have explained how to use this LabView VI:

This is all from the tutorial Quadratic Roots Calculation in LabVIEW. I hope you
have enjoyed this tutorial Quadratic Roots Calculation in LabVIEW. I will explain
the further details in my later tutorials so you must watch them too. Till then, take
care. 🙂-