Training & Support Services - Transition to LabVIEW Training Workshop

Duration: 1 day

Outline:

This 1-day training workshop has been designed specially to help programmers with some experience in measurement and automation programming in other environments, for example, VB, C, or C++, make the transition to LabVIEW programming.
LabVIEW is a dataflow programming language that differs significantly from procedural, or control-flow, languages such as C, Basic, Fortran, and their derivatives.
Even though LabVIEW is a very accessible programming language, many new or self-taught LabVIEW users don't fully understand some of the most critical concepts and techniques applicable to dataflow programming.
For these users, although a simple LabVIEW application may work at first, as the application grows in size it often becomes difficult to maintain and may exhibit apparently erratic and unpredictable behaviour.
This 1-day workshop focuses on the critical LabVIEW concepts that will help new and self-taught users to exploit the full power of the LabVIEW dataflow language while avoiding the most common pitfalls.

An Important Note:

This workshop is not a comprehensive introduction to LabVIEW programming.
It will not cover many of the structures, functions, and techniques that are essential for a balanced understanding of measurement and automation programming under LabVIEW.
It focuses on the proper understanding of dataflow programming concepts and on the correct techniques to take advantage of the dataflow model.
If you are new to the area of measurement and automation programming, or if you need to develop a comprehensive knowledge of LabVIEW programming in a limited time, then LabVIEW Basics I and LabVIEW Basics II are the more appropriate training options.

Workshop Format:

One objective in developing this 1-day workshop has been to keep costs down.
The workshop will be delivered in lecture format, with examples and exercises presented on a master instructor's PC.
Participants are encouraged to bring along their own laptops with LabVIEW or the LabVIEW Evaluation CD installed.
Presentation slide notes will be provided.
Lunch is not included in the workshop cost.

Prerequisites:

The workshop assumes familiarity with the concepts of measurement and automation programming, and some experience with programming languages such as C, Basic, Fortran, or their derivatives.
It also assumes that participants are familiar with the basic skills of using the mouse to build a LabVIEW front panel and block diagram, at least to a level equivalent to the built-in LabVIEW tutorial.

Content:
Topics are:

The critical difference between dataflow and procedural languages
Timing and sequencing in LabVIEW
The three techniques for sequencing: dataflow, the sequence structure, and artificial dataflow
The power of the WAIT function
Local and global variables: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Recognising a race condition
LabVIEW data structures
Using loops effectively
Sub-VIs
Standard approaches to structuring LabVIEW code

Where:
Training Room
ICON Technologies
Suite 8, EIR Centre
1 Sarich Way
Technology Park
Bentley WA 6102

Fee:

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