An Interactive Guide to Creating a Simple LabVIEW Program

Overview

• This presentation is designed to be paired with the instructions titled “How to Create a Simple LabVIEW Program.”

• Each slide corresponds to a single step of the instructions, providing an animation of how to complete that step of the program.

Summary of Steps1. Open a blank LabVIEW document.2. Open the function palette.3. Insert a numeric control for the base of the triangle.4. Insert a numeric control for the height of the triangle.5. Insert the multiply function.6. Wire the base and height controls to the multiplier.7. Insert constant of 0.5.8. Insert second multiply function.9. Wire constant and product of base and height to second

multiplier.10. Insert a numeric indicator to display the final answer.11. Wire result to indicator.12. Run program.

Step 1Open a blank LabVIEW document.

Step 2Open the function palette.

Step 3Insert a numeric control for the base of the triangle.

Step 4Insert a numeric control for the height of the triangle.

Step 5Insert the multiply function.

Step 6Wire the base and height controls to the multiplier.

Step 7Insert constant of 0.5.

Step 8Insert second multiply function.

Step 9Wire constant and product of base and height

to second multiplier.

Step 10Insert a numeric indicator to display the final answer.

Step 11Wire result to indicator.

Step 12Run program.