LabVIEW and its Capabilities
LabVIEW uses a graphical programming language known as “G.” While using LabVIEW, one can create a graphical block diagram with a number of different functions, all of which are connected through the use of wires. A LabVIEW program, also known as a virtual instrument (VI), is made up of three components, including the block diagram, front panel, and connector panel. The block diagram, also known as the back panel, is where the programmer defines the graphical source code, as the front panel defines the user interface by using controls and indicators. Controls, or inputs, supply information to the program while indicators are considered the outputs, and display the results in a variety of ways in the program. Charts, graphs, and knobs, all of which are fully customizable, are located in the front panel. Controls, indicators, and functions are classified as nodes in LabVIEW and can be connected using wires in the VI. One of the many benefits of LabVIEW is the use of graphical nodes in creating programs. For example, three controls and an indicator can be wired to the multiplication function so that the indicator will display the product of the three controls. This demonstrates the simplicity LabVIEW presents in testing a program. LabVIEW provides all of the tools engineers and scientists need in one place, and its graphical approach reduces the complexity sometimes found in other programming systems. LabVIEW is equipped with a number of libraries with numerous functions for analysis, mathematics, signal generation, etc. and uses, as recently stated, the graphical approach, enabling programmers with minimal experience to write a program.
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...s A and B are connected to the amplitudes of Signal A and Signal B respectively. The amplitudes of the signals oscillate when the knobs are turned. Signals A and B are both wired to the waveform chart and EX table. This allowed both of the signals to be graphed on the waveform chart as well as their respective values placed in the EX table. Signal B is also connected to a comparison block and an LED. When Signal B has amplitude greater than two units, the LED flashes, as indicated by the comparison block. A time delay block was also added to the virtual instrument, delaying the execution of the program by 0.1 seconds. All of these graphical nodes are placed inside a for-loop, with a maximum of 100 loops. The figures below show the signals graphed on the waveform chart as well as their values listed in the EX table with Knobs A and B and the LED in the front panel.
We observed Sowbugs in multiple environments to determine which environment they preferred. The observational chamber was a rectangle box split equally in half. One side of this rectangle was filled with dry sand that had been heated for five minutes by a lamp, and the other side was filled with damp soil that did not receive the lamp heat. We placed each sowbug on the middle boarder of the cool, damp soil and the hot, dry sand. We each chose one sowbug to track, and made a record of its placement each minute for five minutes total. We repeated this process three times. After each repetition, we removed the sowbugs, and replaced them with new sowbugs to observe. After this observation, we shared, and recorded our results. The sowbugs spent
Day 1: (a) Choose four gummy bear from the teacher. Use the equipment available to measure your gummy bear and record the data in the chart for Day 1
Oscilloscope is acquainted as one of the most helpful instrument for testing circuits. It is able to show the signals at different points in the circuit. One way to inves...
internal structures of the body and returned to the transducer. The transducer converted the returning sound into electronic signals that were processed
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I was part of a cult. Actually, that’s not entirely true because my parents were the only ones who took it all seriously. What’s more, the cult never really thought of me as a good member. They did not take me under their much needed wing of compassion and longing. Why? Because, I never acted in the way that they saw fit. So much so that I was eventually expelled from their schools, ostracized from the community, and basically blacklisted.
The Great Wall of China, one of the world’s eight wonders, is one of the most famous feats of human architecture in the history of the world. This ancient marvel is not only a great spectacle, but is also significant in the shaping and molding of the China everyone knows today. The Great Wall of China allowed China to possess some of the longest lived governmental structures in the world by providing a means of protection against hostile nomadic groups and other warlike peoples. This allowed the lifespans of the dynasties-- lines of hereditary rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time-- inside the wall to be prolonged. This massive structure is therefore a key part of China’s history, influencing nearly every dynasty that ruled the region, since the rise of the first emperor.
This report presents the implementation of a Clock element and the use of the seven segment display on the Altera DE2-115 board. This experimentation with the clock and display are valuable since they are a precursor to future labs to come. In order to make these items work it required the use or Verilog code, which was given for parts 1, 2, and 3.
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The amplitude, or A in the equation is 1/2 |max-min| of the height of the graph.
Computer programming and engineering problem solving have much in common. Both use a structured approach to ensure the right steps in the right order with correct information. Therefore, programming a computer to solve chemical engineering problems can help a student begin to develop the skills to set-up and efficiently solve problems. Essentially, in programming you are ‘teaching’ the computer to solve the problem. Therefore, you have to understand the problem to translate it successfully into a working program. Normally, you will use whatever software you can easily find to get the job done, usually a spreadsheet or flow-sheeting package. In 1997 and again in 2002, The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) hosted meetings using different commercial software to work a set of 10 typical chemical engineering problems to demonstrate their utility in teaching. Their results and the programming solutions are available [1]. There are solutions worked with Polymath, MathCAD, Maple, Mathematica, MATLAB and Microsoft Excel. However, these are all commercial products with ...
Models are thought to be used effectively in natural sciences to visually display concepts and information as illustrations, graphs, and diagrams. In natural sciences when we come up with a theory, to investigate the validity of a theory we create models and designs which are tested out in an experiment. This experiment is based of of models and designs which can be recreated to give same results and explain the experiment and theory in relation to the model. However, in some cases models can help to little avail.
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The Whirlwind computer had a video display that was controlled interactively by a light gun. The display attracted users much more than computer code. The Whirlwind computer became the basis for SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), a defense command-and-control system developed for the Air force. In the 1960s Ivan Sutherland’s MIT doctoral thesis introduced a Sketchpad interactive drawing system, which established the theoretical groundwork for computer graphics software (Machover 14). In the mid-1960s, computer graphics was booming in private industry. General Motors had released DAC-1 a computer-aided design system, and Itek developed the Digigraphics electronic drafting machine. By the late 1960s the first storage-tube display terminals appeared, shortly followed by direct-view storage tube display terminals (DVST) which cost thousands of dollars; however this was an improvement to the tens to hundreds of thousands spent initially for display systems. In the 1970s Turnkey systems emerged, beforehand users had to develop software to make their hardware work however turnkey systems provided a haven to users from software issues. Bit-mapped raster displays developed as memory...
At the same time, according to these entered data, input – output variations can be observed via Surface Viwer. Here, there is possibility to compare relationship between two inputs and outputs in three dimensional graphs. Surface viewer is not the place to make arrangement. Only the results are observed in this part. The changes between first and fourth inputs and outputs were observed in the picture below.