PHY 406 - Microprocessor Interfacing
Techniques
A LabVIEW Tutorial
There are a number of ways to get information on LabVIEW (apart from just starting up and
proceeding!)
- LabVIEW for Everyone - Lisa K. Wells and Jeffrey Travis - Prentice Hall 1997
ISBN 0-13-268194-3 - new book - looks good. Comes with demo version
of LabVIEW (but that's on our site already) and lots of examples.
- LabVIEW Graphical Programming Gary W. Johnson - McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-032719-X part of ISBN 0-07-032692-4 - not a tutorial as such but nearly so - probably more use when you know some of the basics
LabVIEW 4.0. There are enough differences to be a concern
- LabVIEW - Student Edition User's Guide - Lisa K. Wells - Prentice Hall 1995
ISBN 0-13-210683-3 Is a good introduction, but it is for LabVIEW 3.1 - we are using
LabVIEW 4.0. There are enough differences to be a concern
- LabVIEW - Student Edition - Lisa K. Wells - Prentice Hall 1995 ISBN 0-13-210691-4
Contains the above book plus a completely functioning version of the software. There is
supposed to be a version 4.0 of this coming out "real soon" (9/96) - I will keep you all posted
on this
- LabVIEW Tutorial - This is the tutorial that comes with the full LabVIEW software. We
have some copies of this in the laboratory
- Our Very Own Tutorial - This is an experimental tutorial in 10 lessons which I have prepared
to get you through the worst of the LabVIEW learning curve. It is still rough around the
edges, but you are welcome to it.
Getting Started
Before you start on the LabVIEW tutorial, you need to know about getting our systems started
and stopped and some "instant" Windows95
Starting Up a Microprocessor Laboratory Computer
Shutting Down a Microprocessor Laboratory Computer
The Microprocessor Laboratory Computer Setup
Instant Windows95
The Tutorial
The tutorial material is arranged in ten parts. The first few are quite long because of the level of
explanation required. The last few are shorted because by then, I expect you will be able to
handle the basics. You do not necessarily need to do all the tutorial sections before starting on
the modules for the course.
All of these documents are in "portable document format" (PDF) - make sure you have an
appropriate reader available.
There is also a short "cheat sheet" for the most commonly used LabVIEW commands which you
might find useful:
One-Page Command Summary