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LabVIEW Core 2 Course Overview

The LabVIEW Core 2 Course is an extension of the LabVIEW Core 1 Course. This course teaches you how to use common design patterns to successfully implement and distribute LabVIEW applications for research, engineering, and testing environments. Topics covered include programmatically respond to user interface events, implementing parallel loops, manage configuration settings in configuration files, develop an error handling strategy for your application, and tools to create executables and installers. The LabVIEW Core 2 Course directly links LabVIEW functionality to your application needs and provides a jump-start for application development.

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Available Formats

 

On-Demand

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Virtual Training

 

Classroom Training

 

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Course Objectives

  • Implement multiple parallel loops and transfer data between the loops

  • Create an application that responds to user interface events

  • Manage configuration settings for your application

  • Develop an error handling strategy for your application

  • Package and distribute LV code for reuse

  • Identify Best Programming Practices for use in LabVIEW

Course Details

Duration

  • Instructor-led Classroom: Two (2) days

  • Instructor-led Virtual: Three (3) days, five-and-a-half-hour sessions

  • On-Demand: 4 hours (exercises as a supplement)

Audience

  • New users and users preparing to develop applications using LabVIEW

  • LabVIEW Core 1 Course attendees

  • Users and technical managers evaluating LabVIEW in purchasing decisions

  • Users pursuing the Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer certification

Prerequisites

  • LabVIEW Core 1 Course or equivalent experience

NI Products Used

If you take the course On-Demand:

  • LabVIEW 2021

  • NI-DAQmx 21.0

  • NI PCI-6221 or NI USB-6212, BNC-2120

  • Simulated NI-PCI-6221

If you take the course in an instructor-led format:

  • LabVIEW Professional Development System 2023 or later

  • NI-DAQmx 23.0 or later

  • USB-6212

  • BNC-2120

Training Materials

  • Virtual instructor-led training includes digital course material that is delivered through the NI Learning Center

  • NI virtual instructor-led training is delivered through Zoom, and Amazon AppStream/LogMein access is provided to participants to perform the exercises on virtual machines equipped with the latest software

Cost in Credits

  • On-Demand: Included with software subscription and enterprise agreements, or 5 Education Services Credits, or 2 Training Credits

  • Public virtual or classroom course: 20 Education Services Credits or 6 Training Credits

  • Private virtual or classroom: 140 Education Services Credits or 40 Training Credits

LabVIEW Core 2 Course Outline

LessonOverviewTopics

Transferring Data

Use channel wires to communicate between parallel sections of code without forcing an execution order.

  • Communicating between Parallel Loops
  • Exploring Channel Wires
  • Using Channel Templates
  • Exploring Channel Wire Interactions
  • Transferring Data Using Queues

Creating an Event-Driven User Interface

Create an application that responds to user interface events by using a variety of event-driven design patterns.

  • Event-Driven Programming
  • User Interface Event Handler Design Pattern
  • Event-Driven State Machine Design Pattern
  • Producer/Consumer (Events) Design Pattern
  • Channeled Message Handler (CMH) Design Pattern

Controlling Front Panel Objects

Explore methods to programmatically control the front panel.

  • VI Server Architecture
  • Property Nodes and Control References
  • Invoke Nodes 

Managing Configuration Settings Using Configuration Files

Manage configuration settings with the help of a configuration file.  

  • Configuration Settings Overview
  • Managing Configuration Settings Using a Delimited File
  • Managing Configuration Settings Using an Initialization (INI) File

Developing an Error Handling Strategy

 

Learn how to develop an error handling strategy for your application. 

  • Error Handling Overview
  • Exploring Error Response
  • Exploring Event Logging
  • Injecting Errors for Testing

 

Packaging and Distributing LabVIEW Code

 

Learn how to package and distribute LabVIEW code for use by other developers and end-users.

  • Preparing Code for Distribution
  • Build Specifications
  • Creating and Debugging an Application (EXE)
  • Creating a Package for Distribution

Programming Practices in LabVIEW

Explore recommended practices for programming to develop readable, maintainable, extensible, scalable and performant code.

  • Recommended Coding Practices
  • Writing Performant Code in LabVIEW

Software Engineering Best Practices

Identify some key principles of software engineering best practices and the benefits of implementing them when working in LabVIEW.

  • Project Management
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Source Code Control
  • Code Review and Testing
  • Continuous Integration

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