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The following calendar is for the Spring, 2006 course.

Date Content Reading

1/19

Course Overview: What is LabVIEW?  Data flow programming.  The LabVIEW programming environment.  Exploring Front Panel, Block Diagram and Tools palettes. Controls and Indicators. Exercise 1, Exercise 2

Chpt. 1:3-16

Chpt. 2:19-21

Chpt. 3

1/26

Wiring.  Understanding data types. Exercise 3

VI's and subVI's.  Editing the VI icon.  Exercise 4

Chpt. 4

Chpt. 5

2/2

FOR and WHILE loops.  Shift Registers, Iteration Counting and loops.  Dealing with Time.   Exercise 5

CASE structures.

Chpt. 6:147-160

Chpt. 6:168

2/9

Time Stamps.  CASE structures.  Exercise 6

 

added reading

Chpt. 6:160-167

2/16 SEQUENCE structures.

String vs. Numerical data.  Arrays and Clusters.  Exercise 7

Chpt. 6:166-168

Chpt. 7:181-212

2/23

Charts and Graphs.  Exercise 8

Waveform data and its benefits.  Exercise 9

Chpt. 8:215-252

Chpt. 8:253-259

3/2 Saving to and importing Text and Spreadsheet Files.  Exercise 10 Chpt. 9
3/9 Class Exercise 1 = Exercise 11
3/16 Spring Break
3/23 Class Exercise 2 = Exercise 12
3/30 Programming Logic and the State Machine.   added reading
4/6 Programming for project
4/13 Programming for project
4/20 Data Acquisition and DAQmx.   Chpt. 2:21-35
4/27 Programming for project
5/4 Student Presentations
5/11 Student Presentations