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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Refresher on LabVIEW Fundamentals

  • Dataflow execution model and multithreading overview
  • Variables, clusters, arrays, and standard data types
  • Utilizing loops and sequence structures

Advanced Control Structures

  • Limitations of Flat Sequence and cycle control methods
  • Alternatives to flat sequences
  • Error management strategies in complex architectures

Parallel and Queued State Machines

  • Building scalable and responsive applications
  • State machine design patterns
  • Architecting producer-consumer systems

Optimizing Shift Register Usage

  • Storing state data using shift registers
  • Scope management and best practices
  • Preventing race conditions and unintended data overwrites

Advanced Data Types and Structures

  • Working with nested clusters and user-defined types
  • Best practices for typedefs and code maintenance
  • Managing multi-dimensional arrays

LabVIEW to PLC Communication

  • Ethernet/IP integration with Allen-Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix/CompactLogix)
  • Reading and writing clusters and user-defined data
  • Transferring multi-dimensional arrays via Ethernet/IP

Effective Property Node Implementation

  • Property node scope and execution timing analysis
  • UI manipulation vs. hardware control applications
  • Mitigating performance bottlenecks

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Practical experience with LabVIEW and its core components
  • Familiarity with data types, control structures, and graphical programming principles

Target Audience

  • Software engineers developing advanced LabVIEW applications
  • Test automation developers integrating LabVIEW with industrial systems
  • Engineers aiming to optimize and scale existing LabVIEW deployments

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