Thank you for sending your enquiry! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Thank you for sending your booking! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Duration 14 hours (2 days)
Course Outline
Review of LabVIEW Fundamentals
- Dataflow execution model and multithreading overview.
- Variables, clusters, arrays, and common data types.
- Utilizing loops and sequence structures.
Advanced Control Structures
- Limitations of Flat Sequences and techniques for cycle control.
- Alternatives to flat sequences.
- Proper error handling within advanced architectures.
Parallel and Queued State Machines
- Building scalable and responsive applications.
- State machine design patterns.
- Designing producer-consumer architecture.
Effective Use of Shift Registers
- Using shift registers to store state data.
- Scope management and best practices.
- Preventing race conditions and unintended overwrites.
Advanced Data Types and Structures
- Working with nested clusters and user-defined types.
- Best practices for typedefs and maintenance.
- Handling multi-dimensional arrays.
LabVIEW to PLC Communication
- Ethernet/IP communication with Allen-Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix/CompactLogix).
- Reading and writing clusters and user-defined data.
- Managing multi-dimensional arrays over Ethernet/IP.
Using Property Nodes Effectively
- Understanding property node scope and execution timing.
- Differentiating property nodes for UI manipulation versus hardware control.
- Avoiding performance bottlenecks.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Practical experience with LabVIEW and its core components.
- A solid understanding of data types, control structures, and graphical programming.
Target Audience
- Software engineers developing advanced LabVIEW applications.
- Test automation developers integrating LabVIEW with industrial systems.
- Engineers aiming to optimize and scale existing LabVIEW systems.
