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LabVIEW for Engineers, 1st edition
Published by Pearson (November 21, 2011) © 2011
- Ronald W. Larsen
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Sections
              1.1           What is LabVIEW
              1.2           Assumptions
              1.3           Conventions in the Text
              1.4           LabVIEW VIs
              1.5           Starting LabVIEW
              1.6           Creating a VI
              1.7           LabVIEW Menus
              1.8           Key Terms
              1.9           Summary
           1.10           Self-Assessment
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CHAPTER 2 LABVIEW BASICSÂ
Sections
              1.1           Opening a VI
              1.2           Basic Math in LabVIEW–Using Functions
              1.3           Programming Preview: While Loops
              1.4           Dataflow Programming
              1.5           Data Types and Conversions
              1.6           Documenting VIs
              1.7           Printing a VI
              1.8           Saving Your Work
              1.9           Closing a VI
           1.10           Key Terms
           1.11           Summary
           1.12           Self-Assessment
           1.13           Problems
CHAPTER 3 LABVIEW MATH FUNCTIONSÂ
Sections
              1.1           Introduction
              1.2           Basic Math Functions
              1.3           Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Trig. Functions
              1.4           Exponential and Logarithm Functions
              1.5           Boolean and Comparison Functions
              1.6           Programming Preview: Debugging
              1.7           Key Terms
              1.8           Summary
              1.9           Self-Assessment
           1.10           Problems
CHAPTER 4 MATRIX MATH USING LABVIEWÂ
Sections
              1.1           Working with Matrices and Arrays in LabVIEW
              1.2           Extracting a Subarray from a Larger Array or Matrix
              1.3           Adding Arrays
              1.4           Transpose Array
              1.5           Multiplying an Array by a Scalar
              1.6           Matrix Multiplication
              1.7           Element by Element Multiplication
              1.8           Condition Number
              1.9           Matrix Determinant
           1.10           Inverse Matrix
           1.11           Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations
           1.12           Programming Preview: For Loops
           1.13           Key Terms
           1.14           Summary
           1.15           Self-Assessment
           1.16           Problems
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CHAPTER 5 DATA ACQUISITION WITH LABVIEWÂ
Sections
              1.1           Overview of Data Acquisition
              1.2           Sensors, Signals and Signal Conditioning
              1.3           Data Acquisition Hardware
              1.4           Using LabVIEW to Collect Data
              1.5           Key Terms
              1.6           Summary
              1.7           Self-Assessment
              1.8           Problems
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CHAPTER 6 GETTING DATA INTO AND OUT OF LABVIEW WITHOUT DATA ACQUISITIONÂ
Sections
              1.1           Introduction
              1.2           Writing LabVIEW Data to a Spreadsheet File
              1.3           Writing LabVIEW Data to a Measurement File
              1.4           Reading a LabVIEW Measurement File
              1.5           Reading a Spreadsheet File in LabVIEW
              1.6           Using Spreadsheet Data to Initialize a Matrix Control
              1.7           Key Terms
              1.8           Summary
              1.9           Self-Assessment
           1.10           Problems
CHAPTER 7 GRAPHING WITH LABVIEWÂ
Sections
  1.1           Introduction
  1.2           Using Waveform Charts
  1.3           Using Waveform Graphs
  1.4           Modifying Graph Features
  1.5           Generating 1D Arrays for Graphing
  1.6           Putting LabVIEW Graphs to Work
  1.7           Using XY Graphs–2D Plotting
  1.8           3D Graphing
  1.9           Getting Graphs onto Paper and into Reports
1.10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Key Terms
1.11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Summary
1.12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Self-Assessment
1.13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Problems
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CHAPTER 8 DATA ANALYSIS USING LABVIEW VISÂ
Sections
  1.1           Introduction
  1.2           Basic Statistics
  1.3           Interpolation
  1.4           Curve Fitting
  1.5           Regression
  1.6           Key Terms
  1.7           Summary
  1.8           Self-Assessment
  1.9           Problems
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CHAPTER 9 PROGRAMMING IN LABVIEWÂ
Sections
  1.1           Introduction
  1.2           LabVIEW Programming Basics, Expanded
  1.3           Structures
  1.4           Key Terms
  1.5           Summary
  1.6           Self-Assessment
  1.7           Problems
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CHAPTER 10 LOOKING FORWARD: ADVANCED MATH USING LABVIEW VISÂ
Sections
  1.1           Introduction
  1.2           Working with Polynomials
  1.3           Statistics: Hypothesis Testing
  1.4           Differentiation
  1.5           Integration
  1.6           Runge—Kutta Integration
  1.7           Exponential Filter
  1.8           Spectral Analysis
  1.9           Monte Carlo Simulation
1.10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PID Controller
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