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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Review of LabVIEW Fundamentals
- Recap of the dataflow execution model and multithreading
- Variables, clusters, arrays, and common data types
- Utilising loops and sequence structures
Advanced Control Structures
- Limitations of Flat Sequences and techniques for cycle control
- Alternative approaches to flat sequences
- Effective error handling in 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
- Employing shift registers for storing 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
- Managing multi-dimensional arrays
LabVIEW to PLC Communication
- Ethernet/IP communication with Allen-Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix/CompactLogix)
- Reading and writing clusters and user-defined data
- Transferring multi-dimensional arrays over Ethernet/IP
Using Property Nodes Effectively
- Understanding property node scope and execution timing
- Distinguishing 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 concepts
Intended Audience
- Software engineers working on advanced LabVIEW applications
- Test automation developers integrating LabVIEW with industrial systems
- Engineers aiming to optimise and scale existing LabVIEW systems
