Syllabus
1. LabVIEW compiler Compilation of stand-alone applications, libraries and installation packages
2. Advanced architectures, modularity, documentation Best practices for large projects, cummunication between modules, precise timing in advanced architectures
3. Instrument drivers When and why to write them? Important considerations in driver software, current best practices: use of libraries, access levels, use of low and high level VIs
4. Real-time systems, FPGA Introduction to Real-Time systems and their applications, Introduction to FPGAs and time-critical decision-making, use of NI myRIO for precise timing and control
5. Image processing in LabVIEW Introduction to digital graphics, using the NI-VISION package for fast and efficient image processing.
6. Class project Groups of 3-5 students will work on a larger project together to explore teamwork in programming and project management. Topics may include: simple robots, downscaled models of industrial machines or graphic processing systems (such as object identification or motion tracking).
Annotation
This advanced class is suitable for those who passed the LabVIEW programming for Physicists (NFPL202) as well as other attendees with a certain degree of experience in LabVIEW programming. The class will be conducted as a set of demonstrations and practical excersices, focusing on selected advanced topics such as: mid- to large scale project architectures, writing instrument drivers, or programming Real-Time systems and FPGAs (Fully
Programmable Gate Arrays). The excercises will culminate in a teamwork class project.