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1、完成日期：2011年3月5日 Expanding the Features of a VIYou can choose one of many LabVIEW VI templates to use as a starting point. However, sometimes you need to build a VI for which a template is not available. This chapter teaches you how to build and customize a VI without using a template.Building a VI fr

2、om a Blank TemplateIn the following exercises, you will open a blank VI and add Express VIs and structures to theblock diagram to build a new VI. You will build a VI that generates a signal, reduces the number of samples in the signal, and displays the resulting data in a table on the front panel. W

3、hen you complete the exercises, the front panel of the VI will look similar to the front panel in Figure 3-1.You can complete the exercises in approximately 30 minutes. Figure 3-1. Front Panel for the Reduce Samples VI Opening a Blank VIIf no template is available for the task you want to create, yo

4、u can start with a blank VI and add Express VIs to accomplish the specific task. Complete the following steps to open a blank VI. 1.In the LabVIEW dialog box, click the arrow on the New button and select BlankVI from the shortcut menu or press the keys to open a blank VI. Notice that a blank front p

5、anel and block diagram appear. Note You also can open a blank VI by selecting Blank VI from the Create new list in The New dialog box or by selecting FileNew VI from the front panel or block diagram menu bar.2. If the Functions palette is not visible, right-click any blank space on the block diagram

6、 to bring up the temporary version of the Functions palette. Click the thumbtack, shown at left, in the upper left corner of the Functions palette to place the palette on the screen.Note You can right-click on a blank space on the block diagram or the front panel to bring up the Functions or Control

7、s palettes.Adding an Express VI that Simulates a SignalComplete the following steps to find the Express VI you want to use and then add it to the block diagram.1. If the Context Help window is not visible, press the keys to open the Context Help window. You also can press the Show Context Help Windo

8、w button, shown at left, to open the Context Help window.2. Select the Input palette on the Functions palette and move the cursor over the Express VIs on the Input palette.Notice that the Context Help window displays information about the function of each Express VI.3. From the information provided

9、in the Context Help window, find theExpress VI that can output a sine wave signal.4. Select the Express VI and place it on the block diagram. The Configure Simulate Signal dialog box appears.5. Idle the cursor over the various options in the Configure Simulate Signal dialog box, such as Frequency （H

10、z）, Amplitude, and Samples per second （Hz）. Read the information that appears in the Context Help window.6. Configure the Simulate Signal Express VI to generate a sine wave with a frequency of 10.7 and amplitude of 2.7. Notice how the signal displayed in the Result Preview window changes to reflect

11、the configured sine wave.8. Close the Configure Simulate Signal dialog box.9. Move the cursor over the Simulate Signal Express VI and read the information that appears in the Context Help window.Notice that the Context Help window now displays the configuration of the Simulate Signal Express VI.10.S

12、ave this VI as Reduce Samples.vi to an easily accessible location.Modifying the SignalComplete the following steps to use the LabVIEW Help to search for the Express VI that reduces the number of samples in a signal.1. Select HelpVI, Function, & How-To Help to open the LabVIEW Help.2. Click the Searc

13、h tab and type sample compression in the Type in the word（s） to search for text box.Notice that this word choice reflects what you want this Express VI to docompress, or reduce, the number of samples in a signal.3. Select the Sample Compression Express VI topic to display the topic that describes th

14、e Sample Compression Express VI.4. After you read the description of the Express VI, click the Place on the block diagram button, shown at left, to select the Express VI.5. Move the cursor to the block diagram.Notice how LabVIEW attaches the Sample Compression Express VI to the cursor.6. Place the S

15、ample Compression Express VI on the block diagram to the right of the Simulate Signal Express VI.7. Configure the Sample Compression Express VI to reduce the signal by a factor of 25 using the mean of these values.8. Close the Configure Sample Compression dialog box.9. Using the Wiring tool, wire th

16、e Sine output in the Simulate Signal Express VI to the Signals input in the Sample Compression Express VI.Customizing the Front PanelIn the previous exercises, you added controls and indicators to the front panel using the Controls palette. You also can add controls and indicators from the block dia

17、gram. Complete the following steps to create controls and indicators. 1. Right-click the Mean output in the Sample Compression Express VI and select CreateNumeric Indicator to create a numeric indicator.2. Right-click the Mean output of the Sample Compression Express VI and select Insert Input/Outpu

18、t from the shortcut menu to insert the Enable input.3. Right-click the Enable input and select CreateControl to create the Enable switch.4. Right-click the wire linking the Sine output in the Simulate Signal Express VI to the Signals input in the Signal Compression Express VI and select CreateGraph

19、Indicator.Notice that you can create controls and indicators from the block diagram. When you reate controls and indicators using this method, LabVIEW automatically creates terminals that are labeled and formatted correctly.5. Using the Wiring tool, wire the Mean output in the Sample Compression Exp

20、ress VI to the Sine terminal. Notice that the Merge Signals function appears.6. Arrange the objects on the block diagram so that they appear similar to Figure 3-2.Tip You can right-click any wire and select Clean Up Wire from the shortcut menu to have LabVIEW automatically arrange the wires for you.

21、Figure 3-2. Block Diagram for the Reduce Samples VI7. Display the front panel.Notice that the controls and indicators you added automatically appear on the front panel with labels that correspond to their function.8. Save this VI.Configuring the VI to Run Continuously Until the User Stops ItIn the c

22、urrent state, the VI runs once, generates one signal, then stops executing. To run the VI until a condition is met, you can add a While Loop to the block diagram. Complete the following steps to add a While Loop.1. Display the front panel and run the VI.Notice how the VI runs once and then stops. Al

23、so notice how there is no STOP button.2. Display the block diagram and select the While Loop on the Execution Control palette.3. Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the block diagram. Place the top left corner of the While Loop here.4. Click and drag the cursor diagonally to enclose all the

24、Express VIs and wires, as shown in Figure3-3.Figure 3-3. Placing the While Loop around the Express VIsNotice that the While Loop, shown at left, appears with a STOP button wired to the condition terminal. This While Loop is configured to stop when the user clicks the STOP button.5. Display the front

25、 panel and run the VI.Notice that the VI now runs until you click the STOP button. A While Loop executes the functions inside the loop until the user presses the STOP button.Controlling the Speed of ExecutionTo plot the points on the waveform graph more slowly, you can add a time delay to the block

26、diagram. Complete the following steps to control the speed at which the VI executes.1. On the block diagram, select the Time Delay Express VI on the Execution Control palette and place it inside the loop.2. Type .250 in the Time delay （seconds） text box.This time delay specifies how fast the loop ru

27、ns. With a .250 second time delay, the loop iterates once every quarter of a second.3. Close the Configure Time Delay dialog box.4. Save this VI.6. Click the Enable switch and notice the change on the graph.Notice how if the Enable switch is on, the graph displays the reduced signal. If the Enable s

28、witch is off, the graph does not display the reduced signal.7. Click the STOP button to stop the VI.Using a Table to Display DataComplete the following steps to display a collection of mean values in a table on the front panel.1. On the front panel, select the Express Table indicator on the Text Ind

29、icators palette and place it on the front panel to the right of the waveform graph.2. Display the block diagram.Notice that the Table terminal appears wired to the Build Table Express VI automatically.3. If the Build Table Express VI and the Table terminal are not selected already, click an open are

30、a on the block diagram to the left of the Build Table Express VI and the Table terminal. Drag the cursor diagonally until the selection rectangle encloses the Build Table Express VI and the Table terminal, shown at left. A moving dashed outline called a marquee highlights the Build Table Express VI,

31、 the Table terminal, and the wire joining the two.4. Drag the objects into the While Loop to the right of the Mean terminal.Notice that the While Loop automatically resizes to enclose the Build Table Express VI and the Table termial.5. Using the Wiring tool, wire the Mean terminal of the Sample Compression Express VI to the Signals input of the Build Table Express VI.The block diagram should appear similar to Figure 3-4.Figure 3-4. Block Diagram of the Reduce Samples VI6. Display the front panel and run the VI.7. Click the Enable switch.The table displays the mean values of every 25 sa