Exercise 2 – Build a VI and Data Acquisition

Objective

• Familiarize with the LabVIEW development environment

• Build a VI

• Learn Analog Input and conversion

Complete the following steps to create a VI that read the voltage across the photodiode and convert it to a light intensity value in Lux.

1. Click on the LabVIEW icon on your desktop to see the following splash screen

   
   

2. Click the Open… button. The dialog box that appears highlights a new blank LabVIEW VIs. Click OK. Two new windows appear. The gray window is the Front Panel and the white window is the Block Diagram. The Front Panel is for creating the User Interface while the Block Diagram allows you to draw the program.

   

3. From the Front Panel menu, select Window and choose the Tile Left and Right option. Take note of the Show Tools Palette and Show Controls Palette commands.

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