Topic outline

  • General

  • Modularity, using Sub - VIs efficiently

    • Variables, Event Structure, Event Driven State Machine

      • Error Handling and Debugging

        • Advanced design patterns

          • Property/Invoke Nodes, Local Variables

            • File formats, using binary, text, and TDMS files

              • Timing & Data Acqusition

                • Queues and notifiers

                  • NI Vision framework

                    • App Deployment, LabVIEW Next Gen

                      • Databases in virtual instrumentation - NEW LECTURE

                      • Using non-NI hardware with Labview - NEW LECTURE

                      • Histogram of Oriented Gradients

                      • STUDENT PROJECTS

                        • Student projects for Virtual Instrumentation course

                          Hardware testing

                          ·         A software designed for competition hardware testing

                          ·         Report including time of testing and error log

                          Autonomous driving model car

                          ·         “Follow me” implementation with a leader driven by a user, and a follower designed to mimic the leader’s movements (use of web camera)

                          ·         Driving using an ultrasonic (US) radar device to avoid obstacles and determine the direction

                          ·         Mapping of surrounding space using the US radar and creating a space map

                          ·         Searching the space for a given object (symbol) using a web camera and an US radar

                          Crane model

                          ·         Improve the existing crane model (static mechanics) or build a new one

                          ·         Introduce the radial mobility for the catching arm

                          ·         Upgrade the existing software controller to support the improvements

                          ·         Use a web camera to supervise and automate the working of the model

                          Smart board

                          ·         Use the Xbox Kinect sensor system to control a program in LabVIEW

                          ·         Implement the basic drawing functions (like MS Windows Paint) in LabVIEW to control virtual drawing of graffiti by hand movement tracking

                          Water display

                          ·         Use a tank with 8 (16) valves to control the flow of water from LabVIEW

                          ·         Using a “drawing pad” introduce simple symbols to be displayed with the falling water

                          ·         Implement the display of basic alpha numeric symbols to facilitate water display messages

                          ·         Provide all the needed controls for the system (water level check, water pumping to the higher tank, timing, etc.)

                          Sand clock

                          ·         Use a flat board with a sand covering as a drawing base for time display

                          ·         Implement a system of arms that can draw the symbols in the sand

                          ·         Build the software and necessary symbol libraries in LabVIEW

                          Cargo port simulation

                          ·         Using a “smart” crane automate the distribution of containers in a model port

                          ·         Read the marking on the containers automatically to improve the speed of the system

                          ·         Sort the containers depending on the destination

                          ·         Use QR codes to direct the actions

                          Meteorological station

                          ·         Build a sensor system designed to continually monitor meteorological parameters

                          ·         Communicate with a server to store data, and display on demand

                          ·         Display data locally or remotely

                          Biomedical sensors

                          ·         Acquisition of biological/medicinal data (EKG, EMG),

                          ·         Using a smartphone as a platform for monitoring and storing results

                          Eye movement tracking

                          ·         Using a web camera to track eye movement and to control the computer

                          ·         Use LabVIEW vision toolkit

                          Smart stationary bike

                          ·         A stationary bike that can simulate a biking track from GPS records

                          ·         Implementing power measurements on the pedal bars

                          ·         Providing training data to improve athlete performance

                          Access control and logging

                          ·         Using RFID tags to gain access to laboratories for students

                          ·         Logging of laboratory users

                          ·         Using web camera and vision utilities to control access to parking (license plates)

                          Sound and piezoelectric elements

                          ·         Using LabVIEW to build an instrument tuner with a simple piezo detector

                          ·         Using piezo as an actuator for a sounding board (table top, window glass, etc.)

                          ·         Using piezo to transfer sound through bones “soundlessly”

                          ·         Testing of hearing – software implementation

                          LabVIEW and Red Pitaya

                          ·         Improving on the Red Pitaya LabVIEW functionality

                          3D scanner

                          ·         Migrate the existing OS Raspberry solution to LabVIEW environment for improved performance and customization

                          High frequency instrument virtualization

                          ·         A number of HF instruments available at our institution lack computer interface software solutions (older generation instruments), but are equipped with a GPIB

                          ·         Build customized measurement protocols that enable improved usage of these instruments and automation of measurement process