Lab 7 ndash; Misc. pieces.ppt

Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Lab 7 – Misc. pieces Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Objective: Understand how to build and implement these components as needed within your design. How to create a SubVi How to convert from numeric value to string How to concatenate strings How to use logical data paths How to translate the origin Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Creating a SubVi- This allows you to build a sheet and save it as block to be used in another sheet. This helps clean up and consolidate big and messy sub circuits. Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Simplify your design to use constants whenever possible, and the fewest number of inputs and outputs. In the top right corner of the lab sheet, right click on the logo box (shown below) and select “Show connector” Each block is an input/output terminal. If you need more terminals, right click and select “Pattern” to find a different layout. To assign a terminal, click on a terminal ( it should turn black) then click on its Numeric control or indicator to be assigned. You can change the logo by right clicking and selecting “edit logo” Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Implementing a SubVi- In a different lab sheet go to the block diagram window. Right click to add a component, select “Select a Vi” and search for your SubVi you saved. Make necessary terminal connection. Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Converting a Numeric value to a string- To do this you simply need to add the “Number to Decimal String” block in the block diagram. This block takes in a numeric value and converts it to a string. A sample connection is shown below: Southern Methodist University Bryan Rodriguez Concatenate string- If you have multiple strings you would like to consolidate into one long string you can concatenate them in