Instructions: Please complete the following in one VI. Refer to this sample front panel screenshot for
guidance:
(The exact appearance of controls and indicators depends on which style you are going to use: Modern,
Silver, System or Classic.)
If you have questions, please post comments on the homework on your universitys LabVIEW Workshop
website.
1. Include your first and last name, and Homework 1 in a comment box (double-click on blank
area on the front panel and start typing to create a comment box).
2. Turn on and off an LED using a push button.
a. On the front panel, create a push button and an LED. To open Controls palette where
you can find the controls and indicators, right-click on blank area on the front panel.
b. On the block diagram, wire the terminals together:
(to start or end a wire, click the black triangle on the terminal when the cursor has the
shape of a wire spool:
).
).
e. On the block diagram, right-click some blank space to show the Functions palette. Select
f.
Add
, Decrement
and Multiply
function blocks (they can be found in
Numeric functions palette) and place them on the block diagram.
Wire the terminals and function nodes together in the correct order:
Bonus tasks:
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Use a non-default palette for the controls and indicators, e.g. the silver palette:
Change colours of front panel controls and indicators using the Brush tool (in
the front panel window, click View>>Tools Palette or Shift-right-click a blank
area on the front panel to view the Tools palette where you can select the
Brush ).
Do not forget to set the tool to Automatic Tool Selection when you finish
colouring.