Product Description

LabVIEW is an award-winning programming language that allows engineers to create "virtual" instruments on their desktop. This new edition details the powerful features of LabVIEW 8.0. Written in a highly accessible and readable style, LabVIEW Graphical Programming illustrates basic LabVIEW programming techniques, building up to advanced programming concepts. New to this edition is study material for the CLAD and CLD exams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #599200 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Review
"Best "Practical application of Labview book" "I am a user of both Gary's book and the other person's book and I find myself reaching for Gary's book far more often than the other one. He covers some very advanced topics that are practical to many of us. His writing style allows for easy reading. The CD that is included has so many VI's that you will not know where to start" Reader Review, Amazon.com

From the Back Cover
Get up and running with LabVIEW ...
Virtual instruments created with the award-winning LabVIEW language become better and more ubiquitous all the time. This one-of-a-kind LabVIEW developer's kit gives you:

Virtual instruments -- quickly and cheaply

• Powerful tools to build your own instrumentation with National Instruments' popular LabVIEW programming language, from the ground up
• Step-by-step instruction in a breezy, easy-to-read style (written for nonprogramming scientists and engineers) from two top LabVIEW experts
• A head start on common test and measurement instrument configurations
• Tools for constructing LabVIEW instruments and controls to run anywhere and everywhere -- desktop PCs, embedded/single-board computers, Linux systems, and more
• Recommendations on data acquisition (DAQ) cards—makes, models, and speeds
• Make-it-work details on LabVIEW FPGA (field-programmable gate array) and RIO (reconfigurable input/output) technologies

THE MOST UP-TO-DATE LABVIEW GUIDE ANYWHERE

BONUS Coverage! Includes in-depth study material for the Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) and Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) exams. Three practice exams for the CLD also included.

About the Author
Gary W. Johnson is an electronics engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is known throughout the LabVIEW community as a programming guru extraordinaire, and is the author of the previous three editions of LabVIEW Graphical Programming and the editor of LabVIEW Power Programming. He lives in Livermore, California.

Richard Jennings is a LabVIEW consultant living in San Antonio, TX. He has over 15 years programming experience with LabVIEW.

Customer Reviews

Best "Practical application of Labview book"
I am a user of both Gary's book and the other person's book and I find myself reaching for Gary's book far more often than the other on. He covers some very advanced topics that are practical to many of us. His writing style allow for easy reading. The CD that is included has so many VI's that you will now know where to start

Needs more basic information on LABVIEW, and less chat.
I recently needed to get into Labview and so bought this book; and was disappointed. I would not describe the book as practical - a practical book is succinct, and provides the essential information the reader needs to understand the subject. The book is too chatty and long-winded; the author keeps 'beating around the bush' rather than clearly presenting the basics of Labview. When will authors realise that practical books on software packages need to contain NUMEROUS SIMPLE EXAMPLES, with each element of the program fully explained in the text? By proving this, the author helps the reader to understand how the software functions, and enables them to build up their own applications in a modular fashion. Unfortunately, rather than providing this, 'Labview Graphical Programming' frustrates the reader by forcing them to wade through hundred of pages on topics such as the development history and the intricacies of the functionality of Labview. It might be of use to a person who is already familiar with Labview and is currently using it.

Not much different than the previous version
I gave this book 3 stars because it's still a useful resource for those who are interested in LabVIEW. However, I wouldn't recommend buying it if you have the previous version and don't wish to pursue the creation a real time LabVIEW application on an embedded Linux platform. There really is little, if any, mention of some of the new, interesting features of LabVIEW 6 which to me was a major let down, such as control references and the like. The examples included with the book on the CD Rom aren't incredibly useful or new for that matter, but could be of some benefit to a new user. Overall, if you're new to LabVIEW and have never seen the previous version of this book I'd recommend it, but if you have the older version I wouldn't be too inclined to recommend it for anything rather than the detailed information in the latter chapters regarding LabVIEW RT and Linux.