Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
9 Hour(s) 46 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Mohamed Hamdy
Rating
Course Overview
From Blocks to Brilliance: Your First Steps in LabVIEW
Introduction to Graphical Programming
LabVIEW 101 is an introductory course designed to provide students with a comprehensive foundation in graphical programming using National Instruments' LabVIEW environment. Widely used in engineering, research, and industrial automation, LabVIEW offers a visual approach to programming that is both intuitive and powerful, especially for data acquisition, signal processing, and control applications.
Throughout the course, students will become familiar with the LabVIEW development environment, including the Front Panel, Block Diagram, and various built-in tools and palettes. They will learn to create and manipulate Virtual Instruments (VIs), using controls and indicators to interact with users and visualize data. Core programming structures such as loops, case structures, and sequences will be introduced, along with LabVIEW-specific concepts like data flow execution and debugging techniques.
A key focus of the course is on clean, modular code design. Students will learn how to build reusable subVIs and apply basic software design architectures such as state machines and event-driven programming. These practices not only improve scalability and readability but also reflect real-world development standards.
By the end of the course, students will be equipped to design, implement, and troubleshoot functional LabVIEW applications, laying the groundwork for more advanced system development in engineering and scientific domains.
Whether you're new to programming or looking to expand your engineering toolkit, LabVIEW 101 offers a practical foundation for success.
Course Content
- 6 section(s)
- 27 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Data Types
- Section 3 Loops & Structures
- Section 4 Data Display Elements
- Section 5 More About LabVIEW
- Section 6 Design Architectures
What You’ll Learn
- Fundamentals of LabVIEW: Get a solid grasp of LabVIEW's graphical programming interface and core concepts.
- Advanced Programming Techniques: Delve into complex algorithms, design patterns, and structures that enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Project Development & Debugging: Build and debug real-world projects, tackling challenges step by step.
- Modular Design & Data Visualization: Create clean, reusable VIs, and present results through LabVIEW’s powerful visualization tools.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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OOmar Shaalan
The course goes from basics to more advanced stuff in a logical way, so you're never lost. Video and audio quality are great too, which makes it easy to watch without getting frustrated. The instructor really knows his stuff and explains everything in a way that actually makes sense. I was struggling with LabVIEW at work and this course totally changed that for me.
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JJohn Loudenback
I like the pace and relaxed instruction from this teacher! Easy to follow and understand.
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AAhmed Mohamed Hassan
the course is over all very good with lots of content; however, every section needs to have a wrap up video or a project especially the first 3 sections or use the blocks to form a semi-project instead of just using all in single videos. another thing is the producer and consumer (queues) video is very hard to understand and lacks the definition of what we are doing and how it is done. I know this will be hard but this will take the course to new amazing levels.
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aahmed hesham
so lovely and full with knowledge
