12-10-2012, 03:46 PM
LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit 1.0
This document gives an introduction to the Control Design Toolkit version 2.0 for LabVIEW 7.1. (LabVIEW is produced by National Instruments.) It is assumed that you have basic knowledge about LabVIEW programming.
The introduction is based on simple examples - all downloadable via hyperlinks. Only the basic functions are demonstrated. You can search for a function via the Help menu in LabVIEW or just browse for it on the Control Design palette in the Functions palette in LabVIEW. Chapter 2 of this document list all functions available in the Control Design Toolkit.
Each function has several input parameters or arguments. You should always use Help (via right-clicking on the function block) to get information about these parameters before you use the function in your program.
The Control Design Toolkit was initially launched in Spring 2004. It expands LabVIEW's capabilities for control system and dynamic system analysis and design considerably. The set of functions available is comparable with the Control System Toolbox in Matlab and the similar control system function category in Octave.
Included in version 2.0 is the Control Design Assistant, which is an interactive tool which can be used independent of LabVIEW, and without LabVIEW programming (you can however create LabVIEW code from your Control Design Assistant project). The Control Design Assistant is available from the Start / Programs / National Instruments meny on your PC and from the Tools / Control Design Toolkit in LabVIEW.