Reddit reviews LabVIEW for Everyone: Graphical Programming Made Easy and Fun (3rd Edition)

Here is a student version of labview plus an Arduino for $50.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11225

You can use the arduino for real data acquisition and output. You can also learn labview and the arduino idk, which is C or something similar.

I have also found that this is a good reference book even though it is for version 8.

http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Everyone-Graphical-Programming-Edition/dp/0131856723/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1405129568&sr=8-2&keywords=jim+kring

Let me know if you need any ideas for projects!

> My supervisor wants to have an option in the main VI to choose one of the circuits. How can I go about doing this?

An event loop which takes an input and then conditionally runs the code.

Best to start at basics:

https://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Everyone-Graphical-Programming-Made/dp/0131856723

Find a project! LabVIEW's WAY too much to dive into without a specific goal to guide your efforts. I'd recommend (as I always do in these threads) picking up a copy of LabVIEW for Everyone ( https://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Everyone-Graphical-Programming-Made/dp/0131856723 ) for a readily accessible reference.

Do yourself a favor and avoid posting on the NI forums (they can be a bit on the snarky side), but definitely use the site as a reference.

Look no further. This book here is all you need. Comes with a CD and everything. I found it very useful.