Chapter 7: LabVIEW as a Simulation Tool

Chapter 7: LabVIEW as a Simulation Tool

Lothar Wenzel

LabVIEW Consultant

Overview

In addition to everyday tasks such as word processing and the calculation of tables or graphs, modern computers also offer a multitude of further possibilities. This is mainly due to their enormously high processing power and to their employment of the user interface, which translates alphanumeric elements to graphic ones. The power of present-day computers is particularly evident in science and technology applications. We?ve known the mathematical preconditions for many years. What has been lacking until recently is the computing power, but this has become less of a problem. The world of simulation is an area where great advancement has been made, and with the right tools, LabVIEW makes an outstanding simulation environment. The G Math Toolkit and the built-in analysis libraries in LabVIEW make simulation jobs relatively easy.

Simulation and Reality

The importance of simulation calculations is growing. You might choose simulation calculations over real experiments for many reasons:


	?	Price advantages when compared to real experiments


	?	Possibility of variant calculations


	?	Ability to simulate dangerous or virtually impossible experiments


	?	Exact repeatability


	?	Ability to test nonexistent apparatus and developments

The advantages are significant, but you can also run into all sorts of problems in the world of simulations. In most cases, the exact model equations are so complicated that you have to make an appropriate approximation. Your skill as a developer determines whether or not this simplification alters...

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