Graph plotting and shift register

[Nikunj]

Hi,

There is one machine

[dannyt]

Is that one machine to rule them all ?

[JustinThomas]

So what happened to this machine?

[Norm Kirchner]

QUOTE (dannyt @ Feb 24 2009, 05:08 AM)

Is that one machine to rule them all ?

And through the shift register bind them.

[Justin Reina]

Hey Nikunj,

Sounds like you have a fun project to work with. As you have multiple tasks (or processes/threads, whatever suits your fancy), you might want to try out structuring your code as such. In an OS they're typically referred to as threads, and in LV there is potential for the same structure, and it is really efficient.

One option in LV that may work well for you is a Queued-State Machine(QSM), where each 'task', or collection of common tasks is it's own thread (or QSM). There is a ton of info on the forum about this concept, but it essentially mimics the behavior of an OS.

Here is an example, but by no means the best example (check the forum):

-http://forums.lavag.org/PM341-t13547.html (the stepper_II.zip file)

For your application, one effective method for the graph plotting would be to make it a seperate thread. It would then be up to the 'serial' thread to pass incoming data to it.

If you are interested and your project warrants the time for it, play around a bit with this option. You may find it can be very flexible for your needs.

Best of Luck,

-Justin

*I've also attached a simple vi showing that queues can pass anything you want them to.