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Displaying Digital Clock using LabVIEW

by: Active Participant
‎06-29-2012 07:10 AM
Last Edited by: Member example_scrubber_kentaro ‎08-08-2017 06:09 AM

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    Software

  • LabVIEW

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Overview
This application displays the real world current time as a digital display as you would see on an old digital alarm clock.


Description
The attached VI shows how to convert the current time into array elements in order to populate the individual second/minutes/hours arrays. The program uses custom controls consisting of LEDs and clusters to form the digital display.


Requirements

  • LabVIEW Base Development System 2012 (or compatible)


Steps to Implement or Execute Code

  1. Unzip the attached folder "Digital Clock 2012 NIVerified.zip"
  2. Open the project file "Digital Clock 2012 NIVerified.lvproj"
  3. Open the “Digital Clock 2012 NIVerified.vi”
  4. Run the VI

 

Additional Information or References
VI Front Panel

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VI Block Diagram

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**This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange.**

Larry Colvin
Associate Principal Engineer
Dyson Technology Ltd.

Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.