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xii Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming
Contents
Changing internal object parameters 18
Changing the Waveform (Time) Mag scale 19
Exercise 1.3 - Generating and Displaying a Noisy Waveform 20
Devising a UserObject that will contain VEE Pro 8
interconnected objects 20
Naming terminals and pins to describe their function 21
Displaying a running program with a virtual oscilloscope 23
Noting object parameter changes in the description box and
with the red triangle 24
Selecting Properties with your mouse right button 26
Sizing an object 26
Selecting a Function and Object Browser box and creating a
formula from within it 27
Saving a program via the Menu Bar 29
Exercise 1.4 - Generating Random Numbers for Test
Development 30
Devising a random number generator 30
Applying the Collector object and accessing its Help
explanation 32
Using the Logging AlphaNumeric object to display and retain
data 32
Validating the number of data points collected 33
Determining the elapsed time to run a program 33
Demonstrating the usefulness of Show Data Flow and Show
Execution Flow buttons 34
Developing a faster random number generator 35
Summary 36
Agilent VEE Pro 8 and Hardware Connectivity
Instrument Communication 37
Overview 38