using maths function in VI

[sherzaad]

Hi,

I know it can be done in Matlab but I would like to know if there is a way/block in Labview to type in a math function to generate a plot? (for example y = sin(x) for x=0 to 6)

[crossrulz]

Sine Pattern.vi

[RavensFan]

You could use a formula node.  Use Ramp Pattern or incrementing inside a loop to generate the series of X values to feed into the formula node.

[Bob_Schor · Accepted solution]

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@sherzaad wrote:

Hi,

I know it can be done in Matlab but I would like to know if there is a way/block in Labview to type in a math function to generate a plot? (for example y = sin(x) for x=0 to 6)

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LabVIEW is not a "visualization" Language (like, say, Matlab, or Mathematica), it is an "Engineering Workbench" (the "EW" of LabVIEW) meant to construct "Virtual Instruments" (more letters of LabVIEW).  You certainly can write a VI that will make a particular plot, with particular parameters, but it isn't well suited (though I'm sure it could be done!) to write something that takes in a "typed-in" function and generates a plot.

Bob Schor