Basic Function Generator

Creates an output waveform that is one of the following common signal types: Sinewave, Triangle, Sawtooth, or Squarewave. Details

offset is the DC offset of the signal. The default is 0.0.
reset signal resets the phase to the phase control value and the timestamp to zero. The default is FALSE.
signal type is the type of waveform to generate.

0Sine Wave (default)
1Triangle Wave
2Square Wave
3Sawtooth Wave
frequency is the frequency of the waveform in units of Hertz. The default is 10.
amplitude is the amplitude of the waveform. The amplitude is also the peak voltage. The default is 1.0.
phase is the initial phase, in degrees, of the waveform. The default is 0.
error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurs before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node.
status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE.
code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
sampling info contains sampling information.
Fs is the sampling rate in samples per second. The default is 1000.
#s is the number of samples in waveform. The default is 1000.
duty cycle is the percentage of time a square wave remains high versus low over one period. The default is 50%.
signal out is the generated waveform.
phase out is the phase of the waveform in degrees.
error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out indicator on the front panel and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error.
status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred.
code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Basic Function Generator Details

This VI remembers the timestamp of the previous waveform generated and continues to increment the timestamp from that point. It takes as inputs the type of waveform, number of samples, phase in, and the frequency of the waveform to be generated in Hz.

Refer to the examples\waveform\generationandanalysis.llb for an example of the Basic Function Generator VI.