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Channels: The Next Evolution of Dataflow Matt Surridge CLA Application Engineering Specialist National Instruments ni. com

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The Evolution of G: Channels Communicate Between Parallel Loops ni. com

Channels Write Endpoint ni. com Channel Connection Read Endpoint

Create a Channel ni. com

Create a Channel, cont’d ni. com

Stream Channel Example

Tag Channel Example

Multi-stage Multi-rate FIR Filter 4 sub. VI instances & 2 loops all execute in parallel filter stage normal re-entrant sub. VI ni. com

FIR Filter read 0 or more samples per while loop iteration ni. com write one sample per while loop iteration

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Replicate A Stream ni. com

Channel Probe

Stream Channel Endpoints ni. com Write Read Write Multiple Read Multiple Write Scheduled Read Scheduled Write With Abort Read With Abort

Tag Channel Endpoints ni. com Write Read Write Scheduled Read Scheduled Write With Abort Read With Abort

Messenger Channel Endpoints Write Read Write Scheduled Read Scheduled Write With Abort Read With Abort Write Ack Read Ack With Abort ni. com

Messenger Ack Usage Write and Read, no ack Write and wait for ack Read and ack last message Write and wait for ack later Read and ack sooner Use of ack can be message dependent ni. com

Stream Abort Usage normal abort from stop producer ni. com abort from consumer error abort from consumer

Channel Message Handler

Measure And Log panel top-3 level top-4 bottom levelabstraction UI behavior top-2 level abstraction top level top-1 level abstraction ni. com

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FAQs 1. How can I tell what’s a Channel and what’s a regular wire? Subtle diffs: asymmetric coloring, invisible tunnels, flanges at sub. VIs. 2. Won’t Channels make diagrams too confusing? Actually, less confusing because fewer references are needed. 3. Aren’t Channels changing data flow as we all learned it? They augment existing (synchronous) data flow with asynchronous flow. 4. I know how to use the built-in queue; isn’t it sufficient? Yes. But Channels are easier to construct and see the communications. 5. Channels are for beginners; why should I care about them? They make it easier to do what is already possible. Probes help debug! 6. Can I hide Channels, or all wires except Channels? Not yet. This is a subset of being able to show levels of abstraction. ni. com

FAQs 7. Can Channels be used in a built application? Yes. 8. What are the performance impacts of Channels? Channels are implemented using sub. VIs with very efficient algorithms. 9. Can I bundle Channels together? Channels are not data and cannot be put in data containers. 10. What happens if two nodes are connected by both a wire and a Channel? Wire means sequential, Channel implies parallel. Likely to deadlock. 11. When do I use a Tag versus a Stream? Depends. Use a Tag instead of a global, a Stream instead of a queue. 12. What is the biggest drawback of Channels? Easier to tackle more complex apps, but communication is hard. ni. com

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