Push buttons provide a simple way for users to interact with a physical system and are found in most electronic devices (for example the power button on your PC). In this tutorial we'll learn how to detect when a button is pressed and then modify the code to count the number of times we press the button.

• Sparkfun Inventors Kit for LabVIEW Setup

• Sparkfun RedBoard
• 1x Push Button

• LabVIEW
• NI-VISA
• LINX

• Open the LINX - Digital Input 1 Channel example from the LabVIEW Example Finder.
  
  
• Select the DI channel connected to the push button.
  
  
• Run the VI, and press the button.
  
  
• Modify the VI to count the number of times the button is pressed.

• Modify the code to display the count value on LEDs.
  
  
• Use 3 buttons to control the Red, Green and Blue values of an RGB LED.