[Adam Y.]

Originally Posted by Guy Davidson

Danny,

How would you combine LabVIEW and C? What functions, for example, would you use C rather than LabVIEW for? Could you give a few examples or links to see how this all comes together?

Thanks.

I would imagine modeling the behavior of the robot and using the corresponding information directly into the robot. I completely forgot that LabVIEW would have the necessary tools to do control system design which is kind of dumb on my part. It's also quasi intuitive if you are approaching this from the control systems/linear systems background.
PID Control

If you're going to be an electronic engineer, a person that designs circuit boards, you'll more likely be apt and need to learn C++ so you can program micro processors. You'll be working for someone like United Technologies, they make thermostat controllers, or BAE, Raytheon, any automotive ECU's and such or any type of electronics that require a micro processor. Could even be a toy company too, like Tyco Electronics. Tickle Me Elmo stuff.

Actually, if I was making a thermostat controller I would defiantly use Matlab or LabVIEW. The usefulness of both those programs goes way beyond simple programming. And anything else you can bring up is going to probably have the same functionality.