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Data Acquisition using LabVIEW

By : Behzad Ehsani
Book Image

Data Acquisition using LabVIEW

By: Behzad Ehsani

Overview of this book

NI LabVIEW's intuitive graphical interface eliminates the steep learning curve associated with text-based languages such as C or C++. LabVIEW is a proven and powerful integrated development environment to interact with measurement and control hardware, analyze data, publish results, and distribute systems. This hands-on tutorial guide helps you harness the power of LabVIEW for data acquisition. This book begins with a quick introduction to LabVIEW, running through the fundamentals of communication and data collection. Then get to grips with the auto-code generation feature of LabVIEW using its GUI interface. You will learn how to use NI-DAQmax Data acquisition VIs, showing how LabVIEW can be used to appropriate a true physical phenomenon (such as temperature, light, and so on) and convert it to an appropriate data type that can be manipulated and analyzed with a computer. You will also learn how to create Distribution Kit for LabVIEW, acquainting yourself with various debugging techniques offered by LabVIEW to help you in situations where bugs are not letting you run your programs as intended. By the end of the book, you will have a clear idea how to build your own data acquisition system independently and much more.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
9
Alternate Software for DAQ

MB-102 MB102 Solderless Breadboard, power supply, and jumper cable


Most designs are now done in a variety of the software that is available for almost any job. But there are occasions that actual electronic components need to go on a breadboard and designs need to be a fine-tuned manually. For the price, this is a good one and mine has been working reliably for a year:

Where else can you get a 1 x MB-102 Solder less Breadboard, 1 x MB-102 power supply plus 65 Breadboard jumper cables, and a nice breadboard? This one connects to a wall socket and supplies 3 to 5 volts to both sides of a breadboard. This makes working on the breadboard very easy as far as having access to power.

E-1608 - 16-Bit multifunction Ethernet DAQ device

As the name suggests, E-1608 is the Ethernet counter part of a USB-1608G device. Software installation of E1608 is also a bit non-conventional. The software is divided into several pieces and it has to answer yes or no to the question of do you want to install this...