Labview for data acquisition

No matter how much LabVIEW experience you have, this compact tutorial gives you core skills for producing virtually any data acquisition (DAQ) application-input and output. Designed for every engineer and scientist, LabVIEW for Data Acquisition begins with quick-start primers on both LabVIEW and DAQ, and builds your skills with extensive code examples and visual explanations drawn from Bruce Mihura's extensive experience teaching LabVIEW to professionals.

• Includes extensive coverage of DAQ-specific programming techniques
• Real-world techniques for maximizing accuracy and efficiency
• The 10 most common LabVIEW DAQ development problems-with specific solutions
• Addresses simulation, debugging, real-time issues, and network/distributed systems
• Preventing unauthorized changes to your LabVIEW code
• An overview of transducers for a wide variety of signals
• Non-NI alternatives for hardware and software

  Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1 Learning LabVIEW for the First Time 1
  • 2 Signals and DAQ 151
  • 3 Basic DAQ Programming using LabVIEW 185
  • 4 Simulation Techniques 265
  • 5 DAQ Debugging Techniques 279
  • 6 Real-World DAQ Programming Techniques 285
  • 7 Transducers 359
  • 8 Non-NI Hardware Alternatives 371
  • 9 Real-Time Issues 379
  • 10 DAQ and a Distance - Networked and Distributed Systems 385
  • 11 Alternative Software for DAQ 393
  • 12 Finalizing Your LabVIEW Software 403
  • App. A: Fundamentals: Bits, Bytes, Files, and Data 409
  • App. B: Top Ten DAQ Problems and Their Solutions 417
  • App. C: Saving LabVIEW's VIs 419
  • App. D: Example Applications 423
  • App. E: LabVIEW/DAQ Tips and Tricks 425
  • Index 429
  • About the Author 435
  • About the CD