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Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW

Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW

By : Yang, Ehsani
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Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW

Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW

3.8 (8)
By: Yang, 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.
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Acquiring distance measurements using Parallax USR with an Arduino


Acquiring the precise distance to or from an object is entrenched in so many devices we use these days that we often wonder how people used to live without them just a few years ago. From every cell phone that we use, to driverless cars that are now coming to streets, measuring proximity to a nearby object plays a pivotal role in engineering and data acquisition. A robot vacuum cleaner traverses living rooms and bedrooms avoiding objects while cleaning carpets and floors. Modern TVs understand and respond to hand gestures. Defining and recording the exact position of an object in space and its position relative to its neighboring objects has evolved very rapidly.

Even laser gun slinging exploding robots in movies need to measure distance to an object and move accordingly. Not all of that is Computer Generated Graphics. Acquiring the precise distance to an object ranges from a very simple number to extremely complicated GPS...

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