Capture signal generator waveforms

In Chapter 3, Using the DAQ Assistant to Automatically Generate LabVIEW Code, we generated a signal waveform and captured it through a USB DAQ. We used automation to accomplish this task. Although automation can be handy in many circumstances, the fact is, real-life data acquisition, especially in a more elaborate and complex environment, cannot possibly be available in preautomated form, and one must use standard LabVIEW functions and/or write customized functions from the ground up. In this chapter, we will use standard LabVIEW functions to acquire data and present it in human-understandable form. However, to establish a coherent comparison between what we did automatically (in other words, using express VIs) and how it might be done using standard functions (functions that are installed by LabVIEW) or custom functions (in other words, functions that are provided as drivers by a specific vendor) or those written by a LabVIEW programmer, we will redo the...