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Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782172161
Pages 150 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Yik Yang Yik Yang
Profile icon Yik Yang

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. LabVIEW Basics 2. Most Common Communication Buses 3. Using the DAQ Assistant to Automatically Generate LabVIEW Code 4. DAQ Programming Using LabVIEW 5. Debugging Techniques 6. Real-World DAQ Programming Techniques 7. Real-Time Issues 8. DAQ at a Distance - Network and Distributed Systems 9. Alternate Software for DAQ 10. Non-National Instrument Devices DAQ 11. LabVIEW and Simple Microcontrollers

Arduino photo sensor board


We are now ready to go through an example. The purpose of this example is to illustrate that finding and installing libraries and drivers is a routine part of data acquisition. Arduino sensor kits provide about 40 boards and sensors for about $40 from Amazon (for example) but if you spend the required time and effort, you may buy the same sensor packs much cheaper on eBay or other resellers found on the internet. Complete source code and pictures of the Front Panel and Block Diagram are provided. The aim is to have the reader acquire and install the rest (IDE, drivers, and firmware) to emphasize the fact that nowadays most of the drivers and the latest instructions for almost any instrument reside on the internet and diver hunting and installing is an "art" that must be simultaneously acquired during learning data acquisition!!

In this example, we will use the following:

  • An Arduino Uno R3:

  • A photo resistor sensor board:

Hardware connection:

  1. Connect the center pin...

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