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About This Manual
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual xxii
© National Instruments Corporation
• Part VI,
Counting Your Way to High-Precision Timing
, describes
the different ways you can use counters with your data acquisition
application, including generating a pulse or pulses; measuring pulse
width, frequency, and period; counting events and time; and dividing
frequencies for precision timing.
• Part VII,
Debugging Your Data Acquisition Application
, contains an
explanation of ways you can debug your data acquisition application
to make sure your application is accurate and runs smoothly.
•AppendixA,
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Common Questions
, lists
answers to questions frequently asked by LabVIEW users.
•AppendixB,
Customer Communication
, contains forms you can use to
request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products
and manuals.
•The
Glossary
contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric
prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.
•The
Index
contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in this
manual, including the page where you can find each one.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
[] Square brackets enclose optional items—for example, [
response
].
<> Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard—for example,
<shift>. Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipsis
represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for
example, DBIO<3..0>.
- A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle brackets
denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys—for
example, <Control-Alt-Delete>.
»
The
»
symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence
File»Page Setup»Options» Substitute
Fonts
directs you to pull down the
File
menu, select the
Page Setup
item,
select
Options
, and finally select the
Substitute Fonts
options from the
last dialog box.