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National Instruments Corporation 1-1 LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual

How To Use This Book

This chapter explains how this manual is organized. The following outline

shows you what information you can find in this manual.

Part I:Before You Get Started

How to Use This Book

Installing and Configuring Your Data Acquisition Hardware

Basic LabVIEW Data Acquisition Concepts

Where You Should Go Next

Part II:Catching the Wave with Analog Input

Things You Should Know about Analog Input

One-Stop Single-Point Acquisition

Buffering Your Way through Waveform Acquisition

Controlling Your Acquisition with Triggers

Letting an Outside Source Control Your Acquisition Rate

Part III:Making Waves with Analog Output

Things You Should Know about Analog Output

One-Stop Single-Point Generation

Buffering Your Way through Waveform Generation

Letting an Outside Source Control Your Update Rate

Simultaneous Buffered Waveform Acquisition and Generation

Part IV:Getting Square with Digital I/O

Things You Should Know about Digital I/O

When You Need It Now—Immediate Digital I/O

Shaking Hands with a Digital Partner