Programming instructions

Index
© National Instruments Corporation I-15 LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual
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Lab/1200 boards, simultaneous buffered
waveform acquisition and generation, 14-7
LabVIEW software
basic LabVIEW data acquisition
concepts, 3-1 to 3-16.
See also
VIs.
data organization for analog
applications, 3-14 to 3-16
location of common DAQ examples,
3-1 to 3-2
common questions about LabVIEW,
A-1 to A-4
data acquisition hardware support
Macintosh systems (table), 2-5
Windows environment (table),
2-4 to 2-5
data types,
xvi
relationship between LabVIEW, NI-DAQ,
and DAQ hardware (figure), 2-3
latched digital I/O.
See
handshaking (latched)
digital I/O.
legacy MIO boards, simultaneous buffered
waveform acquisition and generation,
14-4 to 14-6
hardware triggered, 14-6
software triggered, 14-4 to 14-5
limit settings
considerations for selecting analog input
settings, 5-7 to 5-8
description, 5-6
effect on ADC precision (figure), 5-6
measurement precision for various device
ranges and limit settings (table), 5-8
SCXI gains, 20-3 to 20-5
VI limit settings, 3-12 to 3-14
linearizing voltage levels, 18-5
M
Macintosh systems
configuring DAQ devices, 2-6 to 2-8
LabVIEW data acquisition hardware
support (table), 2-5
NI-DAQ driver files, 2-3
SCXI chassis
hardware configuration, 2-9 to 2-10
software configuration, 2-10 to 2-13
manual.
See
documentation.
maximum sampling rate per channel, 7-5
Meas Buffered Pulse-Period (DAQ-STC) VI,
25-7 to 25-8
Measure Frequency - Dig Start > 1kHz (8253)
VI, 26-8
Measure Frequency < 1kHz (8253) VI,
26-8, 26-10
Measure Frequency > 1kHz (8253) VI, 26-7
Measure Frequency-Easy (9513) VI, 26-5
Measure Frequency-Easy (DAQ-STC)
VI, 26-4
Measure Frequency VI, 26-4, 26-5
Measure Period-Easy (9513) VI, 26-9
Measure Period-Easy (DAQ-STC) VI, 26-8
Measure Pulse-Easy (9513) VI, 25-4
Measure Pulse-Easy (DAQ-STC) VI, 25-2
Measure Pulse Width or Period VI
determining pulse width
Am9513, 25-4
DAQ-STC, 25-2 to 25-3
measuring low frequency signals, 26-9
Measure Short Pulse Width (8253) VI, 25-5
measurement system
choosing, 5-4 to 5-6
differential measurement system,
5-9 to 5-10
nonreferenced single-ended measurement
system, 5-11 to 5-12
referenced single-ended measurement
system, 5-11