Programming instructions

Index
© National Instruments Corporation I-21 LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual
terminal count (TC), 23-2
thermocouples for measuring temperature
(example), 21-2 to 21-3
timebase period uncertainty, 24-22
toggled counter signal generation, 24-1
transducers
common transducers (table), 18-1 to 18-2
excitation, 18-5
linearization, 18-5
signal conditioning for common types of
transducers/signals (figure), 18-3
Transpose 2D Array option (note), 3-15
transposing arrays, 3-15, 3-16, 7-6
triggered data acquisition, 8-1 to 8-11
analog hardware triggering
description, 8-5 to 8-6
examples, 8-7 to 8-8
deciding which digital trigger
setting to use, A-3
digital hardware triggering
description, 8-2 to 8-3
examples, 8-4 to 8-5
hardware triggering, 8-1 to 8-8
overview, 8-1
software triggering
conditional retrieval examples, 8-11
description, 8-8 to 8-11
triggering
vs.
external clock control, 4-4
triggering, defined, 8-1
triggers, defined, 8-1
two dimensional (2D) arrays, 3-14 to 3-16
analog output buffers, 3-16
column major order, 3-15 to 3-16
extracting single channel, 3-15 to 3-16
illustration, 3-14
row major order, 3-14 to 3-15
two-point calibration, 22-6 to 22-7
U
unipolar range, 3-14, 5-7
update clock, controlling externally,
13-1 to 13-3
Generate N Updates-ExtUpdateClk VI,
13-1 to 13-2
input pins (table), 13-2
overview, 13-1
supplying test clock from DAQ
device, 13-3
Utility VIs, 3-5
V
VIs.
See also
Advanced VIs; Easy VIs;
Intermediate VIs.
channel, port, and counter addressing,
3-9 to 3-12
common DAQ VI parameters, 3-7 to 3-8
crashing VIs in Windows, A-3
data organization for analog applications,
3-14 to 3-16
debugging, 29-1 to 29-4
default and current value conventions, 3-7
error handling, 3-8 to 3-9
finding VIs in LabVIEW, 3-3
limit settings, 3-12 to 3-14
organization, 3-4 to 3-5
parameter conventions, 3-6
SCXI examples, 21-6 to 21-10
Utility VIs, 3-5
W
Wait (ms) VI, 6-9, 6-10
Wait on Occurrence function, 7-11 to 7-12
Wait+(ms) VI
finite pulse train generation, 24-14
stopping counter generations, 24-23