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Chapter 4 Where You Should Go Next
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual 4-2
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Type of
Measuring Device?
Analyzing
Analog or Digital
Signals?
Signal Acquisition
or Generation?
Digital or
Counter Interfacing?
Single-Point
or Multiple-Point
Generation?
Single-Point
or Multiple-Point
Acquisition?
Using an Internal
or External Clock?
Triggering a Signal?
Latched or
Non-Latched Digital
I/O?
Plug-in DAQ Device Only SCXI
Analog Digital
Digital Counter
Latched
Non-Latched
Acquisition
Generation
Single
Multiple
Internal
External
Single
Yes No
Read about the DAQ Channel Wizard
in Chapters 2 and 3, and Section 5,
SCXI–Getting
Your Signals in Great Condition.
Read Chapter 23, Things You
Should Know about Counters.
Read Chapter 17, Shaking Hands
with a Digital Partner.
Read Chapter 6, One-Stop
Single-Point Acquisition.
Read Chapter 8, Controlling
Your Acquisition with Triggers.
Read Chapter 7, BufferingYour
Way Through Waveform Acquisition.
Read Chapter 9, Letting an Outside
Source Control Your Acquisition Rate.
Read Chapter 11, One-Stop
Single-Point Generation.
Multiple
Read Chapter 12, Buffering Your
Way through Waveform Generation.
Read Chapter 16, When You Need
It Now–Immediate Digital I/O.
Read Chapter 24, Generating a
Square Pulse or Pulse Train.
Read Chapter 25, Measuring
Pulse Width.
Read Chapter 26, Measuring
Frequency and Period.
Read Chapter 27, Counting Signal
Highs and Lows.
Read Chapter 28,
Dividing Frequencies.
Both
Read Chapter 14,
Simultaneous Buffered
Waveform Acquisition and Generation.
Internal or
External?
Internal
Read Chapter 13, Letting an Outside
Source Control Your Update Rate.
External