User manual
UniversitàdegliStudidiCatania
IntroductiontoNILabVIEW
WhatisLabVIEW?–Realvs VirtualInstruments
Virtual Instrument
“Fully customizable”User Interface
• Plenty of Controls andIndicators
• Customappeareance andbehaviour
• Advanced control onuser interaction
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Behaviour issoftwaredefined thusfullyprogrammable!(BlockDiagram)
Features loosely relatedonhardwarearchitecture easilyupgradable
Mid‐rangeLaptoprunningLabVIEW
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USBDataAcquisition(NI‐USB6251)
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• Input/Outputof analog/digital data
• Unlimited connectivity
• Advanced signal processingcapabilities
• Efficient andflexible datastorage
• Automatic reportgeneration
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PCMCIADataAcquisition(NI‐6062E)
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