| Contents | |
| Chapter 1 | Introduction |
| General issues in virtual instrumentation; Software packages; Basics of signal acquisition; Personal computers and external devices; Hardware configuring; Experimental set-up structure for vi illustration. | |
| Chapter 2 | LabVIEW and HP VEE Packages |
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Introduction; LabVIEW; HP VEE™. |
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| Chapter 3 | Signals and Measuring Configuration |
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Signals and sources; DAQ measurement configurations; Equivalent circuits for sensors; Coupling sensors to measuring devices. |
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| Chapter 4 | Sensors |
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Introduction; Temperature transducers; Pressure sensors; Piezoelectric sensors; Strain sensors; Resistive potentiometers for position sensing; Inductive sensors; Hall effect sensors. |
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| Chapter 5 | Signal Acquisition |
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Analog to Digital converter (A/D); Digital to Analog converter (DAC); Data Acquisition Boards (DAQ); PCMCIA cards; Data buses. |
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| Chapter 6 | Sensors Characteristics Measurement |
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Measurement technique outline; PCM-DAS 16D/12 card; Accelerometer sensor; Rotary potentiometer for angular measurements; Linear potentiometer for distance measurement; Inductive sensor; Thermocouples; Universal Library for LabVIEW. |
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| Chapter 7 | Instrument Control |
| GPIB instrument control with HP VEE; Component characteristics measurement using GPIB; Measuring active electronic devices characteristics; Instrument control with LabVIEW. | |
| Chapter 8 | Signal Generation, Analysis and Processing |
| Introduction; Signal generation; Analysis tools; Signal processing; Digital filters. | |