Fundamental Labview Techniques For Transducers Interfacing

This manuscript will guide readers in actual LabVIEW graphical programming of the Digilent Analog Discovery 2 and Analog Digital parts kit. It discusses electronics schematics, electronics hardware wiring, interfacing techniques, and sensors data acquisition. Readers may gain the ability to make full use of the Analog Digital part kits sensors, electronics components, and integrated circuits. Each of the hands-on unit is self-contained and can be postponed or visited asynchronously if desired. The Digilent Analog Discovery 2 projects discussed in this text include the outdoor gardening temperature/heating regulator to guard against frost as well as indoor precise temperature controller for reptilian solarium habitat, external magnetic field measurement of fluctuating solar flare bombardment or high electromagnetic pulse leakage from industry machinery shielding, electronic circuitry to monitor any IR remote controller output and IR robotic communication, vibrational sensing shock sensor and suspension bridge structure monitoring, low frequency earthquake lateral sensing and shaker testbed sensor system, intruder alert device or acoustic frequency filtering system, solar tracker or room occupancy sensor, photoresistor daylight sensing, servomotor for robotic arm control and leg movement, and LED running lights application typically found in the festival lighting product.

Easy and simple LabVIEW hands-on for beginners. This manuscript will guide readers in systematical LabVIEW programming of the NI myRIO 1900 and Digilent Discovery 2 controller. It contains technical knowledge in data acquisition, electronics hardware circuit wiring skills, logical programming techniques, sensors interfacing skills as well as signal conditioning. Readers may gain the ability to relate them together to create other functional systems. Each of the hands-on unit is self-contained and can be postponed or visited asynchronously if desired.

The second edition of this highly successful text focuses on the major changes that have taken place in this field in recent times. Data Acquisition Techniques Using PCs, Second Edition, recognises that data acquisition is the core of most engineering and many life science systems in measurement and instrumentation. It will prove invaluable to scientists, engineers, students and technicians wishing to keep up with the latest technological developments. Teaches the reader how to set up a PC-based system that measures, analyzes, and controls experiments and processes through detailed design examples Geared for beginning and advanced users, with many tutorials for less experienced readers, and detailed standards references for more experienced readers Fully revised new edition discusses latest programming languages and includes a list of over 80 product manufacurers to save valuable time

The piezoelectric transducer converts electric signals into mechanical vibrations or vice versa by utilizing the morphological change of a crystal which occurs on voltage application, or conversely by monitoring the voltage generated by a pressure applied on a crystal. This book reports on the state of the art research and development findings on this very broad matter through original and innovative research studies exhibiting various investigation directions. The present book is a result of contributions of experts from international scientific community working in different aspects of piezoelectric transducers. The text is addressed not only to researchers, but also to professional engineers, students and other experts in a variety of disciplines, both academic and industrial seeking to gain a better understanding of what has been done in the field recently, and what kind of open problems are in this area.

The tranducer as a circuit element. Interfacing considerations - bridges. Interfacing considerations - interference. Amplifiers and signal translation. Offseting and linearizing. Overall considerations. 2 interface-design examples. Thermoswitches and thermocouples. Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs). Thermistor interfacing. Semiconductor temperature transducers. Pressure-transducer interfacing. Force-transducer interfacing. Flowmeter interfacing. Interfacing level transducers. Application miscellany.

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