Data Acquisition using NI DAQmx and LabVIEW

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Duration

• 14 lessons | 4.5 hours

Audience

• Developers using LabVIEW with NI data acquisition hardware to create data acquisition applications.
• Users familiar with the DAQ Assistant or basic NI-DAQmx code that want to expand their programming capabilities.
• Users new to PC-based data acquisition and signal conditioning .

Course Objectives

After attending this course, you will be able to:

• Develop integrated, high-performance data acquisition systems that produce accurate measurements.
• Acquire data from sensors, such as thermocouples and strain gages, using NI data acquisition hardware.
• Apply advanced understanding of LabVIEW and the NI-DAQmx API to create applications.
• Eliminate measurement errors due to aliasing and incorrect signal grounding.
• Initiate measurements using hardware and software triggering.
• Acquire and generate single-point and buffered analog waveforms.
• Acquire and generate digital signals.
• Use signal conditioning to improve the quality of acquired signals.
• Synchronize multiple data acquisition operations and devices.

Prerequisites

• LabVIEW Core 1
• LabVIEW Core 2

Hardware and Software

NI Online Training courses are best utilized on systems meeting minimum requirements for best performance. Use the following guidelines:

Software

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Hardware

Use simulated hardware where applicable or the list below as reference if you want to program and test the hardware related exercises:

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Recommended Hardware and Software

NI Online Training courses are best utilized on systems meeting minimum requirements for best performance. Use the following guidelines:

Software

• Windows 10
• NI DAQmx (2022 Q3)
• LabVIEW (2022)

Hardware

Use simulated hardware where applicable or the list below as reference if you want to program and test the hardware related exercises:

• N/A