Physics: LabVIEW
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LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment based on the G programming
language for data acquisition and control, data analysis, and data
presentation.
LabVIEW allows you to generate a control and acquisition system with an
easy-to-use computer graphical interface based on your design requirements. In
practice you will often need to have interface cards like digital input/output
cards, Digital to Analogue converter cards, Analogue to Digital converter cards
and timers. These interface between the LabVIEW environment and the real
world.
In Oxford University's Physics department, 50 LabVIEW licenses are available.
There are a number of systems in the Department of Physics where LabVIEW is
being used. One example is the Teaching Machine in the Nuclear and
Astrophysics building. The Central Electronics Group uses LabVIEW for the
running of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) test benches.
The supplier of LabVIEW is National instruments:
http://www.ni.com/labview/
If you want to use LabVIEW from your own machine inside the department see:
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/computing/WindowsNT/Packages/labview.htm
There are some application examples available from the large dialog window
(search examples) that comes up when you run LabVIEW.
There are a number of books available about LabVIEW. See:
http://www.ni.com/reference/books/english.htm
The following institutes run courses:
- National Instruments
- CERN (if youre working on a CERN accredited project)
- Abingdon College (only basic introduction course)
None so far.
If youre new to LabVIEW the examples (see tutorial) can be very valuable.
see books
Johan Fopma
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Nick West