LabVIEW Resources

Note: This page contains information that you may use for learning LabVIEW

Last updated: 02/13/2014

Getting Started

• DAQ Getting Started Guide (pdf)
• Getting Started with LabVIEW (pdf)
• Introduction to labview tutorial (pdf)

Further reading

• Introduction to NI LabVIEW (link to NI website)
• Begin Your Application (link to NI website)

Labview programs (zip files)

Lab 1
• lab 1a: Wind Tunnel Testing Principles, and Lift and Drag Coefficients
• lab 1c: "Isentropic" Blow-down Process and Discharge Coefficient
• lab 1f: Boiling Heat Transfer Paradox (For Omega-DAQ-56)
• lab 1g: Horizontally Forced Pendulum & Chaotic Motion

Lab 2
• lab 2a(ver.1): Dynamic Response of a Mass-Spring System with Damping
• lab 2a(ver.2) (use Vernier accelerometer)
• lab 2c: Driven Mass-Spring System with Damping
• lab 2e: Thermal System Response and Effective Heat Transfer Coefficient
• lab 2f: Pool Natural Convection and Boiling on a Platinum Wire
• lab 2g: Dynamic Response of a Model Vehicle Suspension

DAQs (pdf files)

Specifications Summary
• NI-USB-6008

Manual
• Omega OMB-DAQ 56
• NI-USB-9219
• NI-USB-6008/6009

Vernier related software

To use Vernier products with labview (if not installed):

1) Need to install the USB driver

• Labquest (and Mini) USB Driver for Windows (executable, 14.1 MB)

2) Need to install the installer for labview (with the appropriate version), such that the Vernier palette of VIs will appear in the labview functions palette (link to Installation Instructions)

• Labquest (and Mini) installer for Labview 2012 (executable, 38.7 MB)
• Labquest (and Mini) installer for Labview 2011 (executable, 38.7 MB)
• Labquest (and Mini) installer for Labview 2010 (executable, 38.7 MB)

3) If error still occurs after step 1 and 2, install this software which contains necessary drivers for labview functionality

• Logger Lite