58:080 Experimental Engineering

LabVIEW Resources

Getting Started

• DAQ Getting Started Guide
• Getting Started with LabVIEW
• Introduction to LabVIEW Tutorial

Further Reading

• Introduction to NI LabVIEW
• Begin Your Application

LabVIEW Programs

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
• Lab 1g: Horizontally Forced Pendulum & Chaotic Motion

Lab 2

• Lab 2a (v.1) Dynamic Response of a Mass-Spring System with Damping
• Lab 2a (v.2) Dynamic Response of a Mass-Spring System with Damping (using 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

Specifications Summary

• NI-USB-6008

Manuals

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

Vernier-Related Software

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

1. Install the USB driver
• LabQuest (and Mini) USB driver for Windows (14.1 MB executable)

 

2. Install the installer for LabVIEW (with the appropriate version) so that the Vernier palette of VIs will appear in the LabVIEW functions palette
• LabQuest (and Mini) installer for LabVIEW 2012 (38.7 MB executable)
• LabQuest (and Mini) installer for LabVIEW 2011 (38.7 MB executable)
• LabQuest (and Mini) installer for LabVIEW 2010 (38.7 MB executable)

 

3. If errors still occur after steps 1 and 2, install this software, which contains the necessary drivers for LabVIEW functionality
   • Logger Lite

 

4. Instruction to install Vernier equipment in Labview 2013/2014
   • Vernier LabVIEW files (Vernier vi functions and menus)
   • Installation Instruction