Course detail
Controlling the Experiment by PC
FSI-9PEXAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course is primarily devoted to hardware problems of the microcomputer application in experiments and to special software products for controlling the devices and virtual instrumentation. In lectures and laboratory measurements students will get acquainted with ports of the microcomputer (COM), standard interfaces (GPIB, USB, FireWire, Ethernet), measurement boards and platforms. Main accent is put on the practical application of new trends in design and performing the experiment. For the design and realization of the experiments students will predominately use the multifunction measurement boards and LabVIEW programming environment. In the frame of projects students can use also Matlab and Simulink.
Language of instruction
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
A teacher checks the attendance on practical measurements stated in the timetable. The form and the date of the compensation of missed lessons are specified by the teacher.
Aims
Performance of the computer-controlled experiment with application of standard interfaces and programming tools. More detailed knowledge of RS232, GPIB and USB will enable students to solve some particular tasks. Realization of simple virtual instruments in the LabVIEW environment.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
National Instruments. Austin, TX, USA. Technical support. http://www.ni.com/cs-cz/support.html . (EN)
Tan, L; Diang, J.: Digital Signal Processing. Academic Press, 2019 (EN)
Recommended reading
Kainka B., Berndt H.-J.: Využití rozhraní PC pod Windows. Nakladatelství HEL, Ostrava, 2000. (CS)
Staudenmaier,H.M.: Physics Experiments Using PCs. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1995 (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
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Lecture
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Syllabus
2. Technical means. D/A and A/D converter, multiplexer, counter/timer, FPGA. PC boards and platforms for communication with real environment.
3. Communication between PC and device. Serial and parallel transition of the data. Signals and communication in RS232.
4. Standardized busses, function, applied systems. Signals and communication in GPIB (IEEE-488), USB, FireWire (IEEE-1394), Ethernet.
5. Controlling software for the experiment, features and characteristics. Traditional and virtual instruments.
6. LabVIEW. Components of the system, programming principles, virtual instrumentation.
Measurements:
1. Programming of the RS232, handling of the multifunction board digital I/O lines in LabVIEW environment.
2. Measuring system with multifunction measurement board, measurement with multi-meter Metex.
a) Time constant of thermo transducer.
b) Characteristics of photodiode.
c) Charging of the condenser.
3. DAQ and sound boards for signal analysis in LabVIEW. Measurement of the acoustic characteristics of cavity resonators.
4. Measurement of the electric motor vibrations.
5. Measurement with tensometers.
Individual project.