Step-by-Step Data Acquisition Part II Exercise 2:: Generating An Analog Output Waveform

National Instruments Corporation PC-Based Data Acquisition Systems Seminar 1
Step-by-Step Data Acquisition Part II Exercise 2:

Generating an Analog Output Waveform
In this exercise, you will use the DAQ Assistant to build a LabVIEW VI that generates and outputs an
analog waveform.
Note: This exercise uses simulated hardware. You will not be able to verify that the data you output since
you have no physical way to connect the output to an input. However, this exercise will show you the
process for developing a waveform generation application using NI data acquisition hardware and NI
LabVIEW.

1. Visit http://ni.com/trylabview and click on the Try LabVIEW Online link to access the LabVIEW
Online Evaluation. Once your browser has been tested, click Continue and you will be directed to
the remote desktop.
2. If you have just logged on to the LabVIEW Online Evaluation, you will first need to configure your
measurement system. Refer to Part I, Exercise 1 Configuring a DAQ System in Measurement &
Automation Explorer (MAX).
3. Launch LabVIEW from the desktop.
4. Click New to start a new program. At the next splash screen, select Blank VI and click OK.
5. Press <Ctrl-E> to switch to the LabVIEW Block Diagram.
6. Right-click on the white space to bring up the Functions palette. Browse to the Input subpalette and
click the Simulate Signal Express VI as shown below. Place the VI on the Block Diagram.

7. In the Timing section of the window, set the Samples per second (Hz) to 10,000. Click OK.
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8. Bring up the Functions palette again, and browse to the DAQ Assistant VI on the Output subpalette
of the Functions palette. Place the VI on the Block Diagram.
9. In the Create New window, select Analog Output as the Measurement Type. In the next window,
select Voltage. In the next window, click the + sign next to SCC1Mod17 (SCC-FT01), select ao0,
and click the Finish button.
10. In the DAQ Assistant configuration window, select Generate Continuously from the Task Timing
tab in the lower part of the window. Uncheck Use timing from waveform data, and set the
Rate (Hz) to 10,000. Click the OK button.


11. On the Block Diagram, move the DAQ Assistant Express VI to the right side of the Simulate Signal
Express VI. Wire the Sine output of the Simulate Signal VI to the data input of the DAQ Assistant
VI. To create a wire, move your cursor over the blue arrow on the Sine output terminal of the
Simulate Signal VI and left-click to start the wire. Move your cursor to the data input terminal of
the DAQ Assistant VI and left-click again to attach the wire.
Your Block Diagram should resemble the following figure.

12. To make the VI run continuously, create a While Loop. A While Loop causes all parts of the program
inside the loop to run continuously until a Stop button is clicked. To create the While Loop, browse to
the Exec Ctrl subpalette of the Functions palette and select a While Loop.

13. Draw the While Loop around your entire Block Diagram. Your Block Diagram should resemble the
following figure.

14. Create a knob to control the frequency of your sine wave. To create a knob, press <Ctrl-E> to switch
to the LabVIEW Front Panel. Right-click on the empty gray space to pull up the Controls palette.
Select a Knob from the Numeric Controls subpalette of the Controls palette. Place the knob on the
Front Panel.

15. Right-click the knob and select Properties. On the Appearance tab, change the label to Frequency.
On the Scale tab, change the Scale Range so Minimum equals 0.00 and Maximum equals 1000.00.
Click OK to close the Properties window.
16. Press <Ctrl-E> to switch to the Block Diagram. Notice the orange Frequency knob control terminal.
Move the control inside the While Loop to the left side of the Simulate Signal Express VI. Wire the
knob control to the Frequency input terminal of the Simulate Signal Express VI (the second orange
arrow on the left side of the Simulate Signal Express VI).
Note: Make sure that you wire the knob control to the correct input terminal of the Simulate Signal
Express VI. If you make a bad wire connection, double-click the wire to select it and press <Delete>.
Your Block Diagram should resemble the following figure.

17. Run the VI. It will now use the frequency knob on the LabVIEW Front Panel to generate a sine wave
at the specified frequency. This sine wave is then generated on analog output channel 0 by the DAQ
Assistant Express VI.
End of Part II, Exercise 2

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