“Virtual Instrumentation”

Presented By
Dr. JOVITHA JEROME
Professor and VI Centre In-charge
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
PSG College Of Technology, Coimbatore
 Presentation Overview

 PSG-NI Virtual Instrumentation Centre

 Virtual Instrumentation

 LabVIEW

 Virtual Instrumentation in Industries

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 PSG - NI
Virtual Instrumentation Centre
Setup in collaboration with National

Instruments inc..,( USA )

 The center is operational since 2000

PSG - NI Virtual Instrumentation
Centre Facilities

HARDWARE
 11 Pentium IV based workstations
 NI Instrument simulator
 PCI - GPIB
 PCI - MOI - 16E-4 ADC
 DAQ Signal Accessory and Connector Blocks
 IMAQ and Motion Controller
 Virtual Instrumentation Centre
Facilities
 SOFTWARE
LabVIEW Professional Development System
Standard libraries for VI
 Additional Tool Kits
 PID control , Fuzzy Logic, Signal Processing,
Digital Filter Design, Wavelets and Filter banks,
Joint Time Frequency Analysis, Third Octave
Analysis, Device Driver Library.

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 Evolution of Instrumentation

 PC Based Virtual Instrumentation has become the new

methodology for instrumentation
Flexibility

PC

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Time
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 Virtual Instrumentation

Stand Alone Instrument PC Based Instrument

DISPLAY
AND
CONTROL

Vendor Defined User Defined

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 Virtual Instrumentation

 Virtual Instrumentation is Computer based

Measurement and Instrumentation.

 A Virtual Instrument(VI) is a program in the

Graphical Programming Language G.

 Each VI consists of three main parts - front

panel; block diagram; icons and connectors

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 Virtual Instrumentation parts

1. The front panel - user interface - has controls and

indicators - controls supply data and indicators
displays data that VI generates
2. The block diagram - graphical code
3. Icon and Connector - The key to modular design :
icon - what is seen on the block diagram;
Connector - used to set up the input and output
terminals

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 Virtual Instrument(VIs)
 1. Virtual Instrument front panels often have a
user interface similar to physical instruments.
Control Palette
Control Palette
• Inputs = Controls
• Outputs = Indicators

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 Creating a VI Front Panel
 Numeric, Boolean, string controls and indicators

Labels
Digital
Indicator

Increment Digital Boolean Boolean

Buttons Control Control Indicator

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 Virtual Instruments (VIs)

2. Block Diagram
• Accompanying
“program”
for front panel
• Components
wired
together

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 VI Environment

The basic LabVIEW environment elements are :

1. Menus - at the top of the front panel and block

diagram windows
2. Toolbar
3. Palettes - basic building block placed anywhere on
the screen like tools, controls, functions

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 Front Panel and Block Diagram

 Menus

File Edit Operate Tools Browse Window Help

 Toolbars

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 Tools Palette
 Available on the front panel
and the block diagram
 A tool is a special operating
mode of the mouse cursor
 Use the tools to operate and
modify front panel and
block diagram objects
 To show the tools palette,
select
Window»Show Tools Palette

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Front Panel - Controls Palette

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ALL Controls Palette

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Block Diagram Functions Palette

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ALL Functions

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 Creating a VI

Front Panel Block Diagram

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 Wiring the Block Diagram

colours Scalar 1D Array 2D Array

Numeric

Boolean

String

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 What is LabVIEW
 LabVIEW stands for Laboratory Virtual
Instrumentation Engineering Workbench.

 LabVIEW programs are called Virtual

Instruments.

 LabVIEW produces Hi-Tech instruments backed

by the power of computer technology

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 LabVIEW History

•2004 - LabVIEW 7.1Express

•2003 - LabVIEW 7Express
•2000 - LabVIEW 6i brings the internet to
measurement and automation
•1998 - LabVIEW 5 connectivity, multithreading
•1996 - LabVIEW 4 has customizable interface
•1994 - LabVIEW 3 has add-on toolkits
•1990 - LabVIEW 2 is now a compiler

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* Graphical Programming
* Easy to use
* Faster Development Time
* Graphical User Interface
* Graphical Source Code
* Easily Modularized
* Application Builder to create stand-
alone executables

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 Multi-platform Compatibility

Platform neutral
Migrate applications
between platforms

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 Equipment Needed for Virtual
Instrumentation

• Computer for LabVIEW

• DAQ Board and Cable
• Suitable sensors
• NI Instrument Simulator
• DAQ Signal Accessory
• GPIB Board and Cable
• MODEM Connectivity

Computer running LabVIEW

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 LabVIEW Advantages

 PC Environment and Design Flexibility

 Capable of handling multi input/output
 Self Diagnostics - Test Routines
Data capture and calculation feature.
 Data presentation feature.
 Graphical programming.
 Network-based Measurement & Automation

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 Key Elements of Virtual Instruments

Acquisition Analysis Presentation

INSTRUMENT
User Interface
Signal DAQ Boards
Calculate
Routing and IEEE488 (GPIB)
Hard Copy
Conditioning VXI
RS-232
File I/O

Format Interprocess
Communication
Trigger Control
Networking

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 Network-based Measurement & Automation

Acquire Analyze Present

Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere
Network Network

Entire Measurement and Automation

system can be controlled with LabVIEW
locally, or over the Internet
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 Acquisition with LabVIEW
Acquire
Anywhere
LabVIEW can acquire data by
using one or more of the
following devices:
GPIB
LabVIEW is completely
Serial
compatible with Data Acquisition (DAQ)
National Instruments Remote Data Acquisition (RDA)
hardware, and also PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
works with a variety of (PXI)
third party devices Image Acquisition (IMAQ)
Motion Control
Real-Time (RT) Board
PLC (through OPC Server)
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 Analysis with LabVIEW
Analyze
Anywhere

LabVIEW includes the following

tools to help you analyze your data:
Analysis VIs for Differential
Analysis can either be Equations, Optimization, Curve
done directly in Fitting, Calculus, Linear Algebra,
LabVIEW, or with Statistics, etc.
third party software Signal Processing VIs for Filtering,
such as Matlab, HiQ, or Windowing, Transforms, Peak
C Detection, Harmonic Analysis,
Spectrum Analysis, etc.

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 Presentation with LabVIEW

Present
Anywhere LabVIEW includes the following
tools to help you present your data:
On your machine - Graphs, Charts,
Tables, Gauges, Meters, Tanks, 3D
Controls, Picture Control, 3D Graphs
Presentation with (Windows Only), Report Generation
LabVIEW can be done (Windows Only)
Over the Internet - Web Publishing
on your PC or over a Tools, Datasocket (Windows Only),
network, and you can use TCP/IP, VI Server
third party software like Enterprise Connectivity Toolset -
Excel, or DIAdem SQL Tools (Databases), Internet
Tools (FTP, E-mail, Telnet, HTML)

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 VI Features
 Computer based Instrumentation- PC Environment
 Standard components with Design Flexibility
 Scalable and easy Connectivity
 Compatibility
 Capable of handling multi input/output
 Increased productivity
 Reduced cost
 Power of software and Extensive graphics support
 User - Defined Instrumentation solutions

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 APPLICATION AREAS
 Mechanical &
 Automobiles Production Engineering
 Bio-medical  Metallurgy
Engineering  Polymer Technology
 Chemicals and Hi-tech  Power
materials  Process Control
 Civil & Structural Sectors
Engineering  Remote Sensing
 Defense  Telecommunications
 Food & Beverage  Textiles
Industry

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 Virtual Instrument in Industry

• Standard
components
• Flexible
• Scalable
• Connectivity
• Compatibility
• Increased
productivity
• Reduced cost

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 NI DIAdem
 NI DIAdem - Interactive Data Analysis and
Report Generation for the Automotive Industry
 Whether you have to quickly analyze large data
files from your latest test drives, easily compare
various tests to check for improvements of the
design of car components, or simply need to create
technical reports, DIAdem is a powerful tool for
your application. With its ready-to-use functions
and user interface, you can significantly improve
the speed and quality of your technical reports

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 Use in Automotive industry
 Research and design validation departments use
DIAdem to analyze test data to improve vehicle
safety, performance, and quality.
 Major automotive manufacturers, safety equipment
suppliers, airbag manufacturers, safety test labs,
and governing authorities worldwide use DIAdem
to analyze automotive safety test data.
 DIAdem is also helping engineers design better,
more efficient engines because they can more easily
analyze data from multiple engine tests and
compare the results automatically.

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Application Areas

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 Websites

www.ni.com
THANKYOU ALL

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