II4102 Virtual Instrumentation Syllabus:
II4102 Virtual Instrumentation Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The students will be able to
understand the basics of Virtual Instrumentation
differentiate analog and digital I/Os
use LabVIEW for experiments
analyze tools and applications in VI
UNIT I REVIEW OF DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION
Representation of Analog signals in the Digital domain – Review of quantization in amplitude and time axis, sample and hold, sampling theorem, ADC and DAC types.
UNIT II FUNDAMENTALS OF VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION
Concept of virtual instrumentation – PC based data acquisition – Typical on board DAQ card, Resolution and sampling frequency – Multiplexing of analog inputs – Single-ended and differential inputs – Different strategies for sampling of multi-channel analog inputs. Concept of universal DAQ card – Use of timer-counter and analog outputs on the universal DAQ card.
UNIT III CLUSTER OF INSTRUMENTS IN VI SYSTEM
Interfacing of external instruments to a PC – RS232, RS 422, RS 485 and USB standards – IEEE 488 standard – ISO-OSI model for serial bus – Introduction to bus protocols of MOD bus and CAN bus, PXI Bus
UNIT IV GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT IN VI
Concepts of graphical programming language LabVIEW – Concept of VIs and sub VI – Graphs & charts – Dataflow programming – Loops – Case and sequence structures – Types of data – Arrays & clusters – Formula nodes –math scrip integration – Local and global variables – String and file I/O – Building executables and installers – Web publishing tools
UNIT V ANALYSIS TOOLS AND SIMPLE APPLICATIONS IN VI
Build virtual instruments like oscilloscope, FFT analyzer – Windowing and filtering tools – Introduction of Electrical power measurement suite – Simple temperature ON/OFF controller – P-ID controller design – Simulation of a simple second order system – Building autonomous embedded system using FPGA target
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
use VI basics for Industrial Applications
develop Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW
use DAQ for Real Time Applications
REFERENCES:
1. Jovitha Jerome, Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW, PHI publications, 2010
2. S.Gupta and J.P Gupta, ‘PC Interfacing for Data Acquisition and Process Control’,
3. Instrument society of America, 1994.
4. Peter W. Gofton, ‘Understanding Serial Communications’, Sybex International.
5. Robert H. Bishop, ‘Learning with Lab-view’, Prentice Hall, 2003.
6. Richard Jennings & Fabiola De La Cueva, LabVIEW Graphical Programming – Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill
7. John Essick, Hands-On-Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers – Fourth Edition, OXFORD Publications
8. BehzadEhsani, Data Acquisition using LabVIEW, Packt Publishing, 2016