JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

Student will be able to

• 1. It provides new concepts towards measurement and automation.
• 2. It gives knowledge about how to control an external measuring device by interfacing a computer.
• 3. To become competent in data acquisition and instrument control.
• 4. It gives knowledge networking

Course Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, it is expected that students should be

able to

• 1. Acquire knowledge on how virtual instrumentation can be applied for data acquisition and instrument control.
• 2. Identify salient traits of a virtual instrument and incorporate these traits in their projects.
• 3. Experiment, analyze and document in the laboratory prototype measurement
• 4. Acquire knowledge on developing different applications in Digital image processing control system, signalprocessing and in simulation systems using a computer, plug-in DAQ interfaces and bench level instruments

UNIT - I

Virtual Instrumentation: Historical perspective, advantages, block diagram and architecture of a virtualinstrument, data-flow techniques, graphical programming in data flow, comparison with conventionalprogramming. Development of Virtual Instrument using GUI, Real-time systems, Embedded Controller, OPC,HMI / SCADA software, Active X programming.

UNIT - II

VI Programming Techniques: VIs and sub-VIs, loops and charts, arrays, clusters and graphs, case and sequence structures, formula nodes, local and global variables, string and file I/O, Instrument Drivers, Publishing measurement data in the web.

UNIT - III

VI Chassis Requirements: Common Instrument Interfaces: Current loop, RS 232C/ RS485, GPIB. VISA and IVI. Application of Virtual Instrumentation: Instrument Control, Signal Measurement and generation: DataAcquisition

UNIT - IV

Advanced LabVIEW Data Concepts: Advanced file I/O, Configuring INI files, Calling code from other languages, Fitting Square Pegs into round holes: Advanced. Connectivity in Lab VIEW: Lab VIEW web server, E-mailing data from Lab VIEW, Remote Panels, Self-describing data, shared variables, talking to other programs and objects, talking to other computers, database, report generation.

UNIT - V

Simulation of systems using VI, Development of Control system, Industrial communication, Image acquisition and processing, Motion control.

R19 M.TECH EIE

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Gary Johnson, LabVIEW Graphical Programming, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1997.
• 2. Lisa K. wells & Jeffrey Travis, LabVIEW for everyone, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1997.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Kevin James, PC Interfacing and Data Acquisition: Techniques for Measurement, Instrumentation and Control, Newnes, 2000.
• 2. Rick Bitter, LabVIEW advanced programming technique, 2nd Edition, CRC Press,2005
• 3. Jovitha Jerome, Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW, 1st Edition, PHI, 2001. R19 M.TECH EIE M.TECH.- I YEAR- II SEMESTER ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING