Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Getting Started with LabTutor3. Introduction to Computer Interfacing4. Interface Boards4.1. National Laboratories NB-MIO-164.2. National Laboratories NB-GPIB-165. Learning LabVIEW Basics6. Laboratory Instruments6.1. Introduction6.2. Cabling Systems6.3. Function Generator6.4. Oscilloscope6.5. Digital Multimeter6.6. Interface Tester7. Digital to Analog Conversion7.1. Introduction to D/A Conversion7.2. DAC Overview7.3. Selection Criteria7.4. DAC Software Overview7.5. LabVIEW Control of DAC7.6. Hardware Exercises8. Analog-to-Digital Conversion8.1. Introduction to A-to-D Conversion8.2. ADC Hardware Overview8.3. ADC Auxiliary Overview8.4. Selection Criteria8.5. ADC Software Overview8.6. LabVIEW Control of the ADC8.7. Hardware Exercises9. Parallel Digital Interfacing9.1. Introduction to Digital I/O9.2. Digital Interface Hardware9.3. Parallel Interfacing Protocols9.4. Parallel Interfacing with LabVIEW10. The IEEE488 General Purpose Interface Bus10.1. Introduction to the GPIB10.2. GPIB Hardware10.3. Transmitting Information on the GPIB10.4. Operating the Bus from LabVIEW10.5. GPIB Programming Examples11. Analysis of Sampled Data11.1. Introduction11.2. Random Variables11.3. The Probability Density Function11.4. Mean and Standard Deviation11.5. High Moments of the PDF11.6. CorrelationAppendix: Index