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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Measurement and Data Acquisition Systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 450-4007/02
Abbreviation SMSD
Course title Measurement and Data Acquisition Systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Bilík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Multifunctional Data Acquisition boards, structures and principles. AD converters, types, fundamental parameters.
2. Data Acquisition boards support in Windows OS. How to access and work with DAQ boards inside LabVIEW.
3. DAQ boards with A/D converter. A/D converter parameters and modes.
4. DAQ boards with digital input and outputs. Software and hardware timing.
5. DAQ boards with timers and counters. Timer and counters parameters and modes.
6. How to communicate with measurement instruments. SCPI language structure, syntax, basic commands.
7. Instrument drivers according to VXI P&P standard, ID structure, internal external model.
8. IVI instrument drivers. Instrument interchangeability, class driver, specific driver.
9. Interfaces for communication with instruments. Interface structure and definition, transmition parameters, interconnection, synchronization, structure of transmitted data, interface throughput, GPIB, LXI.
10. VME, VXI, PXI instruments, structure, addressing, timing, throughput.
11. TCPIP protocol, DataSocket for application to application communication. Web server, distributed measurement systems, client-server application.
12. Embedded system development in graphical programming environment. Support of FPGA and cRIO.
13. Real-time systems in graphical programming environment.

Laboratories:
1. Brief repetition of the principles work in a graphical programming environment
2. Basic approaches to the analog inputs on the card collecting data in a graphical programming environment.
3. Working with analog outputs in graphical programming environment.
4. Operating the digital inputs and outputs in a graphical programming environment.
5. Work with counters and timers in a graphical programming environment. Entering semester project
6. Formatting text strings to create commands for the device in a graphical programming environment.
7. Communication with the device in a graphical programming environment.
8. Development of utility for DMM, PA.
9. Development of utility for the FG, SCOPE.
10. Using VXI P & P utilities for measuring instruments in general test application in a graphical programming environment.
11. Using VXI P & P utilities for measuring instruments in general test application in a graphical programming environment.
12. Implementation of data between applications using the TCP / IP, DataSocket

Literature

[1] PIEPER, John M. Automatic Measurement Control. Munich: Rohde&Schwarz, 2007, 295 s.

Advised literature

[1] BITTER, Rick, Taqi MOHIUDDIN a Matt NAWROCKI. LabView advanced programming techniques. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2007, 499 s. ISBN 08-493-3325-3.