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Measurement and Data Acquisition Systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 450-4007/04
Abbreviation SMSD
Course title Measurement and Data Acquisition Systems
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Bilík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1.Multifunction data acquisition boards, integration into Windows OS, configuration. AD and DA converters. Signal conditioning before digitizing, antialiasing filter design.

2.Design patterns for data acquisition and evaluation. Application architecture with separate processes for user interface, data acquisition, data analysis and communication.

3.Language for communication with measuring instruments. Structure of language for communication with SCPI measurement instruments, command syntax, general commands.

4.Instrument drivers for VXI P&P measuring instruments. Structure of the VXI P&P instrument driver, internal, external model, structure, integration into development environments.

5.Model study of the application communicating with several measuring devices and using the data acquisition board.

6.Instrument drivers for IVI standard, device interchangeability, class and specific driver

7. Interface for communication with measuring instruments. Interface Structure and Definition, Transmission Parameters, Interconnection Modes, Traffic Modes, Structure of Transmitted Data, GPIB Interface, LXI Interface, Device Synchronization.

8.Modular measuring systems VME, VXI, PXI, and their specifics. PXI bus structure, addressing, timing, bandwidth.

9.TCPIP protocol for application communication purposes. Web server, implementation of distributed measurement systems.

10.Modular platform for measuring, testing and managing compactRIO. Structure of HW, specifics and use.

11. Design and implementation of cRIO application in graphical programming environment: code for RT controller and for FPGA.

12. Methods of data transfer between RT controller and FPGA on cRIO. LabVIEW Code specifics for FPGA.

13. Creating Embedded Systems in Graphics Programming Environment.

14. Creating Real-Time Systems in a Graphic Programming Environment.


Laboratories:
1.Repeat the principles of working in the graphical programming environment
2.Access to analog inputs on DAQ boards in graphical programming environment.
3.Access to analog outputs on DAQ boards in graphical programming environment.
4.Operation of digital inputs and outputs, work with counters and timers in graphical programming environment.
5.Implementation of the application for automatic testing of the multifunctional laboratory device connected to the DAQ board.
6.Format text strings to create commands for measuremet instrument in a graphical programming environment.
7.Development of digital multimeter instrument driver. Semester project assignment
8.Use of VXI P&P instrument driver for measurement instruments in a general test application in a graphical programming environment.
9.Start of work on the semester project
10.Implementation of data transfer between applications using TCPIP, implementation of a client-server application.
11.Development of application for cRIO RT controller
12.Development of cRIO application for work with HW peripherals of a multifunctional laboratory device connected to cRIO.
13.Support of work on semestral project
14.Supports work on the semester project

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.