- SUNY-Geneseo/Physics & Astronomy
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- LabVIEW
- (Instrumentation & Interfacing)
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(Phys 363)
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Interfacing Hardware Summary
- Dr. Pogo (pogo
at geneseo.edu)
- Where's Pogo?
- Office: ISC 228D
- Where's Pogo?
- Description
- Links
- Photo
- Analog DAQ
- Digital DAQ
- Video
- The first two demos are the best so far...
- Agilent Devices
- These examples use RS-232 and require a Null-modem adapter.
- These devices are also capable of using GPIB communication instead of RS-232.
- Detect COM, Example
- Manuals:
- 33120A, 34401A, E3631A
- USB to RS-232 Adapter
- These show up as COM ports when plugged in.
- Some have DB9 connectors. The other "uart" style requires you to wire the RX, TX, and ground pins manually.
- Mouse
- Servo Motor Control
- Very easy to use... may require a USB-to-RS-232(DB9) adapter.
- Servo Motor Control
- Very easy to use. Connects by USB cable, but is really using RS-232 serial communication.
- Servo Motor Control
- Very easy to use, but now hard to get.
- Servo Motor Control
- Not as easy to use.
- Servo Motor Control
- Not so easy to use. Requires that you first install and run their custom software, and use it to configure the device to be allowed to use LabVIEW.
- Pololu Maestro
- Stepping Motor Control
- Pretty easy to use. Requires a USB-to-RS-232 (uart) adapter. See the onscreen instructions on the vi! Some functions may require that you run their custom software first, but for the most part works fine without it.
- Stepping Motor Control
- Easy to use... but you have to be an admin to install the drivers for it before the first time you plug it in.
- xy Table Control (stepping motors)
- These use the Velmex "COSMOS" system, which has to be attached, installed, and run before the first use. Using their software, you have to enable LabVIEW to have access. We have three systems, and one of them has the COSMOS stuff built right in.
- Embedded Stepping Actuator
- These fantastic little stepping actuators have all the controlling electronics built right in. However, their cables use an older style RS-232 connector.
- Postal Scales
- Although they all look the same, the scales are all slightly different models with different communication details... but all of them use RS-232 serial communication with a DB-9 connector. One of them uses a Null-modem adapter.
- Servo Motor Control
- I haven't worked these out yet... they use the I2C serial communication method, and we don't have any I2C connectors.
- PCA9685 I2C Controller
