Mechatronics Lab
Experiment No.__
Batch:_________ Date:________
Aim : To design & develop a measurement system using Data Acquisition
System & LabVIEW software.
Theory:
The essential element to automate your system for data collection and analysis is
termed as the data acquisition. The data acquisition system is the process of making
measurement of physical event and storing them in some logical fashion.
The components required are Personal Computer (PC) alongwith Data Acquisition
Card (DAQ). We have NI Chassis 9171, a 4 channel DAQ Card NI 9134 with
sampling frequency 51.2Ksamples/sec, Accelerometer Piezoelectric 20KHz,
100mV/g sensitivity and connector accessory for devices and software to create
devices called virtual instruments (VI).
Software is just a basic element of a data acquisition system. A typical industrial PC
based DAQ System may consist of components such as; transducers, signal
conditioning, plug-in DAQ boards and application software to create virtual
instrument. The fundamental concept is based on the fact that the data acquisition
system is centered on a physical quantity, which may be electrical, mechanical or
anything else that needs to be measured. The signal that needs to be measured is
converted to a signal that can be easily transmitted and measured by means of device
known as a sensor or a transducer, such a device converts the physical signal into an
electrical signal, such as voltage or current. In a data acquisition system environment
one cannot connect signals directly to a plug-in DAQ Board. Typically, the signal
must be conditioned before the plug-in DAQ board converts them to a digital signal;
such a system is illustrated in fig. 1.0 . Finally the software controls the data
acquisition system by capturing the data, analyzing and displaying the results. Fig.1.1
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Fig. 1.0 Flow chart of typical Data Acquisition System
Typical DAQ System Software :
Research shows that the software for data acquisition system is based on
programming environment such as Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering
Workbench (LabVIEW), C, C++. However, LabVIEW provides the flexibility and
widespread functionality available in the C programming, but at the same time, offers
productivity, which is 5 to 10 times better as compared to C programming language.
Many software data acquisition packages are available but LabVIEW is considered as
an industry for many data acquisition applications. Based on the popularity of
LabVIEW, this software package is used in our data acquisition system course to
deploy applications. 2. LabVIEW is based on graphical programming language.
Experimentation
A virtual instrumentation (VI) is developed for the data acquisition using LabVIEW
software. It consists of express VI’s such as Acquire data, Spectral Measurement etc.
in the experiment, accelerations of a vibrating surface is measured and analysed. An
accelerometer is placed on the vibrating surface. This vibrating signal is analysed in
time domain. An express VI spectral measurement if used to process this signal using
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to analyze it in frequency domain plot. By analysing
frequency domain plot, we can determine the frequency of vibration and this
frequency of vibration would help in determining the exact fault diagnosis.
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram of a LabVIEW program where as front panel of the
program is shown in Fig. 3.
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Fig. 2 Block diagram of the LabVIEW program
Fig. 3 Front panel of the LabVIEW program
Observation Table:
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Vibrating Time Domain Plot Frequency Domain Plot
Read. surface point
(From nearest to Time Amplitude Peak Freq. Amplitude
No.
farthest from source
of Vibration)
period (Sec) (m/s2) (Hz) (m/s2)
Plot Graphs:
1. Vibrating surface points Vs Amplitude of Time Domain Plot
2. Vibrating surface points Vs Peak Freq. of Frequency Domain Plot
3. Vibrating surface points Vs Amplitude of Frequency Domain Plot
Observations:
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