Virtual Instrumentation
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 51 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Aims and objectives
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of software based tools for the development of virtual instruments for use in real world data acquisition and measurement systems. The knowledge gained will be used to complete an instrumentation project.
| Unit Learning Outcomes | |
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| On successful completion of this unit students will be able to: | |
| # | Unit Learning Outcome Description |
| ULO1 | Generate data acquisition applications that utilise GUIs and Virtual Instruments. (K1, K2, K3, S1) |
| ULO2 | Assess and apply suitable programming structures and data types to display and log data. (A4, K2, K3, S1) |
| ULO3 | Select and apply suitable interfacing techniques in order to capture data from real devices. (K1, K2, K3, S1) |
| ULO4 | Justify intelligent solutions to data acquisition problems. (A2, A4, K5, S1, S3) |
| ULO5 | Design and Construct a digital solution to a data acquisition problem and demonstrate its effectiveness. (A5, A6, A7, K2, K3, S1, S3) |
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Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
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| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Face to Face Contact | Lecture | 18 | 12 weeks | 1.5 | No Description |
| Face to Face Contact | Tutorial Labs | 33 | 11 weeks | 3 | No Lab in week 1 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 96 | 12 weeks | 8 | No Description |
| Total Hours: | 147 | Total Hours (per week): | 12.5 | ||
Assessment
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Content
- Introduction to LabVIEW and Virtual Instruments
- Programming structures
- Modularity
- Acquiring Measurements with Hardware
- Sequential and State machine Programming
- Files, Variables, I/O, UI
- Improving an existing Virtual Instrument
- Creating and Distributing an application
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.