Creative Inquiry Electronics Project Lab Manual ® ® NI myDAQ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 LabVIEW Package and Driver Installation Tutorial for ENGR 190.......................... 5 Basic Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................ 6 Files on ENGR190_VIs.zip ....................................................................................................... 7 Lab 01: myDAQ, LabVIEW®, and MySnapTM ..................................................................... 8 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Topics covered in Lab 01 .................................................................................. 8 1.3 Objective: .......................................................................................................... 8 1.4 What You Need: ................................................................................................ 8 1.5 Instructions: ....................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Resistors ......................................................................................................... 11 1.7 Insulators ........................................................................................................ 12 1.8 Review ............................................................................................................ 12 1.9 MyDAQ® and LabVIEW®: ................................................................................ 12 1.10 Building the Front Panel: ................................................................................. 13 1.11 Coding Strategy: ............................................................................................. 17 1.12 How It Works: .................................................................................................. 19 1.13 Storing Data: ................................................................................................... 19 1.14 Tips and Tricks: ............................................................................................... 20 Lab 02 (Part I): Multisim & Resistors in Series ........................................................... 21 2.1 Topics covered in Lab 02 (Part I) .................................................................... 21 2.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 21 2.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 21 2.4 Multisim & Circuit Emulation ............................................................................ 22 2.5 NI myDAQ and Real World ............................................................................. 23 2.6 LabVIEW® ....................................................................................................... 24 2.7 How It Works: .................................................................................................. 25 Lab 02 (Part II): Multisim and Resistors in Parallel .................................................. 26 2.8 Topics covered in Lab 02 (Part II) ................................................................... 26 2.9 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 26 2.10 Multisim & Circuit Emulation ............................................................................ 26 2.11 MyDAQ & Real World ..................................................................................... 27 2.12 LabVIEW®: ...................................................................................................... 28 2.13 Review ............................................................................................................ 29 Lab 03: Voltage Generators and Viewers ...................................................................... 30 3.1 Topics covered in Lab 03 ................................................................................ 30 3.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 30 3.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 30 3.4 Definitions ....................................................................................................... 30 3.5 Water Pipe Analogy ........................................................................................ 31 3.6 Building in the Lab: AC and DC Voltage Sources ............................................ 33 3.7 Summary ........................................................................................................ 36 Lab 04: Ohms Law .................................................................................................................. 37 4.1 Topics covered in Lab 04 ................................................................................ 37 4.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 37 4.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 37 4.4 Ohms Law: ...................................................................................................... 38 4.5 Multisim: Virtual World .................................................................................... 38 4.6 MySnapTM: Real World .................................................................................. 40 2 4.7 Hardware Limits .............................................................................................. 41 4.8 Summary: ....................................................................................................... 43 4.9 Know Your Equipment Review: ....................................................................... 43 Lab 05: Kirchhoff's Voltage Law ....................................................................................... 44 5.1 Topic covered in Lab 05 .................................................................................. 44 5.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 44 5.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 44 5.4 The Circuit:...................................................................................................... 45 5.5 Multisim Verification of Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL): ................................... 45 5.6 MyDAQ DMM Measurements.......................................................................... 45 5.7 Sources for Error ............................................................................................. 46 Lab 06: Capacitors ................................................................................................................. 47 6.1 Topics covered in Lab 06 ................................................................................ 47 6.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 47 6.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 48 6.4 Water Pipe Analogy: ....................................................................................... 48 6.5 Understanding Capacitor Properties:............................................................... 49 6.6 Multisim Capacitor Circuit: ............................................................................... 50 6.7 More About Capacitor Properties: ................................................................... 51 6.8 Transient Responses: ..................................................................................... 52 6.9 RC time constant:............................................................................................ 53 6.10 The Real World - MySnapTM: ........................................................................... 54 6.11 Actual Values and Tolerances: ........................................................................ 55 6.12 LabVIEW® RC Meter: ...................................................................................... 56 6.13 How it Works: .................................................................................................. 57 6.14 Review: ........................................................................................................... 57 Lab 07: Inductors ................................................................................................................... 59 7.1 Topics covered in Lab 07 ................................................................................ 59 7.2 Objective: ........................................................................................................ 59 7.3 What You Need: .............................................................................................. 60 7.4 Water Pipe Analogy: ....................................................................................... 60 7.5 In electric circuits: ............................................................................................ 61