ECE 131 FOTEX Laboratory 1

Aguilar, Reggilloyd F. Ambalong, Donna Jane G. Fujimori, Kento F.

July 10, 2013

Getting Started

with LABVIEW Instruments

This experiment introduces you to the NI ELVIS II digital multimeter, variable DC power supplies, oscilloscope and function generator. Importantly, the oscilloscope can be a tricky device to use if you dont do so often. So, this experiment also gives you a procedure thatll set it up ready to display a stable 2kHz 4Vp-p signal every time.

PART A- GETTING STARTED ELVISmx Instrument Launcher

PART B- The NI ELVIS II Digital Multimeter The NI ELVIS II Digital Multimeter (DMM) is an instrument that can measure the following electrical properties: DC & AC voltages, currents, resistance, capacitance and inductance.

NI ELVIS Digital Multimeter

DC Current and Voltage

AC Current and Voltage

Question: Given youve not been asked to connect the digital multimeters inputs to anything yet, why does the DMM read very small values of voltage instead of zero?

Answer: Due to the offset values of voltages and current from the circuitry of the internal or external system, that is why the DMM read very small values of voltage. Also, this is due to the non-ideal behaviour of the system.

Part C- The NI ELVIS II Variable Power Supplies

Connect the set-up shown below and vary the voltage the voltage output by using the grab & turn.

The NI ELVIS II Variable Power Supplies (VPS) is an instrument that can simultaneously output two DC voltages (one positive and one negative) to terminals on the Emona FOTEx.

NI ELVIS Variable power supply

Varying the positive and negative voltage output of the VPS. Notice that the DMM reads a little bit lower than that of the VPS.

PART D- The NI ELVIS Oscillator The NI ELVIS II Oscilloscope is a fully functional dual channel oscilloscope that allows engineers and technicians ro measure AC waveforms and view their shape.

NI ELVIS Oscilloscope

Connect the set-up shown above

From the data, to calculate for the period: T = 1/f T = (1/2000) s-1 T = 0.0005 s

In setting up the NI ELVIS Oscilloscope, the control settings encircled must be considered always.

PART E- The NI ELVIS Function Generator

Connect the set-up shown below.

The NI ELVIS Function Generator (FGEN) is an instrument that can output AC signals of various shapes, sizes and frequencies to terminals on the Emona FOTEx.

Setting 2ms/div in the timebase control

Setting the amplitude = 2.80 Vpp

Setting the frequency = 135 Hz