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Integrating Data Acquisition and

Instrument Control with Your Scilab

Scripts

Darcy Dement

Marketing DirectorNational Instruments France

[email protected]


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What We Do

Low-Cost ModularHardware for

Measurement and

Control

Productive SoftwareDevelopment Tools

Highly IntegratedSystems Platforms

Used By Engineers and Scientists for Test, Design, and Control


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The Numerical Mathematics Consortium

http://www.nmconsortium.org/
http://www.nmconsortium.org/http://www.nmconsortium.org/http://www.inria.fr/index.en.htmlhttp://www.ni.com/http://www.maplesoft.com/http://www.nmconsortium.org/


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Discussion Topics:

Connecting Math with the Physical World Need for adding interactivity & instrumentation

A software option for interfacing with the physical

world: NI LabVIEW Using Scilab with LabVIEW

Use cases

Demo Technical information


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Textual Math Strengths

Scripted math

Sequential order of execution

Vector and matrix operations Algorithm design for signal

processing

Familiarity User network and community


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Need for Instrumentation & Interactivity

Acquire real-world datawith hardware

Generate real stimuli

Control any of 1000s of

instruments with availabledrivers

Perform frequencyanalysis, probability,statistics, math, curvefitting, interpolation, digital

signal processing, etc. Create custom algorithms

Visualize data withprofessional userinterfaces

Generate reports

Publish and controlapplications on the web

Connect to databases

Efficiently store data inmultiple file formats


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Need for Instrumentation & Interactivity

Acquire real-world datawith hardware

Generate real stimuli

Control any of 1000s of

instruments with availabledrivers

Perform frequencyanalysis, probability,statistics, math, curvefitting, interpolation, digital

signal processing, etc. Create custom algorithms

Visualize data withprofessional userinterfaces

Generate reports

Publish and controlapplications on the web

Connect to databases

Efficiently store data inmultiple file formats


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Mathematical

Simulation

Measurement and

Presentation

Complementing Your Scripts with

Instrumentation and Presentation


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Mathematical

Simulation

Measurement and

Presentation

Complementing Your Scripts with

Instrumentation and Presentation


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What is LabVIEW?

Compiled GraphicalDevelopment Environmentfor Engineering & Science

Implement and deploy custom applications

Automated test & measurement Graphical system design

Easily implement and deploy custom GUIsby applying an open, hybrid (graphical +textual) programming approach

Acquire / generate signals, instrumentation

Apply analysis and signal processing Present results in an interactive

graphical format locally or online


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Integrate LabVIEW with Scilab Scripts to

Add Interactivity to Simulations


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Integrate LabVIEW with Scilab Scripts to

Add Interactive Visualization to Simulations


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LabVIEW-Scilab Script Integration Simplifies

Acquisition and Analysis of Live Signals


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ni.com/idnet: Your Source for

Instrument Drivers with LabVIEWDrivers for 6000+ instruments from over 275 vendors


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Multiple NI Data Acquisition Options, Same Software

PXI Express

Wi-FiEthernet

PXI

PCI PCI Express

USB


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Instrument Your Algorithms

DEMO


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How it Works:

Using Scilab Scripts within LabVIEW1. Install Scilab 4.1.1 or later, LabVIEW 8.0 or later, and the

freely downloadable gateway

2. Open LabVIEW, create a new LabVIEW VI, andinsert a Scilab script node on the VI block diagram

3. Enter your Scilab script in the Scilab script node

4. Right-click the Scilab script node border, selectAdd Input or Add Output, and enter input / output variablenames

5. Connect LabVIEW wires to the new inputs and outputs

When you run your application, LabVIEW invokes theScilab engine to execute your script


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Downloading the Free Scilab-LabVIEW Gateway

scilab.org ni.com/info and enter: infoscilab


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Conclusion & Call-to-Action

LabVIEW adds instrumentation and interactivityto bring life to your mathematical simulations

Let us know about your applications for theScilab / LabVIEW link (forums.ni.com, orhttp://url.ie/6dns)

Try LabVIEW free for 30 days download atni.com/labview

[email protected]

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