Labview.

[Guest123]

Morning all.

A free copy of the above came with an engineering textbook I got from santa:rolleyes2:, just wondering if anyone has it or uses it regularly and how they find it etc.

Any & all views welcome.

atriot:

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Hi Lenny, I can't see a hyperlink, photo or document?

 

[Guest123]

Sorry, I was referring to the thread title, 'Labview'

The edition I have is the 2009 student edition.


NI LabVIEW - Improving the Productivity of Engineers and Scientists

 

[topquark]

Never used it, there's a forum here: LabVIEW - NI Discussion Forums

 

[grantr37]

Labview and simulink are simulation packages, then there's derive for windows as well which is good for doing repetitive calculations....used them at Uni along with pro-engineer for designing and simulating components (stress -strain and thermal etc) Labview lets you simulate Laboratory equipment and instruments/sensors.....not really something that us sparks would have much use for.....but they give dvd roms and now more commonly download vouchers with the books for sudents to use.....they give out free copies of pro-engineer software to students to use at college and uni.....then when they start working at a company and they buy in the full licenced edition, its about £15,000 a seat (for each computer it is used on) but it can work out economical for big engineering companies as it "improves workflow" and saves them some money if the users are experienced enough at using it(from learning on the free edition) so it benefits the software companies to give out free copies to students to get them used to using it and they then encourage employers to buy the full price licence...

 

[netblindpaul]

Lenny,
It depends on what you are using the software for, there are loads of "student" software sample packages around, depending on what you are trying to achieve.
There are circuit simulators, maths & calculus packages, system simulators etc. many can be got at low or no cost for higher education students.

 

[Guest123]

Lenny,
It depends on what you are using the software for, there are loads of "student" software sample packages around, depending on what you are trying to achieve.
There are circuit simulators, maths & calculus packages, system simulators etc. many can be got at low or no cost for higher education students.

Thanks for the input.

TBH, it was a freebie with a textbook and I'm not really offay with it at all.

Was just wondering if anyone had experience of using in conjunction with an HNC/D/Degree course at all and how they did so.

 

[netblindpaul]

I have used both packages, though I did my HNC before they were available!
So, sorry mate I can't comment on their use for HNC study!!!

I "played" with them when I did my degree tbh.

 

[Marvo]

I've come across Labview used as a platform for a SCADA system. It worked well although we had issues with hardware drivers and getting code to compile.

It's a proprietary system and I suspect they give it away to students as part of a drive to make it an industry standard. Obviously if they can get students to become fluent with their system then it's more likely they're tool of choice later on when working in industry.

 

[grantr37]

the circuit simulation package that you would be looking for to use on your HNC course would be the circuit wizard simulation software that they have in maplins for £60.00 ......most colleges will sell you a copy of this kind of software for about £10.00 as they have permission from the software companies to do this, so you would be best asking the guy at the college who works in the engineering parts store room, every college that teaches electronics has at least one, he's the person who dishes out the soldering irons and components in the practical workshops for the small circuits that you build as part of the course.... you will really only use this software a very few times in the first few weeks of any course done when the lecturer will get everybody huddled round and melt a few real components by overloading them, they will then get everybody to play around for a few hours with the simulation software that will beep and play a message if the circuit you design on the screen would melt or blow up if built with real components....its just a general thing to get new students to see that they could damage components but by doing it on screen instead of using real components with bits of hot plastic and metal flying around to hit anybody in the eyes...such as a super-hot resistor or a capacitor popping and the aluminium disk from the top of it shooting out at 600mph.... watch out for the hot components on the op-Amp circuits that you will build as part of the HNC (oscillators using the 741 - 8 pin DIL IC) as most students turn the benchtop power supply voltage up too high, and with no regulator on your little circuit board that you built, the 741 can get VERY HOT.....ABOUT 300 DEGREES.....and if touched the person will regret it....also the IC can explode and burning plastic (actually on fire) can fly out.... Always wear the safety specs given to you at the start of the course, even if other students call you a kn*b as its better than burning out an eye....and that goes for when using a soldering iron as well....and a PCB mini Drill to put the holes through a circuit board that you just etched for yourself for the component pins/pads to fit through... watch the benchtop power supply meter for Current....if the needle hits the end of the Amps range or the LCD display shoots up through the Amps, turn the power off that very second either at the Unit or the wall socket, whichever is nearest and then look for the problem such as a short etc...also be on the lookout for the person sitting next to you doing the same, most new students don't have much of a clue and are liable to do silly things...