Tinker, Learn, and Do Engineering With NI myDAQ

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Filename: tinker_learn_by_barry_paton.zip

Download the file above or purchase a paperback copy from NTS press to access the courseware containing ten chapters that illustrate how the NI myDAQ can be used with NI LabVIEW covering a range of topics from introductory level exercises to design challenges. The experiments are designed to introduce those who are new to the NI myDAQ platform to the many features and possibilities that exist in both hardware and software.  The courseware begins with an introduction to the NI myDAQ work space, and eventually steps users through the main aspects of signal analysis with NI LabVIEW. Additionally, most experiments also include VIs meant to expand the boundaries of the experiments into LabVIEW programming. 

• Lab 1: DC Measurements (R, V, I)
  • Exercise 1-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 1-2: Resistance Sensors
• Lab 2: AC Measurements - Capacitors and Inductors
  • Exercise 2-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 2-2: Bode Plots
  • Exercise 2-3: Where is the Capacitance/Inductance Meter?
• Lab 3: Touchless Electronic Lock
  • Exercise 3-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 3-2: Automatic Door Opener
  • Exercise 3-3: Touchless Electronic Lock
• Lab 4: Photogate Fun
  • Background
  • Exercise 4-1: Building the Photogate Circuit
  • Exercise 4-2: Measuring Speed with the Photogate
  • Exercise 4-3: Photogate Fun
• Lab 5: Digital IO - Bits, Nybbles, and Bytes
  • Exercise 5-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 5-2: A Guessing Game
  • Exercise 5-3: Successive Approximation (SA) Algorithm
  • Exercise 5-4: MyDAQ Binary Outputs
  • Exercise 5-5: VU Meter
• Lab 6: Simon Says - 16 Push-Button Matrix Keyboard
  • Exercise 6-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 6-2: Scanning a Keyboard
  • Exercise 6-3: Simon Says Program Version 1.0
• Lab 7: Let's Make a Little Noise
  • Exercise 7-1: Getting Started on a Piano Keyboard
  • Exercise 7-2: Building an External Audio Amp
  • Exercise 7-3: More Music Concepts - Quality
• Lab 8: Soda Bottle Symphony
  • Exercise 8-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 8-2: Exploring Sound
  • Exercise 8-3: Generating a Calibration Frequency Curve
  • Appendix: Building a Microphone Preamplifier
• Lab 9: Karaoke Circuits
  • Exercise 9-1: Getting Started - Building the Preamplifiers
  • Exercise 9-2: Software Karaoke Circuit
• Lab 10: Optical Theremin
  • Exercise 10-1: Getting Started
  • Exercise 10-2: Calibrating the Signals
  • Exercise 10-3: Theremin Software Circuit

Additional Resources

Multisim for free for 30 days	Multisim with an Interactive Demo
Free Courseware for Circuits	About the NI Electronics Education Platform