Used ComponentWorks to enhance a customer's Excel-based data acquisition system to support additional instruments. Developed LabVIEW-based software for qualification and production testing of solid rocket motor steering systems. GPIB, DAQ boards, and SCXI are used for up to 75 channels of input at 1Hz-2kHz, with synchronous output of 2 channels at 2kHz. Error monitoring occurs at 64Hz under WindowsNT , which required careful optimization of memory, cpu, and disk usage. Designed a data viewer interface, data extraction algorithms, and data structures that satisfy test traceability requirements.
System is configurable by the customer to incorporate production changes.
Developed BridgeVIEW -based software for monitoring of a chemical mixing system. SCXI with onboard DAQ card is used to record about 20 channels into the BridgeVIEW real-time database, Citadel. GPIB is used to communicate with Instron strength testers. A DAQ board and SCXI are used to collect strain and extensometer readings. The LabVIEW-based component retrieves and displays test instructions from the database, collects data during testing, extracts critical parameters from the data, reports results back to the database, and is used to configure new types of tests.