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Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Analysis in LabVIEW
LabVIEW Analysis Concepts 1-2 ni.com
By analyzing and processing the digital data, you can extract the useful
information from the noise and present it in a form more comprehensible
than the raw data, as shown in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2. Processed Data
The LabVIEW block diagram programming approach and the extensive set
of LabVIEW Measurement Analysis VIs simplify the development of
analysis applications.
Data Sampling
Sampling Signals
To use digital signal processing techniques, you must first convert an
analog signal into its digital representation. In practice, the conversion is
implemented by using an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. Consider an
analog signal x(t) that is sampled every ?t seconds. The time interval ?t is
known as the sampling interval or sampling period. Its reciprocal, 1/?t, is
known as the sampling frequency, with units of samples/second. Each of
the discrete values of x(t) at t = 0, ?t, 2?t, 3?t, and so on, is known as a
sample. Thus, x(0), x(?t), x(2?t), …, are all samples. The signal x(t) can
thus be represented by the following discrete set of samples.
{x(0), x(?t), x(2?t), x(3?t), …, x(k?t), …}
Figure 1-3 shows an analog signal and its corresponding sampled version.
The sampling interval is ?t. Notice that the samples are defined at discrete
points in time.
LabVIEW Analysis Concepts 1-2 ni.com
By analyzing and processing the digital data, you can extract the useful
information from the noise and present it in a form more comprehensible
than the raw data, as shown in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2. Processed Data
The LabVIEW block diagram programming approach and the extensive set
of LabVIEW Measurement Analysis VIs simplify the development of
analysis applications.
Data Sampling
Sampling Signals
To use digital signal processing techniques, you must first convert an
analog signal into its digital representation. In practice, the conversion is
implemented by using an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. Consider an
analog signal x(t) that is sampled every ?t seconds. The time interval ?t is
known as the sampling interval or sampling period. Its reciprocal, 1/?t, is
known as the sampling frequency, with units of samples/second. Each of
the discrete values of x(t) at t = 0, ?t, 2?t, 3?t, and so on, is known as a
sample. Thus, x(0), x(?t), x(2?t), …, are all samples. The signal x(t) can
thus be represented by the following discrete set of samples.
{x(0), x(?t), x(2?t), x(3?t), …, x(k?t), …}
Figure 1-3 shows an analog signal and its corresponding sampled version.
The sampling interval is ?t. Notice that the samples are defined at discrete
points in time.