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Title: Environment monitoring using LabVIEW

Abstract

A system has been developed for electronically recording and monitoring temperature, humidity, and other environmental variables at the Silicon Detector Facility located in Lab D. The data is collected by LabVIEW software, which runs in the background on an Apple Macintosh. The software is completely portable between Macintosh, MS Windows, and Sun platforms. The hardware includes a Macintosh with 8 MB of RAM; an external ADC-1 analog-to-digital converter that uses a serial port; LabVIEW software; temperature sensors; humidity sensors; and other voltage/current sensing devices. ADC values are converted to ASCII strings and entered into files which are read over Ethernet. Advantages include automatic logging, automatic recovery after power interruptions, and the availability of stand-alone applications for other locations with inexpensive software and hardware.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
28360
Report Number(s):
FNAL-TM-1921
ON: DE95007208; TRN: 95:008284
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TEST FACILITIES; MONITORING; ENVIRONMENT; RECORDING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; MOISTURE GAGES; AUTOMATION; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; L CODES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LABORATORIES; HUMIDITY

Citation Formats

Hawtree, J. Environment monitoring using LabVIEW. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/28360.
Hawtree, J. Environment monitoring using LabVIEW. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/28360
Hawtree, J. 1995. "Environment monitoring using LabVIEW". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/28360. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/28360.
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title = {Environment monitoring using LabVIEW},
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abstractNote = {A system has been developed for electronically recording and monitoring temperature, humidity, and other environmental variables at the Silicon Detector Facility located in Lab D. The data is collected by LabVIEW software, which runs in the background on an Apple Macintosh. The software is completely portable between Macintosh, MS Windows, and Sun platforms. The hardware includes a Macintosh with 8 MB of RAM; an external ADC-1 analog-to-digital converter that uses a serial port; LabVIEW software; temperature sensors; humidity sensors; and other voltage/current sensing devices. ADC values are converted to ASCII strings and entered into files which are read over Ethernet. Advantages include automatic logging, automatic recovery after power interruptions, and the availability of stand-alone applications for other locations with inexpensive software and hardware.},
doi = {10.2172/28360},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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