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.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
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