DAQ System For UIC’s Shock tube Laboratory
Team Members Heading link
- Ryan Kern
- Shaheer Muhammad
- Michael Savodge
- Peter Szeliga
- Josh Warner
Project Description Heading link
UIC’s Shock Tube Laboratory conducts experimental analysis and modeling simulation of combustion chemistry kinetics. The chemistry that occurs during the pyrolysis and oxidation of hydrocarbon fuels is of particular interest and requires a data acquisition (DAQ) system capable of collecting and processing data at a very high rate. LabVIEW is the software used to control the elements of these experiments in the shock tube laboratory. Currently, the lab is operating using an outdated computer with a 2009 version of LabVIEW. The main objective of this project is to update the code to the latest version of LabVIEW, while simultaneously solving any compatibility issues with the new hardware and computer. The outdated code was written using virtual instruments from a library that is only compatible with MCCDAQ hardware. These VI’s needed to be replaced with a combination of VI’s and subVI’s from the DAQmx library for the code to be compatible with the planned additions of National Instruments hardware. The code was updated to the 32-bit version of LabVIEW 2020 over the 64-bit version, as it has wider compatibility with modules and toolkits, as well as greater support for third-party add-ons.