Labview and Ohms Law

[oldvaxguy]

I teach a basic electronics class.  Are there any examples of using labview for basic ohm laws problems?

[Aaron_W.]

oldvaxguy,

Thank you for posting on the NI-Forums We don't really have any examples in LabVIEW that solve Ohm's Law. There are several Data Acquisition examples that when used with a Data Acquisition device could be used to show the principles of Ohm's Law. If you are wanting to be able to simulate electronic circuits and be able to measure current/voltage/power of built circuits then we have another software package called Multisim that will allow the user to build custom circuits and test these circuits without actually having to build them. Depending on what Text-Book you are using for the class there might be examples made in Multisim for problems in the book. We have more information on Multisim at NI Multisim for Educators.

If you are interested in your students building up actual circuits and then being able to test them in software we do have what is called the NI-ELVIS which also integrates with NI Multisim. Here is the link for NI ELVIS II. Let me know if you are interested in any of the mentioned software or any other questions that I could answer for you. 

[oldvaxguy]

Thank you for the update.  I've been using Multi sim for such examples but the trend is towards labview.  So this was trying to labview for such examples.   

djd aka oldvaxguy

[Aaron_W.]

djd,

What type of examples were you looking for from LabVIEW, if you could describe what you would like the program to do I would be able to suggest some possibilities for you to use LabVIEW with your class. LabVIEW can do the Data Acquisition to show the use of Ohm's Law in practical application but it would require a Data Acquisition device. NI-Elvis would be a better option since it has tight integration with Multisim and would let you do the Data Acquisition as well. 

[ThomasBrooks]

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