Controlling coolers via LabVIEW .vi?

[Mardukker]

Hey everyone, thanks for the help!

I thought no one had answered and just today, I got an e-mail telling that there were answers here.

As I'm using a laptop, there's no parallel port. Therefore, I think the best way for me would be to use the way Alain S posted.

However, I figured out a way to do the entire thing without using Labview, using only microcontrollers. If that doesnt work, I'll probably try making my own DAQ card/system.

Anyway...thanks a lot for the answers!
I'll probably use some of those ideas in future projects..

[Alain_S]

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Mardukker wrote:

However, I figured out a way to do the entire thing without using Labview, using only microcontrollers. If that doesnt work,

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That will work

And if it doesn't it's because the code inside the µC is wrong

If you didn't select a µC yet you can consider the PSoC, analog & digital processing in one chip.

[johnsold]

Coq rouge,

Measure temperature with a sound card = {Get a cage of crickets.  Monitor the cricket chirp rate.  Calculate temperature from rate.}?

Lynn 

[Coq_Rouge]

Crickets are nice, but not for measurements ;). Shall I elaborate the idea. It is only good for a hobbyist project. Because few sound cards behave equal, and they tend to drift somewhat. So calibration is needed.

[Wayne.C]

Lyn,

Thats an interesting twist on an old  idea .