IV curves Measurement

[m04329]

Hi guys,

I am currently doing an internship in New-Zealand (I am from France, and I apologize in advance for my English mistakes), and my supervisor wants me to do a Labview programm to get automatically IV curves and caracteristics (such as Voc, fill factor ...) of solar cells we make. My problem is that I don't know a single thing about Labview and how to do it (first time user). I absolutely know nothing...So I come here hoping you can help me 🙂

I already did some tutorials to begin with Labview and I also find programms already made. But I don't understande how they work and how to make them work. I don't understand how I can configure the material with those programms. Is anyone can help me with this please ? I thank you in advance for the time you grant me. Also, feel free to ask me any supplementary informations.

Best regards, 

David

PS : I don't know if it will be usefull or not, but in case here is the list of the material we have : 

- Labview 2010 SP1

- Stanford Research Systems, Model SR830 DSP Lock-In Amplifier

- Optical chopper

- Electro Optical System INC PS/TC-1 controller

- Keithley 236 Source Measure Unit

-  Power supply SCIENCETECK model SCI 200

- 309 Hz Filter

[Dennis_Knutson]

You have available some instrument drivers at http://www.ni.com/downloads/instrument-drivers/. You can also use Help> Find Instrument Drivers. At the link above, there are other links that explain what a driver is, how to use one, and how to write one.

Before writing any code, you need to understand the instruments and the task. You should be able to setup the instruments manually.

[billko]

I agree with Dennis.  Can you make manual measurements?