how to control a valve via labview and PCI6040E

[tazy]

I have labview 6.1 and the PCI6040E card. I need to trigger a solenoid valve that requires 12V (or 24V) DC and a power of 8W. Which system do you recommend to do this as the output from the card is only 10V max. Does a system exist to allow several inputs from the card and outputs to several solenoid valves?
Thanks

[Dr._Imad]

The PCI 6040E has 8 Digital I/O channels DIO 0,... DIO 7.
You can configure them for output.
Youcan use a DC SSR (solid state relay). The output of one digital channel (ex DIO 0) can be connected to the gate input of the SSR, switching a DC power supply on or off to the solenoid valve.

Then you can use LabView to turn on/off the solenoid

Note: connecting the DIO directly to the solenoid valve may burn the channel because the maximum current capability of the DIO may be exceeded.