Flow Rate Sensor Card?

[DMacEng]

Good Morning,

I am working on certifying some pumps at my workplace, and this is not something that has been in my wheelhouse before.  I have an FT-330 Series TurboFlow Turbine Flow Rate sensor to measure the flow rate through my pumps.  I am attempting to connect it to the cDAQ we have in our lab.  I am wondering if it is possible to use my current card (NI-9207), or will I need a different card to use this sensor?  The sensor says that the output signal is a square wave signal and gives a Flow Range of 0.4- 4 GPM at a frequency of 38-340 Hz.  

[AndyClegg]

From a quick Google search your Flow sensor has a TTL pulse output - so it will need a card that has a TTL Digitial Input, and depending on the frequency of the pulses, may need an IO module with dedicated on-board counter functionality (though if the pulses are slow you can code the counting in LabVIEW). The 9027 is has analogue inputs so won't work.

https://www.gemssensors.co.uk/~/media/files/resources/na_english/catalogpages/catalog-f_ft330-series...

If you are unsure there will be some shipped examples in LabVIEW for pulse counting with specific IO modules that are compatible with your cDAQ - that may be the easiest way to learn more about how to do.