电子与通信技术 知识专业英语（第4版）Unit 2 lesson 9.pptVIP

PART1 Virtual instruments are computer programs that interact with real world objects by means of sensors and implement functions of real or imaginary instruments. The sensor is usually a simple hardware that acquires data from the object, transforms it into electric signals and transmits to the computer for further processing (as shown in Fig.9-1). Simple virtual measuring instruments just acquire and analyses data, but more complex virtual instruments communicate with objects in both directions. Real world signals are of analogue nature, while a computer is a digital instrument; therefore the computer needs also interpreters – analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters for communication with the object. ADC and DAC boards that implement this function in inexpensive systems are usually placed inside the computer. Compact external ADC/DAC converters with USB interface are also becoming popular. Lesson 9 Virtual Instruments Text New word Notes Exercises Translation Vocabulary PART2 Lesson 9 Virtual Instruments LabVIEW is a graphical programming language from National Instruments. LabVIEW programs are called virtual instruments often abbreviated to VIs. Each virtual instrument has two components, a block diagram and a front panel. Controls and indicators on the front panel allow an operator to input data into or extract data from an already running virtual instrument. In terms of performance, LabVIEW includes an actual compiler that produces native code for the CPU platform, so the graphical code is compiled, rather than interpreted. One of the main benefits of LabVIEW is that people with little or no previous programming experience are able to access hardware input / output more rapidly and through a hardware abstraction system. This abstraction allows isolation between hardware implementation and software solution. A technique which without National Instruments software driver interface would be extr