Hello Brett. Thank you for contacting National Instruments. I think your best bet would be to find examples on the components of your project you listed: strain, acceleration, and velocity. Open the Example Finder (Help Menu>>Find Examples) and search for words like strain, acceleration, accelerometer, and voltage. If you are taking the data in through a DAQ card you will need to read the data in as a voltage and then scale the data so it reads in as velocity. The scaling information should be in the manual for your photoelectric sensors. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day!
Marni S.
National Instruments