Example Code

CDAQ-9178 Count Digital Events Without Digital Module

Products and Environment

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    Hardware

  • Data Acquisition (DAQ)

    Software

  • LabVIEW

    Driver

  • NI DAQmx

Code and Documents

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Overview

This example shows how to create a count digital events task by accessing the CDAQ-9178's onboard counters without a digital module.

 

Description

Instead one of the 2 onboard PFI lines will be routed to the onboard counter.

 

Requirements

Software

  • LabVIEW 2012 or compatible
  • NI-DAQmx 9.5.5 or compatible

Hardware

  • NI cDAQ-9178

 

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

  1. Choose one of the onboard BNC trigger connections to act as PFI lines where the signal to be counted will be inputted. 
  2. Choose the onboard counter.
  3. Run the VI

 

Additional Information or References

CDAQ count digital events.JPG

 

 

 **This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange.**

Tejinder Gill
National Instruments
Applications Engineer
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