My group's design project is as follows:
We have three accelerometers/strain guages, all at different positions on a surface (but relatively close together). After tapping the surface, we want to triangulate the location of the 'tap' by measuring the pulse width (caused by the vibration) between sensors.
As of right now, we have the code required to take the time difference between the sensors to figure out the location of the 'tap'. We figured that LabVIEW was a good program to use because it has all the necessary tools we need (along with the BNC-2120), not to mention it is avaiable for us to use at our school. The only problem is that we have no clue how to use it. We've searched examples for help but most examples seem very specific on what version of LabVIEW you're running, along with what you're using you attain information from your sensors. We've also searched the forums for help, but most people asking questions already have some background in using LabVIEW... we don't. Not to mention the tools and LabVIEW version they were using differ from ours.
The only experience we've had with LabVIEW was generating a signal using a built in function generator on the BNC-2120, and graphing the waveform (a very, very, very simple task). We know how to select channels using the DAQ Assistant and display the waveforms generated, but we have no clue where to go from there.
Any help is appreciated.
