DAQWare Software Overview

DAQWareIt is the experimental measurement software developed by TLA for use as a companion to the TLA series of course lab kits. Functional enhancements have been made to the existing features of the multifunctional data acquisition card. Covers instruments needed for laboratory desktop applications, such as: oscilloscopes, function signal generators, sweep signal generators, programmable power supplies, voltmeters, baud plotters, dynamic signal analyzers, etc.

Based on the above ideas, the multifunctional data acquisition card combined with DAQWare experiment software can realize the above instrument functions, and together with the TLA series of course experiment kits, it can completely realize the application of in-class experiments in engineering education engineering main courses.

DAQWare software functions cover TLA-001 Principles of Circuits course lab suite, TLA-002 Analog Circuits course lab suite, TLA-003 Digital Circuits course lab suite, TLA-004 Sensors course lab suite, TLA-005 Signals and Systems course lab suite, and TLA-007 Principles of Automatic Control course, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Description of the DAQWare software feature coverage experiment suite

TLA Course Lab Kit Model	DAQWare Experiment Software Adaptation
TLA-001 Circuit Principles Course Lab Kit	√
TLA-002 Analog Circuit Course Experiment Kit	√
TLA-003 Digital Circuit Course Experiment Kit	√
TLA-004 Sensor Course Lab Kit	√
TLA-005 Signal and System Course Lab Kit	√
TLA-007 Principles of Automatic Control Course	√

The TLA series of course experiment kits are suitable for classic course experiment teaching, and also adapt to a variety of classic virtual instrument system vendors, as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 DAQWare Experiment Software Adaptation Data Acquisition Card Vendors

Virtual Instrument Platform Manufacturers, Models	DAQWare Name
NI ELVIS Series (NI ELVIS I/II/II+)	DAQWare for NI DAQmx
NI ELVIS III Series	DAQWare for ELVIS III
NI myDAQ Series	DAQWare for NI DAQmx
NI USB-600x Series	DAQWare for NI DAQmx
NI 6251, 6221 Series	DAQWare for NI DAQmx
Raindrop Technology-Raindrop S Series	DAQWare for rain beads
Digilent Analog Discovery Series (AD1, AD2, AD3, ADS)	DAQWare for Digilent AD
JYTEK USB Series	DAQWare for JY USB-101\USB-61902
MCC USB Series	DAQWare for MCC
Advantech USB47 Series	DAQWare for XNavi

General-purpose function of the data acquisition card generally have analog signal input (Analog Input), analog signal output (Analog Output), GPIO (through the digital signal input and output) and other IO functions, and some also have timer and counter function IO.

Commonly used test and measurement instruments in the laboratory based on the secondary development of the above basic IO functions, can realize the oscilloscope (ADC), function signal generator (DAC), programmable power supply (DAC), baud plotter (DAC + ADC), dynamic signal analyzer (ADC), and other instrument functions.

The DAQWare general experiment software developed by TLA, based on the above ideas, realizes the adaptation of general IO functions to the virtual instrument platforms of major classic data acquisition card manufacturers. It covers the functions of common experimental instruments mentioned above and perfectly supports the application of specific experimental projects of TLA series of course experimental kits. In view of the characteristics of data acquisition cards of different virtual instrument manufacturers, the operation logic of DAQWare software has been optimized in detail to unify the operation logic of each virtual instrument platform manufacturer as much as possible.