Measurement Computing DASYLab User Manual - Manual (Page 11)

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Getting Started with
DASYLab
With DASYLab you can complete measurement, control, and simulation
tasks interactively on your screen. Select a module for each function and
position the module in the worksheet. The task determines how you connect
and configure the modules. To acquire data, DASYLab supports many
standard measurement and control boards and various interfaces in order to
communicate with external devices.
DASYLab has a number of measurement, control, and analysis modules:
•
Analog and digital inputs and outputs
• Trigger functions
• Mathematics and statistics functions
• FFT and digital filters
Use the respective modules to create logical switches, and open and closed
loop controllers, or use the sequence generator to create exact, time-
dependent controls with complex control signals. You can save the
measurement data for later off-line analysis in different file formats.
The diagram, chart recorder, the Y/t Chart, and the X/Y Chart display your
measurement data as curves. The Diagram and the Digital Meter display your
data in numeric form. Freely scalable analog instruments, bar displays, and
status displays help with process controls and test controls.
Tip
Appendix A,
The Module Groups
, lists all available
modules.
The Configurator
section of chapter 4,
Hardware Setup
,
describes the configuration of your installation.