This one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tested-National-Instruments-NI-cDAQ-9178-C-Series-8-Slot-USB-Chassis-Kit-/321950546425?hash=item4af5bf79f9:g:SsMAAOSwSHZWcSmw
I just ordered Labview professional.
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Subject: [AR] Re: Test Stand DAQ
From: Lloyd Droppers <ldroppers@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, December 16, 2015 12:28 pm
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yep, LabView coupled with National Instruments hardware is the defacto
standard, at least in the NewSpace section of rocket testing. The main
problem is the cost, which can be as low as ~$1000 for the extreme low end
up to ~$5k by the time you were happy with the system for running a rocket
test stand. If you go that route the cDAQ chassis and module system if a
reasonable starting point
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/208990
I would highly recommend a microcontroller system though, especially if
your plan is to eventually fly the rocket, as you won't be flying a NI
board :) There are a lot of options, Arduino is probably the best known and
it is a good bet for a start. I documented a very simple arduino leonardo
base DAQ that might help you get started at
http://projectearendel.com/home/documentation/
Sensor arrays are not standard.
Lloyd
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Pierce Nichols <piercenichols@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The most common software in the world for this sort of thing is probably
LabView. LabView is commercial software and its relentlessly visual
paradigm takes some getting used to for those more used to conventional
programming languages. That said, it's a very powerful tool and it
encapsulates a lot of tricky stuff.
As for common hardware and sensors... no.
-p
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Monroe L. King Jr. <
monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a standard DAQ and sensor array used by most of you guy's on
the list?
Is there a standard software used?
The reason I am asking is because I want to use what most of the guy's
use and understand. Sure I can come up with something but I would prefer
something the most people could work with.