A Virtual Instrument to Test Smart Transducer Interface Modules (STIMs)
Helena G. Ramos, J. M. Dias Pereira, Vitor Manuel Rodrigues Viegas, Octavian Adrian Postolache, Pedro Silva Girão · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement · 2004
This paper reports the hardware and software of virtual instruments and the tests conducted on a microcontroller-based smart transducer interface module (STIM) to check both STIMs performance and the suitability of a network capable application processor (NCAP) implemented in LabVIEW. The tests include the characterization of a digitizing channel of the STIM and the performance analysis of the system when the STIM simultaneously operates its digital outputs and its analog inputs.