LabVIEW

Tutorials

T.1TemperatureMeasurement
andColdJunction
Compensation(CJC)

LUMSSchoolofScienceandEngineering
UmerHassan&MuhammadSabiehAnwar

Introduction:
In this tutorial we shall learn how to measure temperature using NI DAQ Cards and LabVIEW while
employingcoldjunctioncompensationinrealtime.Thermocouplesrequiresomeformoftemperature
reference to compensate for the cold junctions. The most common method is to measure the
temperatureatthereferencejunctionwithadirectreadingtemperaturesensor.Thisprocessiscalled
coldjunctioncompensation(CJC).

Procedure:
Followthefollowingillustrativestepbystepproceduretomeasuretemperatureusingthermocouples.
StartMeasurement&AutomationExplorer.
UnderConfiguration,selectMySystemthenselectDataNeighborhood,followingdialogboxappears.

ClickNIDAQmxGlobalVirtualChannel
Onthefollowingwindow,click,CreateNewNIDAQmxChannel,

Onclicking,CreateNewNIDAQmxGlobalVirtualChannel,adialogboxappearswhichasksyou
whetheryouwanttocreateoracquireasignal.
SelectAcquireSignal,andthenselectAnalogInputandthenVoltage,asshowninthebelowpicture.

OnclickingVoltage,followingdialogboxappearswhichasksyouwhichPhysicalChannelactsasvirtual
channel.

CurrentSCC68connections:
PIN57(AI7)isconnectedtoPIN70(CJC+)
PIN56(AIGND)toPIN71(AIGND).

Thus,onthefollowingdialogboxselectAI7andclickonNext.


Thedialogboxappearswhichasksyoutowriteadesirednamefortheglobalvirtualchannel.
WenamedRTCJCandthenclickonFinish.


Thefollowingwindowappears.

MaketheTerminalConfigurationtoRSE,undertheSettingstab,setthesignalInputRangetoMax10
andMin10.AndselectVoltsasScaledUnits.

ClickontheConnectionDiagramtab,atthelowerbottomofthedialogbox.
Itshowsyoutheconnectiondiagramoftheexistingchannel,whichisshownbelow.
MakesuretheconnectionsonthediagramshouldbesameasoftheSCC68.

NowclickontheNIDAQmxGlobalChannelagain,andundertheVoltageInputSetup,scrolldown
CustomScalingandselectCreateNew.
FollowingDialogboxappears.

ClickonTable,thefollowingwindowasksyoutoenterthenameofthescale,e.g.Steinhartcalibration
ClickFinish,followingdialogboxappears.


ClickonImport,Nowwehavetoimportthecalibrationfile(Steinhart.txt),theimportfilewizardshows
youthecalibrationtableasfollows,

ClickOk.
Thetablehasbeenaddedasshownbelow.

ClickOK,nowtheCustomScalingshouldreadasSteinhartcalibration.
Onthefollowingdialogbox,clickSave.


Aglobalvirtualchannelhasbeencreated;nowclosetheMeasurement&AutomationExplorer.

NowgotoLabVIEW,OpenanewVI
InBlockDiagram,placeaDAQAssistant,thefollowingdialogboxappears


SelectAcquireSignals,AnalogInput,andTemperatureandfinallyselectThermocouple.
Selectthephysicalchannel,atwhichyouconnectedthethermocouple,letssayAI0
Selectthechannelandclickonfinish.
Followingdialogboxappears


UndertheThermocoupleSetup,setthefollowingparametersas,
SignalInputrange:Therangeoftheinputtemperatureyouareacquiring
ScaledUnits:Thedifferenttemperatureunits(C,F,K)
ThermocoupleType:Selectthetypeofthethermocouplewhichyouareusing(identifiedusingcolor
codes)
CJCSource:DefinetheCJCsourceasConstant,Channel,orBuiltin.Fortherealtimecoldjunction
compensationmeasurements,defineittoChannel.
CJCChannel:SelecttheRTCJCchannelwhichwehavejustcreated
AcquisitionMode:SelectthistoContinuoussamples.

ClickOk.
PlaceaGraphIndicatorattheoutputi.e.DataoftheDAQassistantandclickonRunbutton.Placea
whilelooparoundittocontinuouslyrunthefile,asshown,

ChecktheFrontPanel.


GraphIndicatorshowsyouthetemperaturewhileperformingcoldjunctioncompensationinrealtime.
Findtheaverageoftheacquiredtemperatureforeliminatingnoise.

ImportantNote:
TurntheswitchONlabeledasSW1onSCC68Card.ThelightturnedastheswitchturnsON.Thisswitch
providesthepowertothethermistorcircuitwhichisperformingtherealtimecoldjunction
compensation.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!