NDLI: Developing engine test software in LabVIEW

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Turley, P. Wright, M.
Copyright Year	1997
Description	Author affiliation: CACI, San Antonio, TX, USA (Turley, P.)
Abstract	CACI International Inc. is on contract with SAALC/LDAD, the Air Force engine tester program management office, to build an Engine Test/Trim Automated System II (ETTAS II) using Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware and software. This tester will ultimately replace the three aircraft engine test systems currently used by the Air Force, all of which are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain doe to hardware/software obsolescence problems. In keeping with the COTS requirement, we chose to develop our data acquisition and test program software in LabVIEW 4.0.1 for Windows NT/95. This paper discusses the advantages we have gained in using LabVIEW 4.0.1, a graphical programming language, rather than a conventional programming language as our software development environment. We detail how we were able to take advantage of LabVIEW's instrument control capabilities to optimize our VXI data acquisition process. We then discuss how LabVIEW can be used not only as an instrument control language, but also as a general purpose programming language. We discuss how we used LabVIEW for test program set (TPS) development and for rapidly prototyping user interfaces and program features for immediate operator/customer feedback. The paper also details how LabVIEW enabled os to readily establish a core of "generic" VIs (virtual instruments) for subsequent reuse in developing additional TPS for other aircraft engine types/variants.
Starting Page	575
Ending Page	579
File Size	469504
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780341627
DOI	10.1109/AUTEST.1997.633678
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1997-09-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Engines Software testing System testing Computer languages Instruments Automatic testing Hardware Aircraft propulsion Data acquisition Contracts
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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