3.3. Software Design
LabView software was used to develop a code , which allows us to test the frequency of our design, and see how these frequencies moderate the force output. Graphs were created that represent the frequency of our design and compared it to the relative force output.
The data from the accelerometer was run through a simple LabView code in order to convert the information from the voltages of the accelerometer into a graph. The code ran through a Data Acquisition Assistant that was set to read voltage signals into a loop. The DAQ can be programmed to read as many samples as desired at any frequency length for each sample. The outlet of the DAQ is followed up by an application that converts the voltages into a waveform. The application only displays a certain amount of points depending on the number of samples taken within a certain window. In order to see a complete list of all the samples a separate data file must be exported