Download Laboratory Software

Our lab programs are designed to reinforce the pedagogical strategy of our introductory labs. They are written in the LabVIEW programming language (from National Instruments). We encourage you to modify the programs to suit your own purposes. Five programs are available:

• VideoRECORDER and VideoTOOL to capture and analyze digital video.
• PracticeFIT to practice modeling a few simple curves with equations.
• HallPROBE to measure and analyze constant magnetic fields.
• FaradayPROBE to measure and analyze time-varying electric potential differences.

If you try any of this software, please let us know! Any feedback (for instance, stories about installing the programs, modifying them, and/or using them with students) could help us improve the programs and documentation.

Read the following file regarding the software: Intallers_README!

INSTALLERS:

• Download VideoRECORDER 2.34 (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 25.8 MB)
  requires IMAQ1394_152, LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1
• Download VideoTOOL 3.23 (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 26.5 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1
• Download HallProbe 4.10 (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 29.9 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1 - uses LabPro interface
• Download HallProbe 5.12 (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 29.9 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1 - uses sensorDAQ interface
• Download FaradayProbe 6.52  (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 29.5 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1 - uses LabPro interface
• Download FaradayProbe 7.20  (4/30/08)
  (Zipped file, 29.5 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0, VisionRunTimeEng7.1 - uses sensorDAQ interface
• Download PracticeFIT 2.05 (2005)
  (Zipped file, 218 KB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 7.0

CODE ( .vi and .llb files):

• VideoRECORDER 2.34 (4/30/08)
  
• VideoTOOL 3.23 (4/30/08)
  
• HallProbe 4.10 (4/30/08)
  
• HallProbe 5.14 (4/30/08)
  
• FaradayProbe 6.52  (4/30/08)
  
• FaradayProbe 7.20  (4/30/08)
  
• PracticeFIT 2.05 (2005)
  

You may also download executables and source-code for previous beta versions, which used the National Instruments IMAQ board (PCI-1407) for analog video capture and the Vernier ULI interface for electricity and magnetism measurements.  They have been tested with Windows NT, 98 and 2000. (Note: these are incompatible with LabVIEW 7 drivers.)

• Download UMN Lab Software (Old)
  (Zipped file, 6.1 MB)
• Download UMN Lab Software (2002)
  (Zipped file, 3.1 MB)
  requires LVRunTimeEng 6.0

You may download PDF files of a recent version of our Laboratory Manuals.

Don't forget tell us about your experiences with the software!

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