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MINI-ME and LabVIEW

Explore the development of MINI-ME - a Miniature Imager for Neutral Ionospheric atoms and Magnetospheric Electrons - using LabVIEW software for enhanced automated testing and tracking. Overcome communication hurdles and progress with advanced controls. Acknowledgements to key contributors for their support.

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MINI-ME and LabVIEW

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  1. MINI-ME and LabVIEW • Advanced Automated Command Control Samantha Sanders Code 691 Dr. John Keller, Dr. Mike Collier, Jacob Hageman 1

  2. Application: MINI-ME • Miniature Imager for Neutral Ionospheric atoms and Magnetospheric Electrons • Low energy neutral atom imager • MINI-ME was delivered to the USNA team in Huntsville in early August

  3. What is LabVIEW? • LabVIEW is a software program designed to run a graphical programming language representative of more traditional programming languages that enables easy data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation.

  4. So you know what I did last summer… • Early stages of instrument development • Goal – develop accessible interface for automatic testing and tracking • Track counts, track voltages

  5. Control Panel

  6. Behind the Scenes - Instruments

  7. Behind the Scenes - Processing

  8. New Goals • Moving ahead with advanced instrument controls • Processing and converting PERL commands • UNIX-based socket interface • Communication between advanced commands and the instrument hindered by manual command structure

  9. Difficulties of Current Format

  10. PERL in LabVIEW

  11. Combining Commands and Controls

  12. Acknowledgements • Thanks to Dr. John Keller and Dr. Mike Collier of Goddard for all of their help and support • Thanks to Jacob Hageman of Goddard for programming assistance • Thanks to Cori Quirk and the SESI Program for another great summer

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