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NI ELVIS

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National Instruments – Our MissionWe equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery.

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The NI Teaching Philosophy“To inspire and prepare tomorrow’s innovators to solve grand

challenges by enabling them to do engineering throughout their education.”

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National Instruments for Engineering Education

TeachingSoftware

TeachingLaboratoryHardware

CurriculumPartners

• Scalable platforms developed for teaching and learning Pedagogical features developed directly into hardware and software Integrated courseware, textbooks and laboratories Enable hands-on experimentation and troubleshooting

Textbooks,Curriculum,

& Courseware

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NI ELVIS: Engineering Lab Workstation

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NI ELVIS: Engineering Lab Workstation

NationalInstruments

EducationalLaboratoryVirtualInstrumentationSuite

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NI ELVIS Components

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NI ELVIS Hardware

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Digital Multimeter Isolated measurements 5½ digit resolution 60 VDC, 20Vrms, 2 ADC, 2 Arms, 100MΩ

Internal Circuit Protection Resettable fuses

Function Generator 10 bit, ±5V range 0.2 Hz to 5 MHz Sine 0.2 Hz to 1 MHz

Triangle/Square Software or manual

control BNC or prototyping

board connection

USB Connectivity Plug-and-play capability USB 2.0 Connection

Oscilloscope 100MS/s Sampling Rate 50MHz Bandwidth(-3dB) 8-bit resolution ±20 V max. input range AC/DC/GND coupling 20MHz Optional Noise Filter 1x and 10x probes BNC connection

NI ELVIS II+ Hardware

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/372590b.pdf

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NI ELVIS Software

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NI ELVIS Virtual Instruments

Digital Multimeter Oscilloscope Function Generator VariablePowerSupply

Bode AnalyzerDynamic Signal AnalyzerArbitrary Waveform GeneratorDigital ReaderDigital WriterImpedance Analyzer2 Wire Voltage-Current Analyzer3 Wire Voltage-Current AnalyzerOctave AnalyzerAudio EqualizerDataloggerDigital Waveform ViewerDC Level8-Channel Scope

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Custom Instruments

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NI Multisim Circuit Simulation Environment

• Interactive circuit teaching solution to engage students

Interactive components Intuitive instruments Rated components

• Circuit behavior visualization

Easy-to-use analyses Rapidly adjustable measurements

instruments Correlation of theoretical and real

measurements

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Instrument Integration with NI Multisim

• Use NI ELVIS instruments from within NI Multisim• Visualize Multisim simulation results• Analyze real measurements from NI ELVIS• Correlate in a single interface

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NI ELVIS Courseware

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Electrical & Computer

Engineering

Mechanical & MechatronicsEngineering

BiomedicalEngineering Engineering Physics

Analog Circuits

Digital Circuits

Microcontrollers

Controls

Telecommunications

Measurements

Power and Energy

NI ELVIS Courses Taught

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NI ELVIS Partner Boards• Extend the NI ELVIS workstation to teach even more concepts

Bioinstrumentation

Signals and Systems

Digital Electronics

Telecommunications

Green Engineering

Controls and Mechatronics

NI ELVISOne Body, Many Brains

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ControlsDigital Electronics

Green Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Analog/Digital Communication

Fiber Optic Communication

Physics (Q1 2015)

Signals and systems

NI ELVIS Partner Boards

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ControlsMechatronics

Green Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Analog/Digital Communication

Fiber Optic Communication

Microcontroller Systems

Signals and systems

NI ELVIS Partner Boards

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Mech SensorsDC Motor

Mech Actuators

HVAC

Physics and Dynamics

Inverted Pendulum

VTOL Myoelectric

Controls & Mechatronics Solution

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Mechatronic Actuators

Two DC motors with linear and PWM amplifier

Brushless DC motor

Stepper motor

Servo motor

Solenoid

• Principles of electromagnetic actuation

• Principles of brushed DC motors

• Linear and PWM amplifiers• Principles of brushless DC

motors• Comparison of brushed and

brushless DC Motors• Principles of stepper motors• Stepper motor excitation

modes• Principles of hobby servos• Introduction to DC motor

position control

Curriculum Included

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Mechatronics Interfacing

• Microcontroller IO• Hardware control

registers• Data storage in flash

and RAM• SPI and I2c bus

communication• CAN busses and inte

device communicati• User IO, controls and

displays• Hardware integratio

Curriculum IncludedMicrocontrollerRAM and Flash

memory

Color sensor

Fiber Optic Serial Comm.

CAN Bus

LCD touch screenKeypad

Thermal, Proximity, and Gyroscopic

Sensors

Encoders

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Mechatronics Sensors

Strain gage

Pressure sensor

Temperature sensor

Piezo film sensor

• Benefits and drawbacks various sensors

• Sensor behavior• Calibration• Natural frequency of

materials• Switch debouncing

Curriculum Included

Sonar, and infrared range sensors

Magnetic field sensorOptical position sensor

Micro switch, push button, and optical switch

Encoder

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DC Motor

Durable DC servo motor with no cogging

High resolution optical encoder

Removable inertial mass

PWM power amplifier with linear response

• System modeling• Model validation• Position and speed cont• System simulation• Proportional–Integral–

Derivative (PID) Control design

• Tracking error• Disturbance rejection

Curriculum Included

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Rotary Pendulum

Precision machined components

Durable DC servo motor

High resolution optical encoders

• System modeling• Parameter estimation• Balance control• Linear-Quadratic Regula

(LQR) design• Non-minimum phase• Friction compensation• Nonlinear swing-up cont• Energy-based design• Hybrid balance / swing-u

control

Curriculum Included

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Vertical Takeoff and Landing

High quality rugged assembly

High resolutionencoder

Variable-speed fan with safety guard

• Flight dynamics (e.g. modeling the plant)

• Identifying parameters experimentally

• Model validation• PID control• Cascade control• Dealing with actuator

dynamics

Curriculum Included

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Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

Variable speed fan

Six digital temperature sensors along the length of the channel

Heating chamberwith temperature sensor

Variable control of heating element

• Temperature control• Relay / on-off control

design• System modeling• Parameter identification• Proportional–Integral (PI)

control design

Curriculum Included

Ambient temperature sensor

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Physics and Dynamics

High quality machined components

High resolution optical encoders to sense positions

Multi-configurable and variable components facilitate a wide variety of experiments

• Force and Motion -Newton’s second law (simple pulley system)

• Force and Motion -Projectile motion (catapult)

• Friction - Material friction coefficients

• Friction - Sliding mass on an inclined plane

• Hooke’s Law - Extension spring

• Equilibrium - Gun tackle pulley system

• Oscillations - The simple pendulum

• Oscillations - Spring, mass, damper system

Curriculum Included

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Myoelectric

Electromyograph with opto-isolated electrode and grounding strap

On-board signal conditioning circuit and PWM

• Analyzing an electromyogram signal

• Signal conditioning (e.g. Fast Fourier Transform (F and filtering)

• Developing task-based servo control from processed electromyogr

Curriculum Included

Servo motor as prosthetic analog

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Signal Fundamentals

NI ELVIS with SIGEx

• Linear + Non-Linear Systems• Convolution• Integration• Fourier Series• Discrete Time Filters

NI ELVIS with DATEx

• AM, FM• SSB, DSB, • TDM, PWM• SNR• ASK, PSK, FSK

NI ELVIS with FOTEx• Sampling and Nyquist in PCM• Time division multiple access• Fiber optic transmission• Optical signal filtering, splitting &

combining• Fiber optic communication• Wave division multiplexing

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Electronics Fundamentals Top Boards

Power Electronics AC&DC Circuits Operational Amplifiers

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Digital System Development Board by Digilent

Digital logic and embedded applications teaching solution• Zynq-7020 FPGA• Programmable with Multisim and LabVIEW• 5.2” capacitive touch display• 2 PMOD connectors• 1 MXP connector• 8 LEDs• 8 slide switches• 4 push buttons• 4x Digits 7-segment display• USB and Ethernet ports• MicroSD card• Audio, VGA, and HDMA ports• Breadboard for prototyping

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