Automated system for temperature measurement and regulation using I-7012 module

The paper presents a PC-based temperature measurement and regulation system. The automated system for temperature regulation uses the I-7012 module for data acquisition and control signal transmission. Communication between the data acquisition module and the computer controller is made by an RS-485 interface that provides the possibility to realize a remote measurement and control system. Controller function and graphical interface software are implemented in Visual C, which provides the system with good flexibility. For comparison, the same application was developed in LabVIEW, a graphical programming language that provides a very simple way to design an application, which is easy to understand for less experienced programmers.