Hi everyone,
maybe off topic but I can't find good answers on google.
I am teaching basics about LabVIEW programming to students and I would like to make an exercise where they have to create a small simple interface to program an instrument (select chan num XXX, start reading with interval...) and continuously read answers from the instrument, extract data, plot it on a graph and save in log file all inside some parallel while loop... Nothing fancy, just the basics.
I therefore looking for a "cheap" (around 200 euros) digital thermometer with 1 or 2 channels (RTD or thermocouples) which has a digital screen display, a serial port rs232 for communication with the computer based on ASCII commands and a good documentation which describes communication protocols parameters and lists of ASCII commands, because I want the student to spend a bit of time looking for the information in the documentation but it has to be done within reasonable amount of time.
A great thermometer for that is the ASL F200
https://www.isotechna.com/F200-Precision-Thermometer-p/f200.htm
but it s a bit pricy for my use here and I don t need such accurate instrument.
Maybe someone has good suggestions for me
thanks a lot
regards
Hicham