| This paper describes how LabVIEW was used to create a Temperature Programmed Desorption virtual instrument to facilitate easy control of sample temperature and data collection and handling. The program is easy to use, fairly versatile for different types of catalysis samples, and the data collection can be imported into most spreadsheets. The program as written controls the temperature in a linear fashion with very little deviation from the user defined ramp. LabVIEW provides a method to create a user friendly automated "Virtual Instrument" (VI) that can be custom programmed for a wide variety of laboratory instruments. LabVIEW programmers can create a VI which incorporates display and control functions from several different laboratory instruments simultaneously, as done by the writers. |