A biomedical engineering startup kit for labview

Abstract

Biomedical Engineering is one of the fastest evolving fields in engineering today. Lab VIEW, a graphical programming tool from National Instruments has been used across multiple classes to teach Bioinstrumentation, circuit design, biological signal processing and image processing concepts in biomedical engineering. However, with the increase in number of functions in Lab VIEW, it is difficult for a novice biomedical engineering student to find the functions that most apply to their course and hence a better organization is needed to help teach and understand concepts. In this paper, we will explore a new Startup kit that has been developed to address this concern. We will explore the current environment and the areas that can be improved upon and present the free biomedical startup kit and discuss the pros and cons of this approach © American Society for Engineering Education, 2008.