Application Note: Using NI PXI 7852R System to Control a Dual-Axis MEMS Micromirror Biomedical Imaging Scanning System

Prepared by Manu Pallapa and Albert I. H. Chen, both are Ph.D candidates under the supervision of Dr. John Yeow. All are from the Department of Systems Design Engineering, Advanced Micro/Nano Devices Lab, University of Waterloo. Developed in co-operation with CMC Microsystems.

This application note provides a functional overview of NI PXI 7852R series multifunction RIO and LabVIEW 9.0 FPGA module. It describes how to use these two components to drive an electrostatic micro scanner for biomedical imaging with a resolution of 20 microns, and shows that LabVIEW 9.0 is the key to acquire the necessary positional and intensity information for the real-time reconstruction of the image.

All CMC Microsystem account holders with a Prototyping or Designer Subscription are authorized to access this application note. For more information contact Linda Dougherty at licensing@cmc.ca or 613-530-4787.