Friday, 12 September 2014

LabVIEW Interface for Arduino Toolkit?



The LabVIEW Interface for Arduino (LIFA) Toolkit is a FREE download that allows   developers to acquire data from the  the Arduino  microcontroller and process it in the LabVIEW.

As LabVIEW provides Graphical Programming environment.The NI LabVIEW Interface for Arduino Toolkit helps you easily interface  the Arduino microcontroller with using LabVIEW.

To get these two talking together you must first  Download toolkit

A sketch for the Arduino microcontroller acts as an I/O engine that interfaces with LabVIEW VIs through a serial connection. 
This helps you quickly move information from Arduino pins to LabVIEW without adjusting the communication, synchronization, or even a single line of C code.isn't that is cool!.. 
Using the common Open, Read/Write, Close convention in LabVIEW, you can access the digital, analog, pulse-width-modulated, I2C, and SPI signals of the Arduino microcontroller. 
To learn how the under-the-hood functionality works so you can modify or extend it, look inside the subVIs or open the Arduino sketch. 
  
Remember this :The Arduino microcontroller must be connected to the computer with LabVIEW through a USBserial(useful for begineers), Bluetooth(i used Transceiver HC-05), or XBee link. 


Now,let's do some cool practicle stuff here,
follow below ttutorial..plz

Tutorial:       (simple LED blinking)
            Looks so easy..believe me try it for having nice beginning
  • Make sure you have installed the LabVIEW Interface for Arduino.

  • Open the Simple LED Example VI (search for "Arduino" in the example finder once the toolkit is installed).

  • On the front panel, select the Arduino digital pin connected to the LED.

  • Build the circuit schematic shown on the block diagram.

  • Connect your Arduino to your PC with a USB cable. Optionally you can specify the COM port associated with your Arduino to the VISA resource terminal of the Init.vi to decrease the time require for LabVIEW to connect to the Arduino.

  • Click Run



















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