LabVIEW
Query about Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers and mini2440
The ARM Toolkit only supports the Tier 1 boards right out of the box. For other boards you would have to write first support libraries to make them usable for the LabVIEW ARM Toolkit. This is a very non-trivial task to do and has been only done a few times by non-NI people since the introduction of the ARM Toolkit several years ago. The ARM Toolkit is not based on the principle that the VIs you create are run under a LabVIEW runtime on the target, but instead the VI code is translated to C code (not very readable I may add) und then compiled by the toolchain for your target into an executable. For this to work there have to be various conditions met. First the RT Kernel (Keil RT) that the ARM Toolkit links to must have a supported version for your hardware target or you have to create it yourself (non trivial work for sure). Then the toolchain (compiler, linker, debugger) for your target needs to be integrated into the ARM Toolkit by various VI interfaces (also non-trivail work).
If you intend to run a Linux flavor on your target you are most likely out of luck here. LabVIEW runtime is no option here since it does not run on ARM CPUs, and converting the output of the ARM Toolkit in such a way that it links to the Linux (RT) OS kernel instead of the Keil RT is probaly an exercise in vain.
Not likely. The LabVIEW mobile Module explicitedly works on Windows Mobile 5 or so, which by now is quite outdated. I'm not sure if they plan to update it to Windows Phone 8, but considering the troubles Microsoft seems to have to get those phones to the people other than for free, I have a hunch that this might not happen.
The LabVIEW Touch Panel Module is based on a different Microsoft OS Variant, either Microsoft XP Embedded or Microsoft CE. Unless you get a fully operational version of one of these for your target you can forget it too.
@tintin99 wrote:
Thanks Ralf. what if I I download the BSP of the board and then install free evaluation version of Windows CE 6.0 available on the Microsoft website then generate a Windows CE image and flash it in the board!
Can I develop Windows CE applications using LabVIEW Touch Panel Module after that or it is not possible with the evaluation version ?
I don't really know what the evaluation version would allow, nor if you can get them that easily. You should however consider that in order to run a LabVIEW Touch Panel application on a non-NI target you need to buy a LabVIEW Touch Panel runtime license for each target for I think around $500 each. Add to that the cost of a Windows CE runtime license and you are getting in a price range that you can get complete NI embedded hardware for with integrated LabVIEW support.
