just a friendly hello...

[vernhout]

HI, my name is martin vernhout and I work at philips research, in a cluster (no no not a LabVIEW cluster 😉
called test&measurement automation. just wanted to let you know I'm doing some LVembedded testing, and will try to focus
on a linux running board called the gumstix (very small formfactor, just search the web)... if anybody is doing the same, please contact me...

Richard J. (hi, nice meeting you again, virtually), you have done a lot with labview->linux, if I run into trouble and THE book (3rd edition) is not helping me (or I just don't understand) i will be running some questions by you, no problem?

succes to you all with this nice beta...

[Richard_Jennings]

Hi Martin,

Gumstix looks alright. What boot loader are you using? I see the gumstix comes with uboot.

I'm working with the Atmel EB40a board. Just got redboot loaded last night. Next step LVE.

I'm afraid Linux is such a moving target that the stuff I wrote is useless by now. Your best bet is copying any error messages into google and searching. - but I'm sure you know that...

Richard

[AndrewAtNI]

The gumstix looks very impressive (and inexpensive). Do you have any advice on which board to buy, and which modules and accessories are worthwhile?

Regards,
Andrew Callan
LabVIEW Embedded R&D

[ecarrig]

I am also trying to use gumsitx to do some fun stuff with NI hardware.  I was curious if anyone had gotten the nidaqmx base 2.1 C API working on a gumstix with usb host support - my setup is verdex / console vx.

thanks
Eamon

[Ire]

Hi Martin,
I am trying to use LabVIEW in robotics application (Robot Swarm includes modules; surveillance, patient monitoring, guidance, delivery and cleaning). From the beginning of this research; project was running ok. But last week I got an instruction from my project supervisor, that this project needs to be use Player/Stage (for getting data from sensors and motors) and Orca2 (as a middleware to communicate between player device and Base robot which operating system is Linux). At this stage I am confused that how I interface/communicate this LabVIEW programme with Player/Stage and Orca2. In general considering each of these robot swarm modules should be stand alone.

At this stage I am looking for few questions' answers and I hope you would be able to answer my questions.

Could I build my programme in Lab View (Real time embedded platform in Linux version) and then get the 'C' code for the entire programme and also the embedded programme for the gumstix which will act as a self executable programme and can run without LabVIEW environment (with the Base robot)? If this is possible, Please give me a brief info that how do I start.  As I am a beginner user the question could  be not so clear to you. If so please recall me..

Thanks for your time.
Regards
Mamun

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hello Eamon-

The biggest challenge to getting DAQmx Base working on any platform is the fact that it depends heavily on LabVIEW and NI-VISA.  The Linux C API for DAQmx Base is built into a collection of x86 shared objects using the LabVIEW application builder, so there is really no chance of getting it to work on an ARM-based system.

That said, we are currently working on more easily portable support via the NI Measurement Hardware DDK (MHDDK).  There may be support available for the DAQ device you're interested in; to file your request with my team please visit the MHDDK download page and follow the USBDDK email links.

Thanks-

[janoschETH]

hi martin,

i work at the eth, swiss federal institute of technology, and i am planning to develop a labview/verdex embedded system for our freshmen mechanical engineering students (300!). did you make any progress? do you already have a link between labview and the gumstix? i am desperate to get your status...

best wishes,
janosch

[Quanser]

Hello - I am curious about an update on anyone's sucess in running LVEmbedded on the GumStix Verdex XL6P and Connex XM. Please reply if you can.
Best Regards,
Michael Armata
Quanser

[Michael.Phillips]

Hi Michael,

The gumstix runs uCLinux and has plenty of RAM, so using it with the LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK is entirely feasible. The only significant difficulty is the tool chain. Since the cross-compiler only runs on Linux, you must create a communication layer from LabVIEW to the cross-compiler on another computer. Besides that, the process is fairly straightforward, assuming you are proficient in LabVIEW and well-acquainted with the gumstix target.