LabVIEW interface with a general purpose board...

[rajesh111]

Hello....

I have successfully interfaced Arduino UNO board with LabVIEW software and simulated an LED on-off example correctly by flashing the board with LIFA_base firmware.. I am just wondering, how can we interface a general purpose microcontroller board with LabVIEW as the library for the same is not available unlike Arduino UNO. How to do this ?? Plz suggest me something....

[danielbellorome]

Hi!

You can use the "VISA configure serial port" to interface your microcontroller with LabView. Of course, you need to write a program to comunicate the board with LabView and you need a signal converter, like the MAX232.

Here you can find some links that can help you to create the interface.

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/7907/es/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZe3m8zkSl4

And if you are using a microcontroller that supports USB communication, here you have another suggestion to interface it with LabView.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxGS35XD64

All the information is in Spanish but there are a lot of tutorials in English.

Regards.

[hrh1818]

There are two approaches one can use to use Labview with a general purpose micro controller.  You can use either remote program calls, RPC,  or you can write a program that performs a single task.  With RPC you write a  multi function program that will execute your required tasks.  LIFA is an example of a RPC program.   Most any  Arduino program you find in books are single task programs.   Both approaches will use Labview's Serial Communication capability.

This web page <https://developer.mbed.org/cookbook/Interfacing-with-LabVIEW> shows both approaches for a LPC1768. 

hrh212