Handheld application and database with LabVIEW 6i?

[starmercury]

Can LabVIEW 6i be used for handheld applications? I am currently developing application to monitor patient signals and I need it to be transmitted and seen from a handheld device. Furthermore programming in Visual Basic .NET takes a long time and I am still new to the language. I also need to build up a patient database. Can LabVIEW 6i do the job?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Right now there's no LabVIEW for handhelds. However, rumors persist about one in development and the LabVIEW beta web page had a handheld category. Nothing official has been announced though and I don't know if it'll be for Palm OS, Win/CE, or both.

[crelf]

LabVIEW for PDA has been annouced (it was on display at NI-Week 2002) - I have attached a few photos of the Thursday keynote (sorry, they're not good quality, I took them myself, and was sitting toward the back) but they should give you an idea of what's coming...

[Jason R]

I had to do something similar...

Use a PC to gather/send signals to patient.

Connect it to a 802.11b wifi network.

get a wireless PDA. Run CE on it, and use SIMPLE vb-6 code to send/recv
tcp/ip packets with the desktop.

There is sample TCP/IP code that comes with labview, and there is sample
code available for VB. The embedded vb tools for CE development are
free off MS's website.

It is not as hard as it looks! And remember, a TCP/IP packet does not
care about operating system or language. It is a universal thing.

Have fun!

-Jason Richmond
Project Engineer II
LabVIEW Advanced Application Development Course Instructor
VI Engineering
651-484-1332 x319


starmercury wrote:
> Can LabVIEW 6i be used for handheld applications? I am currently
> developing app
lication to monitor patient signals and I need it to be
> transmitted and seen from a handheld device. Furthermore programming
> in Visual Basic .NET takes a long time and I am still new to the
> language. I also need to build up a patient database. Can LabVIEW 6i
> do the job?