Use LabVIEW to sort through Raw Serial Data

[sout23]

I have an FPGA which is programmed to dump all its memory bytes containing voltages, currents, temperatures etc. when a serial communication is estabilished with it from LabVIEW.

I  know how to establish the serial connection, check for any bytes at the serial port, and read the data at the serial port (using VISA).

What i need to do now is sort through what is being read.

So it is reading data in a sequence of 24 integers (16-bit) sent with Least significant bit first. I need to sort each integer and display it as a decimal. How can i do this?

[amitwadje]

In for loop

1. Sort each 16 Bits (String subset function with proper shift register input for ‘offset’)
2. Reverse string (now MSB is first)
3. Use attached VI(MSB first) to convert into decimal(U16).

hope it helps.

[sout23]

Sorry my description was incorrect.

It is actually reading unsigned 8-bit integers. What I need to do is

1. Convert it into a signed 16-bit integer

2. Shift left by 8 and add significant bits

3. Convert into a decimal

I also need to sort each value and assign it its own desctiprion, i.e. Vin, Vout etc.

[crossrulz]

1. I would use Unflatten From String, probably in a loop, to convert your string into I16s.  From there you can do whatever math is required to get your decimal values.  In the end, I would put the values into a cluster.

[sout23]

How do you actually extract each individual value. For example the first value would be Vin, the second Vout, etc and I want to display each value seperatly?

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

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@sout23 wrote:

How do you actually extract each individual value. For example the first value would be Vin, the second Vout, etc and I want to display each value seperatly?

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I would do something like this.

[sout23]

Awesome, Will try something like that. Thanks!