microcontroller programming using LabVIEW

[pritam]

Is it possible to write a code for microcontroller, like 8051, in LabVIEW? if yes, HOW?

Message Edited by pritam on 10-29-2007 02:08 AM

[parthabe]

Hi Pritam,

LV is a Graphical Prog Lang, in which you can "wire" anything , but NOT "write".

So, maybe you re looking for something else, or am I missing something ?

[csxcs_366]

The anwser is No.You have to write code for 8051 by ASM or C51 up to now.

It's true that NI has a embedded moule for Micor processer,but 8051 is not surpported.

[Tushar_Jambhekar]

what do you want to do exactly

write a program that can download your mahine code into controller

or

Write a LabVIEW program that itself will determine how your controller should function (i.e. use labview instead of assembly or C)

[pritam]

hey... i mean... is there any cross-compiler which can convert .vi cde into .asm so that it can be burned in microcontroller... or any other stuff like that.... (jst like how we do FPGA programming in labview.... compiler converts the labview code into VHDL)

[parthabe]

Pritam,

Maybe the below links should kindle your interest.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6207

https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/us/demolvportembd/content.xhtml

[Graziano]

Hi!
   csxcs_366  is right, and, more in general, with LabView you can someway cross-compile for 32-bit processors, while for 8 bit it's a little bit more difficult (even if possible, generating C code).  8051 is not targetable at all, for what I know. 

   But the question is: why are you willing to target 8051? I think LabView philosophy is opposite than 8051 philosophy, I'd use LabView for more complex architectures....

   Have a nice day!

graziano

[parthabe]

Sorry, I forgot you were asking about 8-bit uC.

[pritam]

well... the thing is i jst hate text based programming.... n is jst trying to find out d way to program a microcontroller by graphical prog. lang.... being specific by labview......

[johnsold]

Pritam,

I do not know of any cross-compiler for the 8051, but it is certainly possible to write one. Back in the LV 3 or LV 4 days I started to write a 6502 cross-assembler in LV. The project was cancelled before I completed it, but I had done enough to know that it could be made to work. It requires a lot of effort and you must know the details of the target processor assembly language and machine code. I was taking a text file with the assembly language program and parsing it. It was not an attempt to convert LV code to assembler to binary.

Lynn