myRIO and Shield adapter (Uno R3)

[BrandonDeH]

Currently I am designing a robot that can move and use a linear actuator to pick stuff up off the ground.  I am working with another student on this project and we were not sure how to drive the motors for this robot (2 12v DC motors and a stepper motor).  My friend ordered a shield adapter from digilent (https://store.digilentinc.com/shield-adapter-uno-r3-for-ni-myrio/) because we already had a few shields laying around from arduino.  I cannot seem to figure out how to make this adapter work with the myRIO.  I want to use the easy screw down terminals but I am not sure how to go about it. Also this is the shield we are using with the adapter: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1438

[jordans]

Hi BrandonDeH,

Let me preface this by saying that I am not an expert here, but let me give you my thoughts: 

The adapter should simply map the pins to the arduino breakout configuration based on this page here:

Shield Adapter for myRIO Data Sheet
https://reference.digilentinc.com/ni:mxp_shield_adapter:refmanual

Then, I suppose you would interact with the arduino shield in the same way that you would on the arduino. However, instead of using the arduino pins you would use the myRIO mapped pins. Documentation on how to interact with the arduino shield would be best found through that shield's support resources. 

What have you tried so far?

What behavior are you seeing now?

This might help us narrow down the problems.