is there any list of sensors' vi(s) already exist in Labview?

[Brian_Powell]

In addition to shipping with the LabVIEW Robotics Module, the sensor drivers are also available from our "Instrument Driver Network" (at http://ni.com/idnet).  E.g., you can search for Hokuyo, to see which Hokuyo LIDARs are supported.  You do not need the Robotics Module to download and install these sensor drivers.

There's also a link where you can request a new driver if you can't find the one you are looking for.

[dvdtech]

Brian_Powell:

i'm sorry, i didn't really understand you.

at your link i found drivers, but i'm looking for VIs.

[Dennis_Knutson]

A driver IS a set of VIs.

[dvdtech]

oh, ok

thanks

[NIquist]

OK, I think you need to tell your supervisor that this is backwards.  Tell us what sensors you have (or want to buy) and then we can tell you how to interface to them.  LabVIEW can interface with hundreds of sensors in many different ways.  Some need DAQ cards, some are USB, TEDS, Arduino, GPIB, etc...  We don't have time to make a list of all the possibilities so you can choose.  Decide what you want to do with your robot first, then pick sensors that will do the job.  Get back to us when you know what you want...

[dvdtech]

yea, you all right, i will do so

thanks

[dvdtech]

those are the sensors that i have:

ADXL202 - analog device

XRS150 - analog device

ADXL335 - analog device

ADXL203 - analog device

GY521 - arduino

how can i interface with them? 

or maybe some of them already have VIs?

thank you

[NIquist]

Well, you have a bunch of ICs to work with.  That means you have to create circuit boards for them to provide power.  THEN, you can take the output and read it with a DAQ card.  You'll have to build and program everything yourself as there are no VIs for sensor chips.  They output voltages that you must read with a standard DAQ card and then scale that reading into real-world units.  

Your first step (besides PCBs for the ICs) is to pick a DAQ card that has all the capability to read all your sensor chips fast enough for your application.  You may want to contact an NI Engineer to help you pick a card based on your robots needs...

[dvdtech]

but i dont understand something,

im using that robot: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/10464/en/

with that board: http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/375052c.pdf

and i want to use the sensors while the robot moves around.

as you said (if i understand it correctly), i need to connect the sensors to DAQ.

so do i need to put the DAQ also on the robot? if so, how do i connect the DAQ to the computer? or maybe to the board?

i thought that i will need to connect the sensors only to the board (both input and output).

[NIquist]

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@dvdtech wrote:

but i dont understand something,

im using that robot: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/10464/en/

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  It might have been a good idea to tell us you had an NI ROBOT already!

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/208010  

This thing already has all your hardware and you're supposed to use the NI ROBITICS MODULE software that is designed to control it.  You already have a 180 day trial period with the purchase of your robot.  You can download it here:

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/208011