10-05-2012 09:07 AM
Has anyone made a vi for labview to monitor the Arduino board health? I know there is the standard error tracking, I was looking for something that monitors at a lower level, possibly board voltages or temperatures, etc, I am not even sure what all is possible to monitor but I would bet there is something we can be looking at to predict system health and stability.
Any ideas here?
Cheers
DN
10-05-2012 11:24 AM
You may be able to use a watchdog timer - http://tushev.org/articles/electronics/48-arduino-and-watchdog-timer
And then poll this from a VI (or run the reset() function from a VI.
Matt
10-05-2012 07:45 PM
That is quite vague, you need to clearly define "health." What temperatures? What voltages? It entirely depends on the specific hardware and it's capabilities. I know some chips have internal temperature sensors but not all. Even on Arduino, not all the functions of the microprocessor are accessible, afaik.
10-11-2012 04:07 AM
Hi there,
the Arduino is capable of some fancy voltage Measurements. Look here for more Information:
http://provideyourown.com/2012/secret-arduino-voltmeter-measure-battery-voltage/
Maybe this is helpful for some aspects of your "health"-monitoring project.
Best regards,
Jan
10-11-2012 11:09 AM
the provideyourown.com site tech category is pretty interesting. http://provideyourown.com/category/tech/