LabVIEW Interface for Arduino Documents
For this VI, an Arduino and a thumbstick are needed.
Description:
This VI uses a thumbstick and the Arduino to play a ball and paddle game.
Tutorial:
- Make sure you have installed the LabVIEW Interface for Arduino.
- If the Arduino Example: Thumbstick RGB LED works, the game will work, but the pins will still need to be configured. (see "3" in the block diagram)
- Open the Arduino Thumbstick Game LabVIEW project
- On the front panel, select the COM port that the Arduino is associated with on the "Select Visa Resource" drop down menu
- Select the difficulty, the harder difficulty makes the paddle smaller.
- Select the number of balls (1-3)
- Note: if ANY of the balls drop below the paddle, the game ends.
- Click Run.
- See if you can beat all of your friends' high scores
Notes and Tips
- The block diagram is fairly large, so it is not fully shown.
- Each of the 3 balls have a slightly different starting speed.
- When the ball hits the paddle, a small, random horizontal speed is added to the ball towards the right, which could increase or decrease the actual speed of the ball.
- If you want to adjust the speed horizontal or vertical relative to each other or relative to the other balls, adjust the speed going into the initialize VI.
- If you want to adjust the speed of the game, adjust the speed of the loop.
- If the balls are not in play, they still appear in the upper left corner of the game.
Update (V 1.2)
- The name popup contains the controls to determine gameplay experience
- You don't need an arduino connected, although it is highly recommended
- Arrow keys move paddle side to side, but cannot be held down
- High Scores popup at end
- If the balls are not in play, they are invisible
- The ball reacts to where on the paddle it is hit
- Magnitude of reaction is random
- Pause when either the space bar or P is pressed
- Is built into an application
Update (V 2.0)
- Transitioned from LIFA to LINX
- Updated UI
- Refactored code for efficiency and readability
- Added sweet Icon for built application
- Updated to LabVIEW 2015
