Use of any Arduino shield with LIFA

[h1derheizer]

I'm working on a heater controller and need several analog outputs and inputs. For this purpose i thought of using an Arduino with some analoge interface shield.

So my question is: Can i use any Arduino shield with LIFA?

[Nathan_B.]

If the sheild only routes pins to convenient locations to use then LabVIEW/Arduino will not know the difference.

If you are using a sheild that you would need to communicate with then it will not work without modifications (at this point).

[Kristoff2]

Just to clarify, if the shield uses I2C or SPI you can use the LabVIEW I2C or SPI VI's to 'talk to' it.  If there is an Arduino Library written for the shield (one that wraps lowever level functions) you would have to integrate that library in to the existing LIFA firmware (the firmware is open source).

-Sam K

LIFA Developer

[h1derheizer]

What i want to do is to connect something like this:

http://ryanjmclaughlin.com/wiki/Arduino_Thermocouple_Shield

to the Arduino and read it out via lab view.

So to get this working i only have to use the LabVIEW  SPI VI to read out the max31855. Is this right?

[Kristoff2]

I just glanced at the shield but it looks like it should work with the LIFA SPI VIs.  Please let us know if you get it working (post some code if you can).

-Sam K

LIFA Developer