What do you plan to do with the toolkit?

[Ben_J1]

We made the toolkit to be used for an infinite number of projects and possibilities. What do you have in mind for using the toolkit?

-Arduino Team

[Kristoff2]

I currently use the toolkit with an Arduino Uno to monitor temperatures and control fans in my media center PC.  It keeps things quite when the PC is idle and cool when its playing HD video.  I'm also thinking about building a soda / beer machine using the toolkit, an Arduino Mega and an old mini fridge that I have at home.

Anyone else?

-Sam

LIFA Developer

[Chrislee]

Right now, I'm building up an automated brewing system (beer).

[Kristoff2]

Chrislee,

I've been thinking about getting into brewing lately.  A freind at work brews pretty regularly and really enjoys it.  He is currently working on an Arduino / LabVIEW powered Kegerrator which is comming along quite nicely.  I'd love to see some tutorials / pictures of what you are working on.  Also makesure to let us know if you run into any limitations with the toolkit.  We are always looking for ways to improve the toolkit.

-Sam

LIFA Developer

[Ambient_Temp]

I'm currently building an HVAC monitor/controller to log  temperature, humidity, & light levels and this data will turn on/off  environmental conditioning equipment hooked to relays. I'm trying to use i2c sensors and no previous experience using i2c.  The LabVIEW Interface has made this project so much easier!

[nanoT]

Beer-brewing system with LIFA? sign me up! I'll be the first try after completing my present commitment.

Having brewed a variety of styles of some 200Litres of  "Golden goodness" to "Toilet flush", I have learnt that process control and

implementation is absolutely important. Brewing is both a science and an art.

There are a few areas where Arduino / LabVIEW can come into play in beer brewing:-

- Beer recipe process: Grains and Adjuncts control/calculator using electronic balances interfacing with Arduino + LV

- Brewing process: Requires absolute mastery of temperature and timing to signal the instance when certain grain , adjunct  or hops needs to be in the pot and  when it should be removed. Input include temperature sensor network, weight sensors. Requires output of different temperature control profile( ramp, steps, PWM etc) to control heat source, most commonly- a  powerful gas burner.

- Cooling/Fermentaion process: Requires good temperature control and monitoring depending on beer style. Needs CO2 ,temperature sensors. Ability to   control heating or cooling load is desirable.

- Store and Maturing Stage: Requires simple data monitoring, logging and preferably with the ability for climate control.

Will be interested in implementing the "Arduino / LabVIEW" during the brewing process, to monitor and control the process of  temperature, weight and time during the mashing process while brewing  "All-Grain" or "Partial-Grain" . The process requires maintaining of temperature of about 5 steps, for different timing and maximium fluctuation of 1-2deg.

[Rymanvw]

I am working on a DIY CNC machine and I want to use labview for temp monitoring of the stepper motor drivers, spindle RPM monitor/control, gcode parsing, manual jog of spindle, and lots of other stuff. To bad I am a total noob to labview and this is going to be my first program with it, but it will definitly be easier than writing it in C.

[TDG1959]

I'm using the toolkit to develop a topside GUI for controlling and monitoring an ROV which uses an Arduino MEGA and UNO as the primary control interface.

The ROV is controlled using a tether through a LAN connection to a USB Server. This provides all the vital systems control and monitoring functions. An IP camera provides the underwater visuals. Prior to acquiring the toolkit I had struggled for a year with VB6; achieving minimal results. In a week the Labview/Arduino VIs have exceeded all previous results. Using randomizing function I've even been able to create a realistic realtime simulation bringing all functions to life when the ROV is 'offline'.

Great job Labview.

[yogesh8418]

I have arduino uno .I want to take input on pin 6 and from that I want to create an output.I have arduino toolkit(LIFA). In what way I can show that input has come in labview through LED and also I want to show output LED on labview.

I am attaching my vi also .........

thanks in advance

[Julianne_K]

Hi yogesh8418,

I would recommend that you get started with the Analog Read Pin Example in the palette and the Simple LED Example found online. Also, I would recommend start a new thread for your question so that you can get more visibility. You can post your questions here by clicking "Start a discussion". Hope this helps,

- Julianne