Connect labview to Zilog (Z8 encore)

[lexia1]

Hi,

I am trying to connect Labview to Zilog Z8 encore, to display the speed of a motor connected to my board (Zilog) and  also maybe change it. I was thinking about using USB 6009 DAQ, I would then connect the DAQ to labview and a H-bridge to Zilog. I don't know if this is possible.

Thank you

Lexia

[LV_Pro]

What type of input/output does the Zilog have? The USB-6009 will output analog and digital signals and can be connected to a lot of things, but without knowing what you are trying to connect to it is hard to say what else might be needed. Can you describe what you have a little more.

[lexia1]

Zilog has several ports with can be used as I/O they are called GPIO and they are analog input more precisely ADC analog input. I was thinking about connecting a  I/O port of Zilog to the USB and convert it to digital data and then analyze the data through Labview and don't know if it possible though.

[Ipshita_C]

Hi lexia1,

To program your Zilog processor you may use theLabView microprocessor SDK which can be used to target essentially any 32-bit platform--please have a look at this forum post for more useful links on using the SDK. Alternatively you can find out whether you can read from and write to it using serial commands in which case you can use LabView and serial. I hope this helps!

Ipshita C.

[lexia1]

Thank you for your help.

Lexia

Message Edited by lexia1 on 10-02-2008 01:31 PM

[lexia1]

Thanks for the link, but I read that LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK  works only with 32 bit microprocessor while Zilog is a 8 bit microprocessor. Thus I cannot use it. I was actually  thinking that I might get the speed of the motor using Zilog, than send the data to Labview using USB 6008. But I don't know if it's possible.

Lexia

[Ipshita_C]

Hi Lexia,

In what form are you getting the data? You can connect the signal from your Zilog to the USB-6008 and then read it in LabVIEW

Ipshita C.

[lexia1]

I will try that thanks