Interface labview program with real appliances

[lame91]

How do i interface labview program with real life appliances. For example: interface with light bulb

[johnsold]

A light bulb only has power input terminals.  So the LV program would need to send a command to some kind of power switching device to control the power to the light bulb. NI makes devices with relay output which can probably switch small light bulbs. Some companies make devices which communicate via RS-232 and can switch line voltage to control the light bulb.

Lynn

[billko]

I suppose you could also find some kind of adapter to turn it into an IP based appliance and you could control it through the ethernet.  Or you could wait a few decades and interface LabVIEW 2059 with your cranial implant to directly control your light bulb.  😉

[johnsold]

Of course by 2059 there will no longer be any light bulbs (outside museums).

Lynn