LabView RT on a 16-bit MCU

[Molana]

Hello,

I am planning to run LabView on a MCU unit, but I'm not sure where to start. I would like to work with the MC68HC12 MCU unit by Freescale Semiconductor. Can I somehow run LabView applications on a 16-bit MCU unit? Do I need a real time operating system to make this possible? Any help will be appreciated.

Thank You,
Molana

[waldemar.hersacher]

You cannot run LV on an 16 bit MCU. LV RT Module is dedicated to the NI targets PXI, cFP, CompactRIO and PCs with a special chipset.
The LabVIEW Embedded Development Module will also require a 32 bit processor.

[mat2_chan2]

hi,

i'm a student and i'm just about to start working on a thesis. i would just like to ask if there's any microcontroller that can read labview programs directly? we need at least 16-bit microcontroller or more that can be easily interfaced with the labview programs.

thanks

[GerdW]

Hi mat2_chan,

there is no substantial change to Waldemar's answer.

LV RT is based on special RTOS, so you need not only a special µcontroller, but also a supported OS!

Look for supported units on NI's website (product finder...). 

[mat2_chan2]

hi,

thank you very much for answering that question. just a follow up question, can the labview program convert labview codes into other programming codes like C or C++? we planned to use a regular microcontroller with C or C++ should we fail to find a 16 bit labview compatible microcontroller.

again, thank you. 

[GerdW]

Hi mat2_chan2,

you will definitely fail to find a compatible 16bit MCU

But there is the extra-ordinary [expensive] µprocessor SDK, which is targeted at 32bit CPUs...

[mat2_chan2]

hi,

thanks for the tip. i think we'll just go with a more generic microcontroller. can the labview convert its own codes to C or C++ codes?

[rolfk]

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mat2_chan2 wrote:

hi,

thanks for the tip. i think we'll just go with a more generic microcontroller. can the labview convert its own codes to C or C++ codes?

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The Microprozessor SDK does in fact do that. But the generated code is both inherently tied to a 32 bit architecture and also depends explicitedly on the OS support that comes with that SDK. Trying to port said code to run on a 16bit system with a different OS would always require more time than writing the same code from scratch.

Basically if you want to go with LabVIEW and a microprocessor you will have to use the Mcroprocessor SDK and a supported hardware target, or leave LabVIEW out of the story.

Rolf Kalbermatter

[Coq_Rouge]

May I ask what you plan to do? Are you planning to implement digital filters in your 16 bit MCU. Then you can use the " NI LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit" to generate C code for the filter. Then the rest is up to you.

Also next time please start your own thread ;). Do not "hijack" older threads.  

[mat2_chan2]

we're planning to construct a sunphotometer and modify previous labview program(s) to cut time for constructing our sunphotometer. sorry for the hijacking of this thread, just thought it would be appropriate to post on this thread because it seemed similar and related.