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Re: Opinions wanted: LabView-based controller?

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Originally Posted by Adam Y. View Post
That is right. I don't remember how long it specifically takes to install LabView but there a significant amount of other programs that you install in a full installation. I also don't remember needing instructions though.

Labview can be run on all systems. In fact it would be a step up from running an emulator. It stems from the fact that LabView was originally designed on a Mac.
Umm...FIRST shipped the WINDOWS version of LabVIEW. AFAIK the other OS versions have to be ordered separately and are separate licenses. Those licenses are not cheap.

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The problem is that you would be severely limiting your options with such a constraint. There are very little microcontrollers that have open source compilers. I'm all for using LabView if I can be shown it's a good choice for this application. I'm certainly convinced that it's an excellent choice for experimentation and data collection.
I am fairly convinced it is not a good choice for the reasons I outlined in the post you responded to.

It would be fun to experiment, but when all is said and done, I am much happier coding in C.

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