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Re: making a weighing machine with labview

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
If you wanted to automate the bathroom scale, you could put a pot on its indicator if it's not digital. Or you could do image processing to find the colored line, and check what angle it is based on where it is.

If you use a camera, you don't need any other hardware. You can use a webcam connected via USB and then use the LabVIEW IMAQ to process it.
So if i have a nexxtech 2516513 camera, hook it up to pc via usb, go to labview IMAQ, and then do what?? sorry iam kinda only 15....still learning!
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