Potentiometer code

[cilginbilgin]

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this code works.









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[cilginbilgin]

Victors are connected to window motors.
And window motors controls the arm.

Angle(min) = 30 degrees.

Angle(max) = 120 degrees.

[Mark McLeod]

It won't work, although your angles are calculated correctly.

The setpoint input (the desired position) must be is the same units as the process variable (the current position).

The potentiometer is in volts: 0-5v

You can either convert the pot voltage to match your angle range, or change your angles to be the pot voltage range.

The pot voltage min/max range will have to be measured by moving the arm to it's minimum/maximum position and reading the pot value through the LabVIEW front panel or a LV probe.

[cilginbilgin]

Thank you really much Mark !!!!

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

]The pot voltage min/max range will have to be measured by moving the arm to it's minimum/maximum position and reading the pot value through the LabVIEW front panel or a LV probe.

Or you could just measure it with a voltmeter.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Or you could just measure it with a voltmeter.

That's the answer in the Electrical sub-forum.
LabVIEW means we don't need multi-meters.

[JamesBrown]

I attached a VI I wrote to handle scaling of analog inputs, it assumes your Potentiometer has a linear taper (some have log tapers) Min and Max voltage are the voltages at the min and max angles, not necessarially 0v and 5v