Using Arduino with Labview on a Mac

[mymelokirby]

Hello!

I'm barely getting started on LabVIEW and want to do some programs using temperature sensors on my Mac. I have the community version of LabVIEW installed and have read that the Hobbyist Toolkit is unavailable for Mac. I have NI-VISA installed; however, I do not know what steps to do to get my Arduino working properly in LabVIEW on my Mac. Could I get some guidance on this matter, please? Any help is welcome!

Thanks for your time!

[tylerpaura]

Hey, 

Quick question for you I am struggling to download the community version on my Mac can you walk me through the steps you took to download LabView.

Thanks !!

[RTSLVU]

Since LINX or the Hobbyist Toolkit is not available for the MAC you only option is:

Program the Arduino in the native Arduino language.

1. LabVIEW can communicate with an Arduino using VISA just like any other instrument on a serial port.
2. IMHO: this is the best way as you have full control over the communications protocol, access to all of the of Arduino libraries, and LabVIEW toolkits that are already out there.
3. I highly recommend watching this video on serial communications: VIWeek 2020/Proper way to communicate over serial