SAN JOSE, CA. National Instruments and ARM at the Embedded Systems Conference debuted the NI LabView Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers,
an extension of the LabView graphical system design platform that
directly targets the ARM 7, ARM 9, and Cortex-M3 microcontroller
families.
The module is the first product in an ongoing collaboration between
the companies. Using the new module, engineers and scientists can
create embedded applications in LabView and deploy them to more
than 260 microcontrollers created from microprocessor IP licensed
by ARM and manufactured by semiconductor companies including Analog Devices, Atmel, Luminary Micro, NXP, Freescale Semiconductor, Intel, and Texas Instruments. ARM microcontrollers are deployed in a wide range of
applications, from popular consumer goods such as the Garmin Nuvi
portable navigation device to industrial and medical applications
such as the BIAC portable muscle stimulator.
“National Instruments is excited to extend the power and ease of use of the LabVew graphical system design platform to even more embedded designers who are developing applications for ARM microcontrollers,” said Dr. James Truchard, National Instruments president, CEO, and co-founder. “With the addition of the LabView Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers, we are expanding our embedded design platform offerings to give engineers and scientists a variety of out-of-the-box solutions for designing, prototyping, and deploying their embedded applications quickly.”
The LabView Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers features LabView drivers that make it possible for domain experts to graphically program all components of the ARM microcontroller, including the analog and digital I/O. The module also features desktop simulation capabilities so that users can run the programs they develop for an ARM microcontroller on a desktop PC without any additional hardware. Engineers and scientists can use the desktop simulation with NI Multisim, the interactive Spice simulation and circuit analysis software, to simulate the entire signal design chain for a truly comprehensive embedded system design simulation environment.
“The intuitive, graphical design capabilities of LabVIEW make it an ideal platform for developers with limited C/C++ programming experience who need to develop applications around ARM processor-based microcontrollers,” said Reinhard Keil, director of MCU Tools at ARM. “Additionally, for the more experienced developer, it provides a faster and more streamlined approach to programming.”
Other new features of the LabView Embedded Module for ARM Microcontrollers include a project wizard that automates configuration and overall setup to help users establish projects quickly as well as an interrupt manager that simplifies interrupt-driven programming by setting up LabView code to run when specific hardware interrupts occur. In addition to the software, National Instruments offers a development kit that includes a choice of an MCB2370 evaluation board with an ARM 7 family-based NXP processor or a Stellaris LM3S8962 with a Cortex-M3 processor-based Luminary Micro processor. Base price: $8999.
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