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Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) is a system-design platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments.

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Labview Developer mode for EV3 Classroom app

I found a trick to enable labview mode on EV3 Home Edition, however, I cannot find the LEGO Software folder in C:\Program Files (x86) (or C:\Program Files). In fact, I can't even Open file location on ...
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Which is better for youngsters to learn - LEGO Mindstorms for LabVIEW or Scratch?

I have a lot of laptops with the 'old' LabVIEW Mindstorms. I am about to start teaching Lego robotics to a homeschooling group I'm a part of. Here's what I have: a few old Windows laptops with the ...
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Mindstorms Chromebook app Stuck in Zoomed-Out Position

We are using the LEGO Mindstorms app on Chromebooks. Our test program got zoomed-out to the point of being too small to read. The remainder of the screen is normal sized. We've tried using 2 fingers ...
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NXT light sensor homework help

Read value from NXT kit using light sensor and show it in the middle of NXT screen. If measured lightness value is less than or equal to 50, right motor will stop and left motor will move with the ...
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EV3 Wired Brick to Brick communication

I'm currently working on a project for my intro to engineering class. As it stands now, one brick is running a LabView program to intake data from a 'barcode' and another brick runs a Matlab program ...
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LabView Mindstorms - What does speed in seconds mean?

I'm trying to set a motor to spin exactly at 60rpm, and I'm using LabView for Lego Mindstorms. However, when reading the documentation for the move motor block, it says this: Power/Speed specifies ...
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How do I control one EV3 using another through bluetooth and LabVIEW?

I have LabVIEW 2014 and I'd like to control make one EV3 move forward using another through bluetooth using LabVIEW, and I don't want to have to use the computer as a relay. How do I do this?
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Can I use EV3 with a TETRIX motor?

What program can I use to control a TETRIX motor through the LEGO EV3? I've heard that RobotC currently cannot be used for this. Has NI released a Labview version which I can use to control TETRIX ...
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I need a block that can combine a movement program with NXTbee radio

I am a student. I am working on a science project using LEGO Mindstorms robots enhanced with NXTbees creating a mesh network. My engineering mentor has me using LabVIEW. I am trying to find a block ...
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Use of Mindsensors IMU with Labview [closed]

I thought someone could help me with a the Mindsensors AbsoluteIMU ACG and its use with the Lego Mindstorms NXT. Is it possible to use it with and get data out of it?
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Not detecting motor port D

We are trying to program in LabVIEW, using all 4 motor ports. On the port selector, port D is not even showing up.
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Execute program programmatically

I want to program our Ev3 for FLL (class assignment), and I want to use an object oriented approach in a very procedural environment. Is there a programmatic way to execute another program inside the ...
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How can I control nxt 2.0 robot with a Wiimote in labview?

I am building a robot with Labview for LEGO Mindstorms and I have wanted to hook up the robot to move based on a Wiimote or Wii remote. However, I have not found a file to download to enable me to do ...
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Ultrasonic sensor option missing in Wait block in Labview

I have hooked up the EV3 brick and the Ultrasonic sensor (on port 4) from the older mindstorms set 8527, and using the most recent Labview software on windows 7. I am trying to test the model for ...
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Is it possible to display large text on an NXT using LabVIEW?

In RoboLab and using RobotC, it's possible to write LARGE text to the screen of the NXT. In RoboLab, this can be done by just typing [\big] at the beginning of a string constant which is wired into a ...
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How to calibrate NXT motors to travel the same distance?

The motors included with the NXT are not all created equal - when given the same input power level, they do not always go the same distance or turn at the same rate. I measured this by creating a ...
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Why does this program work in LabView when targeted to computer but not to NXT?

I have a program written in Labview for my LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0. When the target is set to the computer, the program works just fine. However, when I set the target to the NXT, the program doesn't ...
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