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LINX VI Reference

The LINX VIs provide a hardware agnostic LabVIEW API for common peripherals and device functions. See learn:libraries:linx:misc:linx-internals for an overview of the LINX architecture.

Functions

• open-serial
• open-tcp
• open-local
• close

Peripherals

Analog

• analog-read-1-chan
• analog-read-n-chans
• analog-set-reference-voltage
• analog-write-1-chan
• analog-write-n-chans

Digital

• digital-read-1-chan
• digital-read-n-chans
• digital-read-pulse-width
• digital-write-1-chan
• digital-write-n-chans
• digital-write-square-wave
• digital-close

PWM

• pwm-set-duty-cycle-1-chan
• pwm-set-duty-cycle-n-chans

I2C

• i2c-open
• i2c-read
• i2c-write
• i2c-close

SPI

• spi-open
• spi-configure
• spi-write-read-1-frame
• spi-write-read-n-frames

UART

• uart-open
• uart-set-baud-rate
• uart-get-bytes-available
• uart-read-byte-array
• uart-read-string
• uart-write-byte-array
• uart-write-string
• uart-close

Sensors

Accelerometers

• ADXL345 Open Read Close
• MMS8451 Open Read Close
• MMS8452 Open Read Close
• MPU60X0 Open Read Close

Lights

• BlinkM Open Go To RGB Color Now
• WS2812 / NeoPixel Open Write One LED Write N LEDs Refresh Close

Display

• seven-segment-display
• SSD1306 Open Enable Charge Pump Write Data Set Display On/Off Set Column Address Range Set Page Set Segment Remap Set COM Output Scan Direction Set COM Hardware Config

Distance

• Ultrasonic GH-311 HC-SR04 PING)))

Mindstorms

• HiTechnic Accelerometer Open Read Close

Misc

• DS1307 Open Read Write
• photocell
• rgb-led
• thumbstick

Motion

• Servo Open 1 Channel Open N Channels Set Pulse Width One Channel Set Pulse Width N Channels Close One Channel Close N Channels

Pmods

• PmodACL Open Read Close
• PmodALS Open Read
• PmodBT2 Open Write/Read Close
• PmodCMPS Open Read Close
• PmodGPS Open Read
• PmodGYRO Open Read Close
• PmodJSTK Open Read
• PmodMAXSONAR Open Read Close
• PmodMIC3 Open Read
• PmodTC1 Open Read
• PmodTMP3 Open Read Close

Signal Generation

• AD9850 Open Set Frequency and Phase
• LTC2631 Open Write

Temperature

• TCN75a Open Read
• thermistor
• TMP3xPmodACL TMP35 TMP36 TMP37

Utilities

• custom-command
• check-channel
• get-device-user-id
• set-device-user-id

Devices

• LINX Supported Devices
• Raspberry Pi 2
• BeagleBone Black

Protocol

• LINX Command Set
• Device Firmware Reference

Related Links

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