Small Business Resources, Business Advice and Forms from AllBusiness.com

A little help with motion

By Higgins, Amy
Publication: Machine Design
Date: Thursday, May 23 2002
IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1

A new development tool called Motion Assistant from National Instruments, Austin, helps engineers build and prototype motion applications. It automatically generates LabView code and is suitable for

a variety of applications from biotech laboratory research to optoelectronics manufacturing.

With Motion Assistant, users can quickly develop code recipes for Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C+ + with Measurement Studio, the company's set of fully integrated measurement components. Combined with LabView or Measurement Studio, users can create single and multiaxis motions. A point-and-click interface enables quick programming. The software deploys prototypes into applications and adds special placeholders for integrated components such as vision or data acquisition. Motion Assistant also works with the company's motion controllers for open or closed-loop motion control and interactive creation of each coordinated point-and-point, circular, or contoured move in the sequence.

Circle 627

In addition, make sure to read these articles: