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Is it possible to interface iLoad Series USB load cells to LabView or Matlab?

April 26, 2017cells interface labview load MATLAB possible SERIES USB

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Is it possible to interface iLoad Series USB load cells to LabView or Matlab?

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Our iLoad Digital USB load cell is plugged into a PC’s USB port and shows up as a COM port (serial port) and responds to an ASCII command set. So any program that can communicate with a serial port can communicate with our load cell and retrieve the load values. This can be tested by launching the Hyperterminal application from Windows XP, opening up the relevant COM port and sending the command “O0W1”. The load cell will return the sensed load in millipounds as an ASCII string. LabVIEW or Matlab can retrieve this string and process the result. See Driver Installation and Hyperterminal Operation for more information and examples using LabVIEW and Matlab.