Arduino and its compatible boards and shields are an open source class of products (hardware as well as software), the most common of which is a microcontroller called Arduino Uno. This microcontroller is built around an ATmega328 with plenty of digital and analog I/O pins. National Instruments (unofficially) supports Arduino and Arduino-compatible devices and shields through a special firmware and set of functions. To illustrate the power and ease of use of these microcontrollers, as an example, we will use an Arduino Uno. Please refer to https://www.arduino.cc/ and the instructions on http://ni.com under LabVIEW interface for Arduino toolkit using VI Package Manager (VIPM) to install all provided functions via the Internet. Go to http://vipm.jki.net/ to get VIMP (there is a free version).
Once properly installed, you should see a function plate such as the one depicted in the following screenshot in your function panel list. To emphasize the importance...