Data types

TwinCAT data type

Memory requirement

LabVIEW™ data type

BIT

1 bit

LabVIEW™ Boolean

BOOL

8 bits

LabVIEW™ Boolean

BYTE/USINT

8 bits

LabVIEW™ U8

WORD/UINT

16 bits

LabVIEW™ U16

DWORD/UDINT

32 bits

LabVIEW™ U32

ULINT

64 bits

LabVIEW™ U64

SINT

8 bits

LabVIEW™ I8

INT

16 bits

LabVIEW™ I16

DINT

32 bits

LabVIEW™ I32

LINT

64 bits

LabVIEW™ I64

REAL

32 bits

LabVIEW™ Single (sgl)

LREAL

64 bits

LabVIEW™ Double (dbl)

String

-

LabVIEW™ String

TIME

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

DATE

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

TOD/ TIME_OF_DAY

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

DT/DATE_AND_TIME

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

DCTIME

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

FILETIME

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

LTIME

-

LabVIEW™ Timestamp

ARRAY

-

LabVIEW™ ARRAY

STRUCT

-

LabVIEW™ Cluster

Enum

16 bits (Default)

LabVIEW™ Enum