Document Type: Tutorial NI Supported: Yes Publish Date: Feb 03, 2012

LabVIEW FPGA Module Training for Xilinx Spartan 3E XUP Hardware

Overview Welcome to the LabVIEW FPGA Module Training Course for the Xilinx Spartan 3E hardware. This free training material is divided into lessons. Below you will see the outline for each section. Some lessons include a Word document with exercise instructions and a file containing LabVIEW VIs with exercise solutions. Previous knowledge of LabVIEW is highly recommended. This training material is preliiminary and will change as new revisions become available. DOWNLOAD: To download the Xilinx Spartan 3E plug-in driver, visit www.ni.com/info Enter the information word spartan3e Note- This driver is for Academic teaching use only and includes special licensing provisions. Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lesson 1 - Understanding Embedded Design Methods Lesson 2 - LabVIEW FPGA Programming Techniques Lesson 3 - FPGA I/O Lesson 4 - FPGA Timing Lesson 5 - Host PC Communication with Running LabVIEW FPGA Code Lesson 6 - Advanced Host Based Communication and Control Lesson 7 - Optimizing Speed and Timing of LabVIEW FPGA Code Lesson 8 - Linking Existing VHDL Code from WebPACK into LabVIEW FPGA

Lesson 1 - Understanding Embedded Design Methods General Overview of Embedded Design Trends

Lesson 2 - LabVIEW FPGA Programming Techniques Getting Started Exercise using NI R Series Hardware, Configuring hardware, and creating a new Project exercise_2.1_NI_R_Series.doc Getting Started Exercise using Spartan 3E Hardware Configuring hardware and opening example Project exercise_2.1_Spartan_3E.doc

Lesson 3 - FPGA I/O Creating a new Spartan 3E Project exercise_3_Spartan_3E.doc Digital communication methods with LabVIEW FPGA exercise_3A.doc

Lesson 4 - FPGA Timing Custom triggering with LabVIEW FPGA exercise_4.1_NI_R_Series.doc Data flow in parallel loops using FIFOs exercise_4.2.doc

Lesson 5 - Host PC Communication with Running LabVIEW FPGA Code Create host based VI's for LabVIEW FPGA running code exercise_5.1_NI_R_Series.doc exercise_5.1_Spartan_3E.doc

Lesson 6 - Advanced Host Based Communication and Control Interrupt based processing with LabVIEW FPGA exercise_6.1.doc

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Lesson 7 - Optimizing Speed and Timing of LabVIEW FPGA Code

Lesson 8 - Linking Existing VHDL Code from WebPACK into LabVIEW FPGA Using existing VHDL filter code with LabVIEW FPGA exercise_8_Spartan_3E.doc Downloads fpga_training_spartan_3e.zip

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