02-13-2019 10:47 AM
We have a number of 7966 FPGA boards that we want to continue using but there is also a move to using Windows 10 on all PCs - ass you would expect. Can the 7966 LabVIEW FPGA code be developed on a Windows 10 PC but compiled on a remote Windows 7 PC? If so is it difficult to set up? And what are the drawbacks if any?
We also use boards requiring Vivando compilers so I presume these will just run on Windows 10 anyway?
Thanks for reading...
02-14-2019 03:23 AM
I have not tried to do this, but I suspect that it should not matter. The compiler is a separate entity and results in a bitfile that should run. I think the FPGA is agnostic to the version of the compiler used, let alone the operating system that the compiler is running on.
It sounds like you want to have a Win7 compile server doing your compiles for you, but develop on your Win10 dev machine. If you make sure the LV and Vivado versions are the same, which you should be able to achieve, then I don't forsee a problem.
Have a go and let us know!
02-14-2019 05:57 AM
I get your logic. Lets hope logic can be used with this! I'll give it a try when I can get suitable PCs set up.
02-14-2019 09:48 AM
Hi,
This is definitely possible - see the offload to a single computer at http://www.ni.com/white-paper/11573/en/
Also there is the cloud compiler. I often use this and it is included as part of SSP: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000kJpPSAU&l=en-GB
Cheers,
James