FPGA board

[gaziunal]

I have a FPGA board. I give details below. It is so similar to Xilinx Spartan 3E. Can I program this board by using Labview FPGA module? Is it possible to perform this?

The board has following options;

• XC3S500E
  For the XC3S500E the core resource parameters:
  Operating frequency: 50 MHz;
  Operating voltage: 1.15V to 3.3V;
  Pack: QFP208; I / O port: 116;
  Les: 500K; RAM: 360kb;
  DCMS: 4;
  Debugging download: download via the JTAG interface.
• AMS1117-3.3 (PCB back)
  3.3V regulator device.
• AMS1117-2.5 (PCB back)
  1.2V regulator device.
• AMS1117-1.2 (PCB back)
  1.2V regulator device.
• XCF04S (PCB back)
  Serial FLASH memory for storing code.

[dsFlux]

Hi gaziunal,

The LabVIEW FPGA module is specific to NI FPGA products. See some similar forum posts below:

Can I use Labview FPGA code in a third party device?

Third-party FPGA programming

How to use LabVIEW FPGA on Custom FPGA board other than NI products...

[gaziunal]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I read all from posts. I don't want to have communicate with PC. I want to design stand-alone application.Firstly, I prepare Labview program. Then I compile the program and I will have VHDL codes. Xilinx ISE generate final FPGA codes. I download the codes to FPGA board by using debugger. Is that right process for proggramming FPGA. I had a look to NI Elvis II product.NI Elvis II is almost same with my board. It is not so different than my FPGA board. What can you say about it? Thank you.

[ejkaiser]

As far as I know there is no way to get VHDL code from the Labview FPGA module. You can only use it to program the NI FPGA boards.

We had evaluated NI FPGA and competitive FPGA products and we decided against NI because we didn't want to be dependent on the NI product.

Cheers

Edgar

[gaziunal]

Hi Edgar,

Can you explain more about your words and my stuffs to do? Do you know NI Elvis board? What about VHDL codes?

Best wishes

İbrahim

[ejkaiser]

I don't know the NI boards in detail. I know that you won't get VHDL from the NI FPGA module.