Hello All,
The "Additional Xilinx Compilation Tools" DVD is supposed to only be shipped to customers who have purchased the FPGA option with Developer Suite. This saves us from shipping an unnecesary disk to customers who don't plan on using LabVIEW FPGA, though it is still available for evaluation from the Platform DVD. Unfortunately, there was an error with the BOM that caused us to not send the additional DVD as planned, so the only customers who actually received the disks were brand new Developer Suite customers and customers who bought the LabVIEW 2012 FPGA Module seperately. We are aware of the problem, and will begin shipping out the DVD to all affected customers as soon as possible. If you need the DVD immediately, please talk to your sales representative.
The media contained on the second DVD is two-fold.
(1) - LabVIEW 2012 FPGA Module Xilinx Tools 10.1 :: This software is only required to compile for Virtex-II FPGA targets. To find out if you need these tools to compile for your hardware, please see the What Xilinx FPGA Chips Are Used by National Instruments RIO Devices? Knowledge Base article.
(2) - LabVIEW 2012 FPGA Module Xilinx 13.4 Compile Worker for Linux :: This version of the compile tools is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and provides improved compile times. Please start with the NI LabVIEW FPGA Compilation Options white paper to learn more.
For additional information, please contact your local sales representative, or National Instruments Support at ni.com/support.
Cheers!
TJ G
