Reading Parallel bits and sending them over USB

[vrogers]

I have an FPGA which is sending data off on the GPIO pins. I want to read these bits in parallel and then send them to my pc over a USB cable. I have been looking at a couple different options to do this including the USB 6501. Is this device a good option for this application or is there a better option out there.

Thanks in advance.

[Terry_ALE]

Which FPGA card?

[James_McN]

Is there a clock line with the data?

If so you will need a card that can do hardware timed or correlated digital IO. From memory the 6501 can't do this. I think this is the comprehensive list: http://www.ni.com/documentation/en/ni-daqmx/latest/devconsid/sampleclockdio/

[vrogers]

Thank you for the responses.

I am using a DE2-115 Board with a Cyclone IV FPGA.

There is no clock line with the data.

I am wanting to send each bit off of its own pin on the GPIO port and have the NI DAQ take those bits and send them to my PC over a USB connection.