FPGA compile server question

[ToeCutter]

Hi,

I want to set up a compile farm system. There will only be one development PC (possibly 1 more later) and one compile worker. The question is, can the compile server (the one that dishes out tasks to the compile worker) be on the same PC used for development, and if so, does this introduce any significant bottleneck compared to using a dedicated machine?

Thanks

[M.Kuznetsov · Accepted solution]

Hi ToeCutter,

The compile server can be on the same PC which is used for development without any issues

Refer to the Getting Started with the FPGA Compile Farm document, available by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»FPGA»Getting Started with the FPGA Compile Farm, for information about setting up and using the FPGA compile farm.

Use "localhost" as compile server hostname for your compilations.

Compile farm server uses the same compilation tools installed (Xilinx) on your PC, but instead of directly getting files from LabVIEW project

it compiles files uploaded by user, hence there is no difference in performance.

I hope it helps!

Kind Regards,

[ToeCutter]

Thanks a lot, Max for the detailed response!