how can I install (download) a Labview FPGA code onto Altera FPGA chip using Labview FPGA module?

[Labview Lover]

Hi there

Guys i'm a very new labview user (PhD student), my project is about ( design and implementation of a high speed-yet sophisticated system using Labview environment then install this project's code (using Labview FPGA module) onto Altera-made FPGA chip).

so kindly, can any body help me in this?...is there any way to connect labview with Altera FPGA?...please anything would be said 'd be of great benifits

thanks a lot in advance.

[AdnanZ]

You won't be able to do that; LabVIEW FPGA only supports NI FPGA hardware.

[Labview Lover]

thank you so much for ur reply

but can anybody please tell me the way to install a labview code into Altera fpga.....using external code calling..or something like that..etc

thanks again

[AdnanZ]

There is no way you can do that with LabVIEW FPGA. The LabVIEW FPGA module compiles code for the Xilinx chips on the NI FPGA boards. You will need to use Altera's compiler to compile any code for their FPGA.

[Labview Lover]

i really appreciate your patience and kindness to me sir,

but do u think that i can use Labview not (Labview FPGA) to creat my project then i kind of export this generated code to an acceptable code that suits Altera's compiler.

in short, i want to use Labview for creating my project then exporting the resulting code into a code that is accepted by Altera's compiler

i mean, is it impossible for me to use labview in somehow to develop my project then export it to Altera? or i have to forget labview and its capabilities?

am sooo grateful sir.

[AdnanZ]

Well, you could use LabVIEW to create DLLs and maybe call those DLLs in Altera's compiler? I guess what you need to find out is how to run external code in Altera's compiler. If you can find out some ways that are supported, maybe then we can say whether that method is supported in LabVIEW?

[Labview Lover]

Alright, can you please prescribe me some of Altera's well-known compilers?.....

because am gonna follow your advice literally and find the cure for what you just proposed.

names for well- known Altera's compilers ???

thanks for ur unlimited kindness

[Dragis]

as previously mentioned, labview fpga only supports national instruments targets utilizing xilinx fpgas. the hdl generated by labview fpga is encrypted and cannot be used to synthesize a design outside the labview fpga design flow. 

however, if you must use labview for your project, it might be possible for you to design the system in labview and use one of the labview embedded modules ( http://www.ni.com/embedded )to generate c code which you can then port to systemc and compile for the altera fpga. i'm not saying it will be easy, but it should be possible.