labview fpga

[labviewfpga]

i have labview 2011 licensed copy,  i want to interface spartan3e starter kit with labview,i am looking for spartan3e drivers,i got it but it is for labview 2012.

so when i try to install it shows labview2012 should be installed.now what i do?if  you have drivers for labview 2011 please send me link or tell me other option?

thank you.

email:prasadkulkarni21@ymail.com

[mikeporter]

There is a separate forum board for people needing code to be converted between versions.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Version-Conversion/bd-p/VersionConversion

Mike...

[T-REX$]

Hello,

Since the Spartan3e is an Academic only target, you have free access to our Support department (all students do). I recommend contacting them (ni.com/ask), and request that they send you the 2011 version of the driver.

[mikeporter]

There you go, an even better solution!

Mike...

[T-REX$]

Yeah, the conversion boards won't work in this case since the problem is that old versions of the Spartan3e driver aren't available online once a new one releases. The Spartan3e driver is roughly equivalent to NI-RIO in this case, and is not VIs but DLLs.

[labviewfpga]

i have contacted support ni.com they have given me one link- ftp://ftp.ni.com/outgoing from that i have downloaded spartan3e support zip file,and double clicked on setup.exe and installed but it doesn't showing any spartan3e xup folder in new taget devices. what could be problem? where can i get these drivers for labview2011 ,please help me out.thank you. my email id -kulkarni.prasad40@gmail.com

[T-REX$]

Well, my first thought is that you are running into the same issue as here: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/spartan-3e-amp-Labview-2011/td-p/1654022/

To quote myself:

"You should be able to find it (even without one attached) by creating a new empty project. From there, right-click on the "My Computer" option, and select new->Targets and Devices. From there, hit the radio button for New target or device and browse down to the Xilinx University Program folder to find the Spartan-3e Starter Board. I've attached a picture below to complement these instructions."

[labviewfpga]

i did the same way  but there is no xup folder showing  in my labview.is there any other option ? is it like that they have not released spartan 3e  xup drivers for  labview 2011,but they have labview  2012 drivers and not for 2011.

[T-REX$]

Hmm...

You said you installed the 2011 driver that you got from support, and it didn't report any errors right? Try navigating in the control panel to Programs and Features ->National Instruments Software (double click this item). When the modify/repair/remove window comes up, look for "NI LabVIEW 2011 SP1 FPGA Support for Spartan 3E" (or something very similar). Is it there?

Does the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2012\Targets\NI\FPGA\XUPSpartan3E" exist on your computer?

What is the version listed in the installer that you ran? I believe it should be 4.2.

[T-REX$]

Edit to my above post:

The above folder path should be for 2011, not 2012, and may be slightly different if you are on a 32-bit os.

Does the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2011\Targets\NI\FPGA\XUPSpartan3E" exist on your PC