{"id":616,"date":"2020-05-18T21:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fpganow.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:53:57","slug":"the-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fpganow.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/18\/the-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Changer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Going to investigate what will be the biggest game changer for <strong>LabVIEW<\/strong>, <strong>FPGA&#8217;s<\/strong> and you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Okay, so the <strong>National Instruments<\/strong> website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni.com\">http:\/\/www.ni.com<\/a>) is pretty hard to navigate.\u00a0 I somehow saw the following under the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8216;RELATED PRODUCTS&#8217;<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> section on some page that I have since been unable to find:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/fpganow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LabVIEW.FPGA_.IP_.Export.Utility.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fpganow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LabVIEW.FPGA_.IP_.Export.Utility.png 736w, https:\/\/fpganow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LabVIEW.FPGA_.IP_.Export.Utility-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I was finally told by my brother to just search for it.  Here is the direct link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ni.com\/en-us\/support\/downloads\/software-products\/download.labview-fpga-ip-export-utility.html#345666\">https:\/\/www.ni.com\/en-us\/support\/downloads\/software-products\/download.labview-fpga-ip-export-utility.html#345666<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the online version of the readme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni.com\/pdf\/manuals\/378241a.html\">http:\/\/www.ni.com\/pdf\/manuals\/378241a.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And please note&#8230; the description clearly says <strong>&#8216;export&#8217;<\/strong> \u2026 <strong>&#8216;third-party hardware&#8217;<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means we can take all of my <strong><em>strategies<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>knowledge<\/em><\/strong> for using FPGAs in <strong><em>LabVIEW<\/em><\/strong>, and apply them to any hardware.  Hardware where you can write custom device drivers to optimize communications with the host processor, hardware where you can attach whatever peripherals you like&#8230; The possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to quote Bradley Cooper from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/limitless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Limitless&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;It was possible, and possible was enough&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to investigate what will be the biggest game changer for LabVIEW, FPGA&#8217;s and you. 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