Implementing a Custom Digital Interface with Intelligent DAQ

Custom or proprietary digital protocols are commonly used in today's world for device or sub-system communication in everything from Aerospace to Consumer Electronics. While this often ensures hardware-timed speed and reliability, it also requires a custom digital interface to prototype and test these devices, which can involve the high development costs of custom hardware. The integrated I/O on FPGA-based Intelligent DAQ devices allows you to leverage off-the-shelf hardware to implement almost any custom digital protocol for design, control and test applications. The LabVIEW FPGA module eliminates the need for hardware design experience by compiling graphical block diagrams into routines that execute in silicon.

This is an example of how to implement a custom digital interface with LabVIEW FPGA and the attached files can be used as a starting point for implementing any serial protocol on Intelligent DAQ hardware.

For a detailed explanation of the LabVIEW project and block diagrams, please see the related link below.

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Implementing A Custom Digital Interface with Intelligent DAQ

Requirements

Filename: custom_digital_interface.zip

Software Requirements

Application Software: LabVIEW Professional Development System 8.0, LabVIEW Full Development System 8.0
Toolkits and Add-Ons: LabVIEW FPGA Module 8.0
Language(s): LabVIEW

Hardware Requirements

Hardware Group: Reconfigurable I/O (RIO)
Hardware Model: PCI-7811R, PCI-7813R, PCI-7830R, PCI-7831R, PXI-7833R, PXI-7811R, PXI-7813R, PXI-7830R, PXI-7831R, PCI-7833R
Driver: NI-RIO 2.0

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Wiring info for Controller?
The example code looks good, but there's no info on how to wire the "anonomyous" game controller to the R Series Board. Wire colors for the 5 DIO lines would be great to add to the project so I know what wires go to what pins on my SCB-68
- Feb 20, 2008