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Before you use the FPGA Module, you should be familiar with LabVIEW, FPGA Module, and hardware concepts. This topic includes links to topics you might find useful at each of these levels.

Note  The following lists include recommended topics to begin working with the FPGA Module. However, the lists are not complete. The LabVIEW Help includes other topics to help you develop an FPGA application. Use the Contents tab in the LabVIEW Help to navigate to the FPGA Module book to view other related topics.

LabVIEW Concepts

If you are new to LabVIEW, complete the Getting Started with LabVIEW manual. In addition to the Getting Started with LabVIEW manual, you might find the following topics useful:

• Creating SubVIs
• For Loop and While Loop Structures, particularly the sections about shift registers and Feedback Nodes
• Using LabVIEW Projects
• LabVIEW Style Checklist
• Finding Example VIs

FPGA Module Concepts

If you are familiar with LabVIEW and new to the FPGA Module, you might find the following topics useful:

• Unsupported LabVIEW Features
• Adding FPGA Targets to a LabVIEW Project
• Timed Loop
• Timing FPGA VIs
• Transferring Data Among Parallel Loops
• Optimizing FPGA VIs for Speed and Size
• FPGA VI and Function Details
• FPGA Interface
• Using the LabVIEW FPGA Compile Server
• FPGA Target Hardware Documentation

Hardware Concepts

If you do not have existing hardware knowledge, you might find the following topics useful:

• Using Parallel Operations
• Understanding Registers
• Reducing Combinatorial Paths in FPGA VIs
• Performing FPGA I/O

If you have existing hardware knowledge, you might find the following topics useful:

• Importing HDL Code into FPGA VIs
• Running an FPGA VI with an FPGA Target Emulator
• Customizing I/O