NI-SCOPE Instrument Driver FPGA Extensions

NI-SCOPE instrument driver FPGA extensions for reconfigurable oscilloscopes enable you to use precompiled FPGA bitfiles to customize the behavior of a reconfigurable oscilloscope FPGA while maintaining the functionality of the NI-SCOPE instrument driver.

Before you begin using NI-SCOPE instrument driver FPGA extensions, you must install NI-SCOPE and LabVIEW. You must also download a precompiled bitfile to use NI-SCOPE instrument driver FPGA extensions. Visit ni.com/info and enter ex6h8h as the Info Code, then select your hardware, and browse the download page to download a NI-SCOPE FPGA extensions precompiled FPGA bitfile.

Note   Certain NI-SCOPE instrument driver FPGA extensions might require you to install the instrument design libraries. Refer to the installation requirements of individual NI-SCOPE instrument driver FPGA extensions located on the download page for more information.

The precompiled bitfiles are included in examples that illustrate how to use the precompiled bitfiles. These examples contain three parts: a precompiled bitfile featuring application-specific IP, a host-based example that uses NI-SCOPE, and IP dependencies, such as source code. These examples are distributed through the VI Package Manager, which installs with LabVIEW.

When you install NI-SCOPE, model-specific folders for the supported devices are created in the following location:

  • Windows 10/8.1/7: Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\FPGA Extensions Bitfiles
Note   The instrument driver searches for precompiled bitfiles in these model-specific folders. For the instrument driver to recognize your precompiled bitfile, ensure that the precompiled bitfile is located in the model-specific folder that corresponds to your device.

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Using NI-SCOPE Instrument Driver FPGA Extensions

Visit ni.com/info and enter exkt9h as the Info Code to learn more about instrument driver FPGA extensions.