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Intaris

Option to colour-code SCTL backgrounds according to Clock selections

Status: New

Visually detecting the presence of CDC (Clock Domain Crossing) in LV code is only semi-intuitive. It is required to check the set clock of the SCTL and / or follow the wire to the clock constant / control in order to understand in which clock domain the code is running.

 

I suggest having the option to automatically colour the background of the SCTL according to the clock being used.

Obviously, this won't work well over VI borders, but at least the option to have it vivible on the same diagram is already a nice step towards better visibility of this really important part of LabVIEW FPGA programming.

 

An option to actually couple a colour with any given clock constant / control for SCTLs would be an addition I personally would very much appreciate.

 

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Yes, these colours are probably a bit extreme, but given the fact that I'm dealing with so many individual processes, it is preferable to having to constantly follow all the wires or investigate all of the SCTL settings.