FPGA compilation issues

[OscarColBar]

Hi all,

I'm trying to compile some FPGA projects with the compiler ISE 14.7 but it seems to get stucked at different steps depending on the project, sometimes is during the "Generating Xilinx IP" sometimes during "Sinthesizing"

¿What could be te reason for this behaviour? ¿What can I check? I don't get any error message from the system during compilation procedure... and from my point of view the vi that I'm trying to compile is ok...

here a compilation status screenshot where its blocked

[Intaris]

Depending on the size and complexity of the code, Generating Xilinx IP can take several hours. I've had it run on projects of mine for 15 hours and the compilation eventually went through.

When you say it "hangs". How long did you wait?

[OscarColBar]

The most I was waiting for was 1 hour and a half, but it's true that it's a small project, and in case I tried with more complex projects it gets stucked in Synthesizing and the Generating Xilinx IP is completed in a few seconds...

[OscarColBar]

Could it be related with the antivirus? Have someone faced antivirus and compilation incompatibilities?

[Intaris]

Sometimes seemingly small differences in code can lead to wild differences in compile time.

Also, if you're compiling int he cloud, sometimes the servers introduce additional unpredictability. You can occasionally also be assigned to a FPGA compile server which does not have your Xilinx IP cached and then you will again have to go through the entire "Generating Xilinx IP" again.

Without code to look at, everything else is only a guess.

[OscarColBar]

This is the simpliest project I'm trying to compile, in this case I'm compiling in a local server according to hardware specifications (ISE 14.7 & Labview 15 SP1)

[Intaris]

Ah, I don't have CRIO drivers installed, can't open the project, Target not known.....

Since this is my work development PC, I'm not going to install just to see the code. I might spin up a VM and look at it there if I get a chance.

[ZYOng]

What is your OS version? Based on the window's appearance, it looks like you are using Windows 11.

Please note that the ISE compiler is only supported up to Windows 7.

[OscarColBar]

Correct. I'm using Windows 11, Does that mean that with the current computer I am not going to be able to compile?

Is there any other way to use ISE 14.7 in this OS?

[GerdW]

Hi Oscar,

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@OscarColBar wrote:

I'm using Windows 11, Does that mean that with the current computer I am not going to be able to compile?

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Yes.

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@OscarColBar wrote:

Is there any other way to use ISE 14.7 in this OS?

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• Setup a VM with Win7 and install LabVIEW in this VM.
• Use the CompileFarm service of NI.