Is it possible to read an FPGA control by name

[Neil.Pate]

VADave, kudos for your nice and neat block diagrams. Your different font for comments is nice and subtle, but it helps them stand out.

[InfiniteNothing]

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VADave wrote:
Here is a VI (v8.2) that will update my 24 element cluster - by name. The code in the Update case would off course be implmented in a subVI.

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Nice but I don't think I can get a reference to an FPGA cluster. I could write the whole FPGA cluster to a traditional control but then I'd have to update one when I update the other just like I'd have to update the case structure with one of the original ideas. Hmmm, maybe I can use a typedef. Seems a bit wastefull to read the whole cluster every time I need just one value but it's definitely a possibility.

Message Edited by InfiniteNothing on 05-13-2009 09:46 AM

[Spectre_Dave]

I think that you can get a reference to the FPGA.vi but it needs to be running to control the FPGA.lvbit.

A better solution would be to create a Daemon to control the FPGA.lvbit.  You could pass data to/drom the Daemon by name and it would then handle the data to/from the FPGA.lvbit.  Another benefit is that the FPGA reference can be remove from your main program.