Cryptographic functions in smartcard hardware

Hi there,
i have some code that uses some cryptographic functions of Java. My applet will run on a smartcard.
Do you think that if the card has some kind of cryptographic co-processor, or other cryptographic hardware functions, it may help the applet's performance?
Thanks!

Hi,
did you install also LabVIEW RealTime module?
I cannot read what is written next to the cRIO target in the project, in case the message is related.
Bye,
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Hi all,
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Can LabVIEW call a function from a .sys file or is LabVIEW limited to dll access?

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> First, I saw on the National Instruments Home Page that the PDF version of
> the Function Reference Manual has been discontinued in favor of the Online
> Microsoft Help format version. I really prefer the PDF because it prints
> much nicer.
This doc can be found on ni.com:
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> I thought the DAQCard-AI-16E-4 was a popular product and I assume it still
> supports the same functions in 6.6 that is did in the earlier versions.
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