Simulation mode for PCI-5640R

Hi,
I am evaluating whether to buy a PCI-5640R (or PXI-5641R) card for a project. I would like to prototype the code first to see if what I want to do would work. Is it possible to use the 5640R driver in simulation mode, without a physical card installed? M-series daq cards support this, is there similar support for 5640R / 5641R/
thanks in advance
greg

Hi Greg,
You can simulate the use of your IF Transceiver code before you make a decision on whether or not to purchase. There are a couple caveats though. First, you must have the NI-5640R driver installed in order to find that device as a simulated device. The other thing is that you'll need to have the LabVIEW FPGA module already purchased and installed. If neither of these are issues, then you are good to go for prototyping. I recently updated the instructions on how to set your IF-RIO FPGA project for simulation that you can find HERE.The updates that I made to include the IF-RIO may not be live yet, but should be up within the next day. Those instructions should get you rolling. Enjoy!
Chris W

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First, I apologize for my english, but I'll do my best to be understood
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SenadMur wrote:
Hi everyone!
First, I apologize for my english, but I'll do my best to be understood
So, I'm starting with my thesis that I have to defend at the end of this year, and my mentor(?) gave me this PCI-5640R card to explore. At this point I must say, that I'm totally rookie with this Even more, I don't even know how to explore it. OK, I installed card in my PC, installed LabVIEW, drivers for the PCI card etc. It gets complicated or frustrated when I try to run some demos - it has always some errors.I read "Gettting started" thing, but still no success A lot of "VIs" is missing while loading example.
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I think I could better asses what is going on if you tell me what software you are running.
Please tell me your:
Operating System Version?
Operating System 32 or 64bit?
LabVIEW version?
LabVIEW 32bit or 64bit?
Are you using LabVIEW FPGA?
NI-RIO Version?
NI-5640R Driver Version?
These National Instruments software versions can be found in Measurement and Automation Explorer with the exception of the NI-5640R Driver. The NI-5640R driver version can be found by going to control panel >> add/remove programs >> National Instruments Software.
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BPSK_TX(FPGA).vi ‏152 KB
BPSK_TX(HOST).vi ‏257 KB
bare_sine_wave_test (HOST).vi ‏135 KB

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