Using SubVIs in FPGA Applications

You can group common sections of code for reuse as subVIs on the diagram.

When developing FPGA applications, use subVIs for the following purposes:

• Use multiple FPGA VIs—You can create only one top-level FPGA VI, but you can implement multiple FPGA VIs by calling them as subVIs from the top-level FPGA VI.
• Conserve FPGA resources—Panel objects in subVIs do not communicate directly with the host VI and therefore do not consume additional FPGA resources.
• Reuse code across multiple projects—Creating reusable, modular code helps you efficiently organize, manage, test, and debug your application by allowing for easier code review and updates and by avoiding code duplication.

The VI reentrancy of subVIs on an FPGA target is set to Stateful by default. Use this option if a subVI accesses shared resources, such as I/O, or if multiple instances of the subVI share data in a VI, such as functional global variables. To verify if subVI configuration meets the resource and timing needs of your application, compile the application and check the Estimated resource usage report and Timing Violations tab when the compilation completes.

Note

Stateless subVIs behave the same as stateful subVIs when running on an FPGA target.