# US6608638B1

**Configuring a programmable hardware instrument; estimation of hardware implementation and resource management**

- Year: 2003
- Kind: granted
- Family: [National Instruments / LabVIEW](https://lattice-gazette.pages.dev/families/labview.md)
- Tags: labview, fpga
- Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6608638B1

Resource estimation and management when a graphical program is lowered onto programmable hardware.

## Citation

`US6608638B1, "Configuring a programmable hardware instrument; estimation of hardware implementation and resource management," National Instruments / LabVIEW, 2003. Indexed at Lattice Gazette.`

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