Manuals - The first goal after choosing an NAI product is likely to gain a better understanding of its capabilities, specifications, and how you will be interacting with it. NAI’s product manuals contain a general introduction, several categories of specifications, and a detailed memory map which depicts exactly where and how you can exercise all of the product’s functionality.

Connectors and Cabling Info - Once you have received your NAI board(s) and modules, the first thing that you will need to do is get everything connected. Our cabling guide includes schematics and descriptions for connections that will be necessary to interface with your unit, including power, ethernet & IO, and breakout boards for wiring up module pins during development.

Downloads - Now that your hardware is connected, you can make use of NAI’s software resources to communicate with your board and begin exercising the modules. The downloads page includes several versions of our Software Support Kit for various operating systems and architectures as well as our Embedded Soft Panel, which will be your primary method of testing with your function modules before developing an application.

Embedded Soft Panel 2 Quick Start Guide - ESP 2 has several uses throughout the development process, including a Demo Mode to be used before receipt of hardware, soft panel tabs to interact with nearly any module family, an API Logger to demonstrate which NAI API calls are used for any changes that are made, and more. Consult this guide to help get connected to your hardware and learn more about how you can use your function modules.

Software Development Guide 1.x or Software Development Guide 2.x - Now that you are more familiar with how to use your board and function modules (and with the API Logger as a jumping-off point), you can begin the process of developing an application that targets them. If you are not sure which guide and SSK you will be using, check each one for a tab of instructions labeled with the operating system that you are targeting. These guides cover setting up your development environment, building our libraries and sample applications, and how to create and deploy your own application from scratch using the NAI libraries.

Sample Applications - The sample application guides are your primary reference when writing code against the NAI API. Each guide walks through a real sample application function by function, showing exactly which naibrd_*() calls to make and in what order — covering configuration, data reading, interrupt setup, communication transfers, and diagnostics. Code snippets are extracted from the actual source so you can copy them directly into your own project. Every guide also includes a troubleshooting table for common errors, platform notes where behavior differs across Petalinux, VxWorks, and DEOS, and the complete source file in a collapsible block. Start with the "Using NAI SSK Sample Applications" overview at the top of the SSK 1.x or 2.x tab for a walkthrough of the board connection menu and an introduction to the guide categories.

Connecting to Boards - As previously mentioned, NAI sample applications use a menu-based approach for opening a handle to your board(s). When writing an application intended for deployment, you will most likely require a connection process that does not rely on user input. This guide lists all of the different types of board access that may be used, along with the necessary API calls and configuration that are required to complete this process automatically.

API - NAI’s API Library provides every API call available to the user for each module family along with a description of its function, its parameters, and variable types. These APIs are identical for every target architecture and OS, and have many custom types that are defined in the naibrd library source. The API tab also includes additional guides for specific functionality and use cases that may be helpful once you have entered the development process.