Lossless data compression is a class of data compression algorithms that you can use to reconstruct the exact original data from the compressed data. You use it when the original and the decompressed data must be identical or when you cannot assume a certain deviation is uncritical. Typical applications include data storage and transmission.
You can use the LabVIEW FPGA IP core in the LossLess Compression Coding Library for LabVIEW FPGA by OLYMP Engineering to compress lossless data based on the modified Lempel-Ziv Ross Williams 1 algorithm. It emphasizes the high throughput of uncompressed data with the trade-off of a somewhat lower compression ratio. You can process 2 B of uncompressed data at every clock cycle.
An example with a coder and decoder is included for 1- and 2-channel compression (suitable for RF data streaming). The core is fully pipelined to allow high clock speeds. You can easily achieve 100 MHz on PXIe-796xR and PXIe-797xR FlexRIO FPGA modules. This results in a maximum compression throughput of almost 200 MB/s.
In addition, this algorithm has zero delay, which means every input data point always has an output data point (playback).
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