The NI ELVIS III provides convenient connectivity and functionality in the form of a high density direct connection to the application board for the control I/O, industry standard connectors for the instrumentation I/O, and standard communication ports for controlling the NI ELVIS III.
The hardware architecture of the NI ELVIS III is based on an FPGA and an RT processor that are programmatically accessible by the user. The user can control a variety of analog and digital I/O lines exposed via the application board, and the instrumentation I/O via dedicated connectors.
The NI ELVIS III Prototyping Board is connected to the device by default and provides easy access to the available I/O via breadboard connectors, as well as additional user peripherals commonly used in the laboratory.