Why Choose NI Motion Control?

NI motion control is built on the PXI and NI CompactRIO platforms. When you buy an NI motion system based on PXI or CompactRIO, you are buying an industry leading platform for test, measurement, and control. You can synchronize motion PXI cards with data acquisition and modular instruments in the same PXI chassis using backplane triggering and synchronization features to create integrated test and inspection systems. The NI LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module turns any CompactRIO system into a motion controller. You can synchronize motion based on CompactRIO with measurement I/O from over 100 NI C Series modules through LabVIEW Real-Time at the processor level, or through LabVIEW FPGA at the hardware level.

NI motion controllers are programmed with the LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module. LabVIEW NI SoftMotion ties together your high-level application code programmed with LabVIEW for Windows, real-time motion functionality such as supervisory control and trajectory generation programmed with LabVIEW Real-Time, and low-level motion control implementation such as torque control loops and motor phase commutation schemes through LabVIEW FPGA. LabVIEW NI SoftMotion provides powerful VIs and IP for customization at each of these levels, as well as streamlined configuration, testing, and tuning through the LabVIEW project.

NI motion control can be implemented through plug-in PCI or PXI motion controllers, or through LabVIEW NI SoftMotion on any NI real-time target. The PCI and PXI controllers give you a plug-and-play solution to add motion to existing PC and PXI systems. LabVIEW NI SoftMotion brings motion to any NI real-time target from PXI to CompactRIO to NI Single-Board RIO, giving you the flexibility to choose the right platform and form factor for your specific application.

National Instruments is committed to your success, and has the tools to help you with your next application. NI offers a wide range of professional services from prototyping and feasibility analysis to consulting and development assistance, as well as our world-class support through applications engineering. For full system integration and development, turn to one of the National Instruments Alliance Partners specializing in motion and machine automation with NI products.

Because of the tight hardware and software integration across NI platforms and form factors, you can carry your motion application forward from prototyping to deployment without any of the traditional costs associated with traversing the design cycle. This ability is particularly valuable for custom or highly integrated motion applications as they have code across a development machine, a real-time processor, and sometimes even firmware or reconfigurable hardware, such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). LabVIEW unifies these components through one graphical programming environment, giving you the ability to complete your application sooner, at a lower cost.