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Real-Time Measurement and Control

National Instruments real-time products combine the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment with LabVIEW Embedded technology to achieve the deterministic performance of dedicated real-time and FPGA targets. Deliver applications that run predictably in time with increased reliability and offer stand-alone operation.

Real-Time Application Areas

Test and Validation

  • Integrated test and control
  • Destructive testing
  • Endurance testing
  • Autonomous operation

Industrial Control

  • Process control
  • Environmental control
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Industrial inspection

Control Design

  • Rapid control prototyping
  • Hardware-in-the-loop testing
  • Dynamic simulation
  • Model-based design
 
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Real-Time Software

LabVIEW Real-Time Module

The LabVIEW Real-Time Module extends LabVIEW Embedded technology to NI hardware running real-time operating systems. The LabVIEW Real-Time Module can interface directly to reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware for deterministic floating-point analysis and I/O integration.

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LabVIEW FPGA Module

Use LabVIEW Embedded technology to create custom hardware by downloading LabVIEW graphical code to the FPGA on NI RIO devices for custom timing, triggering, synchronization, and control.

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Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit 2.0

The Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit offers low-level visibility into applications running on LabVIEW Real-Time targets through the visualization of real-time execution. Optimize performance by analyzing threads and identifying memory allocation, sleep spans, and resource contention.

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LabWindows™/CVI Real-Time Module

The LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module extends the NI LabWindows/CVI development environment to create reliable and deterministic ANSI C applications that can easily reuse existing signal analysis and control algorithms and run on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) PXI or PC hardware.

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Real-Time Hardware

NI PXI Real-Time Controllers

Real-Time PXI controllers offer a high-performance platform for test and control applications, including compatibility for synchronization and triggering and a wide array of I/O.

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NI Compact FieldPoint

Compact FieldPoint is a rugged real-time platform for industrial control and automation consisting of a real-time processor with various I/O options and integrated signal conditioning.

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NI CompactRIO

CompactRIO combines a real-time processor, FPGA technology, and a wide array of I/O modules in an extremely rugged package. It is ideal for meeting high-speed control requirements, utilizing custom digital protocols, and monitoring systems in harsh environments.

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NI Compact Vision System

Compact Vision System is a real-time platform for automated machine vision and inspection systems with IEEE 1394 compatibility for up to three cameras.

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Desktop or Industrial PCs

Use desktop or industrial computers as real-time targets and support PCI hardware integration with NI data acquisition (DAQ) devices such as M Series multifunction DAQ and R Series intelligent DAQ devices.

  • Low-cost, real-time target
  • PCI hardware integration

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