Overview
Real-time systems provide a higher level of reliability because they are dedicated to desired measurement and control tasks and, therefore, avoid general-purpose OS fragilities. The National Instruments LabVIEW Real-Time Module delivers the reliability of a dedicated real-time system without requiring you to know the low-level details of real-time development. Instead, use the familiar NI LabVIEW graphical development environment to build your application and then download it to a dedicated real-time target for applications such as:
Integrated Test and Control
Create deterministic control applications with microsecond software jitter and high-accuracy measurements with NI modular instruments.
Reliable Extended Duration Testing
Develop reliable systems for applications such as life-cycle testing, fatigue testing, and expensive tests that destroy prototypes or use costly resources.
Autonomous Test Systems
Use off-the-shelf hardware platforms to create stand-alone test and data-logging systems that run reliably in the field.
Recommended Software
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LabVIEW Real-Time Module
Extend the LabVIEW development environment with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module to download applications to a dedicated real-time target, ensuring the most reliable execution platform for your test and measurement applications.
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LabVIEW FPGA Module
The LabVIEW FPGA Module extends the LabVIEW development environment so you can download applications to an FPGA chip on NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware.
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LabVIEW Execution Trace Toolkit
The LabVIEW Execution Trace Toolkit, an add-on for the LabVIEW 7.1 Real-Time Module, offers precise debugging and benchmarking of applications running on LabVIEW Real-Time targets.
Recommended Hardware
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NI PXI Real-Time Controllers
Combine LabVIEW Real-Time with PXI to create high-accuracy measurement systems and high-speed control. Select from a variety of off-the-shelf PXI/CompactPCI I/O modules to integrate analog, digital, counter/timer, machine vision, and motion control signals.
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NI Data Acquisition
Connect to a variety of signals using measurement-ready hardware for analog, digital, counter/timer, and dynamic signals. Reduce development time using NI data acquisition software, which is optimized for LabVIEW Real-Time applications.
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NI Reconfigurable I/O
Define custom I/O hardware using LabVIEW FPGA for rapid response systems including high-speed I/O processing, immediate output generation, and onboard decision making.
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NI Modular Instruments
Take advantage of high-performance digitizers, function and arbitrary waveform generators, high-speed digital I/O, digital multimeters, and RF measurement hardware for PCI and PXI.
