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Solar Manufacturing

"This project wouldn’t have been economically viable without LabVIEW and NI synchronized motion, vision, and DAQ products."

- Jeff Long - Automation Works, Inc.

Automated Semiconductor Wafer Sorting Using NI LabVIEW with Synchronized Motion, Vision, and DAQ

To stay ahead of the competition by reducing cost while improving solar cell efficiency and quality, leading solar manufacturing teams today are incorporating sophisticated automation techniques such as synchronized motion and vision, advanced control algorithms, machine monitoring, remote support, data logging, and more. Explore this site to find advanced solar manufacturing resources for applications such as process control, wafer sorting, automated assembly, and other automation tasks.


With NI programmable automation controller (PAC) technology, you can build advanced solar automation systems that provide unparalleled performance, throughput, and yield. NI PACs combine programmable logic controller (PLC) ruggedness with PC functionality and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology using the NI LabVIEW software architecture.

NI CompactRIO – Reconfigurable Control and Acquisition System

The NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) is a reconfigurable control and acquisition system designed for applications that require high performance and reliability.

  • Small, rugged embedded control and data acquisition system
  • Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) provides flexible performance
  • Powered by NI LabVIEW graphical programming tools

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Deterministic Ethernet Expansion System

The NI Real-Time Distributed Control System offers expansion I/O for your time-critical applications.

  • Easily add real-time expansion I/O for high-channel-count applications
  • Real-time deterministic performance
  • Isolated I/O modules provide direct connectivity to industrial sensors and actuators

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NI solutions partners are companies involved in the delivery of our products as solutions or companies that provide complementary software and hardware products.

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Benefits of Using NI

  • Intuitive graphical programming
  • NI PACs combined with PC functionality processing power
  • FPGAs provide openness and customization flexibility
  • Powerful control, analysis, and networking functionality


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