PDFThe National Instruments cRIO-9052 provides a high-speed PCI interface to any NI cRIO-910x reconfigurable chassis from a laptop, PXI system or PC. With the NI cRIO-9052, engineers can interface with the FPGA inside of CompactRIO chassis at rates up to 50 MB/s. The result is a reconfigurable solution ideal for applications requiring the flexibility of the FPGA within CompactRIO and high bandwidth for high-channel-count applications. The cRIO-9052 is designed for extreme ruggedness, reliability, and low power consumption with dual 9 to 35 VDC supply inputs that deliver isolated power to the CompactRIO chassis/modules and a -40 to 70 ºC temperature range.
1. What is included in the cRIO-9052 high-speed interface kits?
The cRIO-9052 kits include a cRIO-9052 StarFabric interface controller, one NI 8310 root device (CardBus-8310, PXI-8310, or PCI-8310), and two 3 m cables. The cRIO-9052 kits can be used with any cRIO-910x reconfigurable chassis. The cRIO-9052 and NI 8310 devices use a StarFabric interface to implement a PCI-to-PCI bridge, providing a transparent link where the CompactRIO reconfigurable chassis appears to users as if were a plug-in device within the host computer itself.
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2. What CompactRIO chassis can I use with the cRIO-9052?
You can use any of the cRIO-910x reconfigurable CompactRIO chassis and any of the C Series modules with the cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface controller system. There are 4 and 8-slot CompactRIO chassis with 1M and 3M gate FPGA chips. C Series modules are available for thermocouple, DSA, voltage, current, industrial digital input/output measurements and more.
NOTE: The NI cRIO-9151 CompactRIO R Series expansion chassis is not compatible with the cRIO-9052.
3. What laptops are compatible with the cRIO-9052Cardbus kit?
For a list of laptop computers that are compatible with the cRIO-9052Cardbus kit, visit the CardBus-8310 compatible laptop computers document.
4. Is the cRIO-9052 a LabVIEW Real-Time Target?
No. The cRIO-9052 does not have a real-time processor that can run LabVIEW real-time. The cRIO-9052 acts as a PCI extension bridge from your PC (laptop, PXI system, or PC) to the cRIO-910x reconfigurable FPGA chassis. If you need a stand-alone, real-time operation with the rugged form-factor of CompactRIO, use a cRIO-900x real-time controller along with a cRIO-910x chassis. You can use LabVIEW real-time running on the PXI system or PC to interface with the cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface controller if you need real-time along with the FPGA of the cRIO-910x chassis.
NOTE: Once you have started an application handled by the cRIO-9052 and the cRIO-910x CompactRIO chassis, you can disconnect your laptop, PXI system or PC from CompactRIO while the application continues to run and connect up to the cRIO-9052 at a later time. This functionality eliminates the need to dedicate the PC or PXI system to only the CompactRIO application.
5. How do I program the CompactRIO system when using the cRIO-9052?
Users can use built-in functions within LabVIEW and/or LabVIEW Real-Time for interfacing directly with the FPGA in the CompactRIO chassis. This provides PXI and PC users with the ability to build a deterministic, real-time application to communicate with the LabVIEW code running on the FPGA of CompactRIO.
6. What applications is the cRIO-9052 suited for?
The cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface system is ideal for applications that require the high-bandwidth data path between FPGA I/O and the processor of your PC. You can customize the timing, triggering, and synchronization and add high-speed digital signal processing (sensor decoding, digital filtering, and more) within the FPGA of CompactRIO and transfer data to cabled PC to perform additional processing and high-speed logging.
- High-Count-Applications
o Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH) testing
o High-speed data logging
o Online signal processing
o High-speed, custom counter/timers
o Custom communications protocols - Advanced simulation applications
o Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation
o Sensor/actuator simulation
With performance of the cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface, you can place the rugged, CompactRIO system close to the I/O of your application while your laptop, PC or PXI system remains up to 14 m (approximately 46 ft) from your CompactRIO system. This makes the cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface system for CompactRIO an ideal solution for harsh environments (the cRIO-9052 is rated with -40 to 70 ºC temperature range and 50 g of shock) that are too severe for PCs. The cRIO-9052 has a dual power supply that operates from 9-35 VDC on power-up and from 6-35 VDC during operation with very low power consumption (7-10 W typical). This power feature of the cRIO-9052 makes it ideal for automotive applications where the cRIO-9052 high-speed PCI interface system can operate off of a car battery.
7. What are the performance benchmarks for the cRIO-9052?
The cRIO-9052 can transfer up to 50 MB/s* of data from the FPGA of a cRIO-9052 to the processor of your laptop, PC or PXI system. Therefore, you could fill an eight-slot CompactRIO chassis with NI 9233 dynamic signal acquisition modules (4-ch, 24-bit, 50 kS/s/ch) and acquire from all 32 channels at the maximum rate of 50 kS/s with no problem. Acquiring from all 32 channels of 24-bit channels at 50 kS/s/ch is equivalent to 4.8 MB/s which is well under the 50 MB/s bandwidth of the cRIO-9052 high-speed interface system.
*This rate varies depending on your host system specifications, such as processor speed, RAM, and so on.
Related Links:
CompactRIO Homepage
Laptops compatible with cRIO-9052 Cardbus kit
