NI Hardware Deployment Solutions for Embedded Applications

CompactRIO

PXI

I/O for PC, Industrial PCs, Single-Board Computers

Compact Fieldpoint

Processor Speed

I/O Variety

FPGA Enabled

CompactRIO is an advanced embedded control and data acquisition system designed for applications that require high performance and reliability. With the system's open, embedded architecture, small size, extreme ruggedness, and flexibility, engineers and embedded developers can use COTS hardware to quickly build custom embedded systems. NI CompactRIO is powered by National Instruments LabVIEW FPGA and LabVIEW Real-Time technologies, giving engineers the ability to design, program, and customize the CompactRIO embedded system with easy-to-use graphical programming tools.

CompactRIO combines an embedded real-time processor, a high-performance FPGA, and hot-swappable I/O modules. Each I/O module is connected directly to the FPGA, providing low-level customization of timing and I/O signal processing. The FPGA is connected to the embedded real-time processor via a high-speed PCI bus. This represents a low-cost architecture with open access to low-level hardware resources. LabVIEW contains built-in data transfer mechanisms to pass data from the I/O modules to the FPGA and also from the FPGA to the embedded processor for real-time analysis, postprocessing, data logging, or communication to a networked host computer.

PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) is a rugged PC-based platform for measurement and automation systems. PXI combines PCI electrical-bus features with the rugged, modular, packaging of CompactPCI, and then adds specialized synchronization buses and key software features. PXI is both a high-performance and low-cost deployment platform for measurement and automation systems. These systems serve applications such as manufacturing test, military and aerospace, machine monitoring, automotive, and industrial test.

NI I/O products for embedded and OEM applications are compatible with a wide variety of computing platforms, buses, development environments, and OSs to help embedded designers easily adapt to specific design requirements. The identical form factor for each product line and common software API across all NI I/O also make it easy to increase channel count, add isolation, and more. NI has I/O plug-in and USB devices include vision, motion, FPGA, and a wide variety of signal conditioning technologies.

National Instruments Compact FieldPoint is an easy-to-use, highly expandable industrial control and measurement system composed of rugged and dependable I/O modules and intelligent communication interfaces. Download your LabVIEW application to the embedded controller for reliable, stand-alone operation and connect your sensors directly to high-accuracy analog and discrete I/O modules. Compact FieldPoint network communication interfaces automatically publish measurements with an Ethernet network. Access I/O points nearby or miles away on the network using the same simple read/write software framework. Connect virtually any sensor type with the wide variety of I/O modules. The most common sensor types include thermocouples, RTDs, strain gauges, 4-20 mA sensors, and a variety of digital signals from 5-30 VDC and 0-250 VAC.