The Results Are In: Get a 4X Advantage With NI Embedded Design
Overview
In 2012, NI worked with third-party vendor Wilson Research to survey over 1,000 global NI embedded customers using LabVIEW system design software and reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware. The same questions and responses were compared to the annual UBM Survey of Embedded Markets. See some of the results below.
Featured Survey Questions
- Your Current embedded project team includes how many of the following types of engineers: software engineers, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers?
- Thinking now about the last embedded project you completed using NI products (no longer in development), how many months did that project take to finish?
- Was that project completed?
Results:
Using the LabVIEW RIO architecture, NI embedded customers:
- Spend 114 fewer person-months per embedded design project
- Reduce embedded system design costs by $949,9171 per project
- Can produce 4 embedded projects for the same R&D budget* as opposed to 1 using traditional custom embedded
What Can You Do With a 4X Advantage?
- How many more value-added capabilities can you provide to your customers with an additional 114 months of R&D?
- How much more business can you win by being $950,000 more efficient than your competition?
- What additional products can you develop with 3 more embedded projects per year with the same R&D budget?
What Other NI Customers Are Doing With Their 4X Advantage
Smart Machine Control
- Developing Smart Tools for the Airbus Factory of the Future
- Master Machinery Builds Semiconductor Pick and Place Machine With CompactRIO and LabVIEW
- Nilfisk-Advance A/S: Using NI Single-Board RIO and LabVIEW to Build a Self-Propelled, Piggery-Washing Robot
- Wise Technologies Ltd.: Developing the WiseWELDING Machine Vision System for Adaptive Robotic Welding
Embedded Control
- Ventura Aerospace Embedded FedEx Fire Suppression System Using NI LabVIEW and NI Single-Board RIO
- Wineman Technology Inc.: Controlling an Echogen Power Systems Waste Heat Engine with NI Software and Hardware
Energy, Renewables, Electric Power and Smart Grid
- Diverse Energy Ltd: Bringing Mobile Phone Coverage to Rural Areas With a Green, Off-Grid Energy Solution
- Duke Energy: Deploying Smart Maintenance and Diagnostics Update for Electrical Power Generation
- ELCOM, a.s.: A Complete, Off-the-Shelf Power Quality Analysis Platform Using NI CompactRIO
- NexGEN Consultancy Pvt Ltd: Creating a Smart Grid Monitoring and Control System Using LabVIEW and NI Single-Board RIO
- Vestas Technology Improving the Efficiency of Wind Turbines with an Intelligent Measurement and Control System
- Windlift: Powering Remote Villages with Revolutionary Airborne Wind Technology Using NI CompactRIO
Power Conversion, Inverter Control
- Dynapower Reduces Power Converter Development Time With the NI GPIC
- Dynapower Corporation Carbon Battery DC/DC Converters
- E-Power Swiss 500 kW Solar Inverters—One-Year Development Cycle for Design, Prototyping, Certification, Manufacturing, and Commercial Deployment
- Feedback from Eaton Corporation Lead Engineer for Power Systems & Architectures,Yakov Familiant
- NREL collaborates with Semikron, National Instruments and the California Energy Commission to develop Modular 50 kW Power Block
- SmartPower Stack Consortium Announces Selection of National Instruments Single-Board RIO General Purpose Inverter Controller
Oil & Gas
- China Oilfield Services Limited: Developing a LWD Embedded Processing Unit Based on CompactRIO
- Lime Instruments Business Impact Case Study
- Lime Instruments, LLC: Oil Well Fracture Pump Monitoring and Analysis Using LabVIEW and NI RIO Technology
- SubC Solutions: Developing a Subsea Flow Line Connection Tool Controlled by CompactRIO
- Synodon, Inc.: Building a Powerful Remote Leak-Detection Platform for Aerial Surveys With the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, Multisim, and PXI
Transportation and Heavy Equipment
- DANSK TEKNOLOGI: Using CompactRIO and LabVIEW to Reduce NOx Emissions from Ship Engines
- Technologies & Solutions Private Limited: Developing a Compact Data Logger for Railroad and Rail Vehicle Performance Validation
Life Sciences
- Active Diagnostics: Prototyping and Deploying a Neurosurgery Training Device Using NI LabVIEW, R Series, and Embedded Hardware
- Dynatek dalta Scientific Instruments: Using LabVIEW and NI Single-Board RIO to Create a Universal Controller for Cardiovascular Products
- Endo Tools Therapeutics s.a: Removing Digestive Tumors With a Therapeutic Endoscopy Teleoperation Robot Controlled by LabVIEW
- ePower Technology: Using NI Single-Board RIO as an OEM Motor Controller for Medical Muscle Testing and Training Equipment
- Hepa Wash GmbH: Using LabVIEW and CompactRIO to Create a Liver Dialysis Prototype Authorized for Clinical Trials in Germany
- KC BioMediX Inc.: Using Graphical System Design to Rapidly Develop a Low-Cost Device for Helping Premature Infants Learn to Oral Feed
- OptiMedica Improving Retinal Disease Treatment with LabVIEW FPGA and Intelligent DAQ
- PBS Biotech Inc.: PBS Biotech Creates Innovative Bioreactor Platform Using LabVIEW and NI Single-Board RIO
- Santec Corporation: Using NI FlexRIO to Develop a High-Speed, Compact OCT Imaging System
- Sanarus: Using Graphical System Design for Tumor Treatment
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about NI graphical system design tools
- Meet the Other Half of Your R&D Team: Understanding Design, Test, and Validation for NI Embedded Products
- Have the Confidence to Build Rugged and Reliable Embedded Systems that Last
- A brief history of NI investments to provide a complete toolchain for digital energy control systems