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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: R Series and CompactRIO
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 June 2005
New intelligent data acquisition devices
from NI
National Instruments today announced the release of seven new R Series devices and five CompactRIO modules for embedded digital signal processing and high-speed control
National Instruments today announced the release of seven new R Series devices and five CompactRIO modules for embedded digital signal processing and high-speed control Engineers and scientists can use these intelligent devices to create their own data acquisition and control circuitry through National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development tools
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 27 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The LabVIEW code in the FPGAs of these devices can run at rates up to 40 MHz, making these devices an ideal solution for ultrahigh-speed analogue and discrete control.
"LabVIEW FPGA and RIO technology is the heart of our data acquisition and control system, and the new denser 3 million-gate version of R Series devices provides for additional onboard processing and future expandability," said Michael Wiltberger, Principal Engineer at Optimedica Corporation.
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"By leveraging an off-the-shelf product, we are reducing our engineering and maintenance costs, and at the same time the FPGA offers greater safety and system reliability than a custom solution".
The new NI R Series devices feature a denser 3 million-gate FPGA chip, 40 MHz digital I/O (DIO) rates, 200 kHz analogue input rates and 1 MHz analogue output rates.
The new R Series plug-in devices include.
* NI PXI/PCI-7833R: 3M gate multifunction DAQ devices (8 AI, 8 AO and 96 DIO channels).
* NI PXI/PCI-7813R: 3M gate digital only DAQ devices (160 DIO channels).
* NI PXI/PCI-7830R: 1M gate multifunction DAQ devices (4 AI, 4 AO and 56 DIO channels).
* NI PCI-7811R: 1M gate digital only DAQ device (160 DIO channels).
The five new NI CompactRIO modules expand the RIO embedded platform with up to 32 channels per module and increased digital performance with 100 nanoseconds I/O rates.
With the new NI 9476 module, engineers can control 24 V actuators with up to 8 A of current drive per module.
Two of the new CompactRIO modules feature new D-Sub connector options for the industrial NI 9221 and NI 9201 analogue input modules, offering low-cost cabling options for high-volume OEM applications.
The three additional new CompactRIO modules include.
* NI 9401: 8-channel, ultrahigh-speed bidirectional TTL digital I/O module with 100 ns I/O delay time.
* NI 9476: 32-channel, industrial digital output module with 500 microsecs I/O delay time.
* NI 9265: 4-channel, 16-bit simultaneous current output module with 100 kS/s update rate.
"Since its inception, virtual instrumentation has given users the power to define their own data acquisition and control hardware using high-level software tools," said Tim Dehne, National Instruments Senior Vice President of R and D. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
"These new RIO devices represent a powerful extension of virtual instrumentation; engineers and scientists now can create and customise their own data acquisition hardware using LabVIEW FPGA technology.".
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