USB plug and play comes to the NI LabVIEW RIO architecture

The LabVIEW RIO architecture is an integral part of the NI graphical system design platform. A modern approach to designing, prototyping and deploying embedded monitoring and control systems, graphical system design combines the open NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment with commercial off-the-shelf hardware to simplify development, which results in higher-quality designs with the ability to incorporate custom design.

Jamie Smith, Director of Embedded Systems Marketing at National Instruments, says: "Using these new USB R Series devices, engineers and scientists can create highly customisable measurement and control systems using standard PC technology. They are ideal for high-performance medical, life science and semiconductor machines."

Key features

• Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA: Implement tasks like custom timing and triggering, synchronisation, multirate sampling, high-speed control and onboard signal processing
• Improved I/O: Take advantage of analogue input and analogue output rates of up to 1MHz for closed-loop control tasks, as well as digital I/O (DIO) rates of up to 80MHz
• Selectable logic levels from 1.2 to 3.3 V: Adjust DIO levels to meet specific application requirements
• Selectable gain for analogue input ranges: Get more resolution at lower voltage ranges
• OEM options available: Get the same power in a board-only form factor with the flexibility to create your own I/O interface

Follow the link to learn more about the new USB R Series boards.