National Instruments RT PXI Embedded Controllers Increase Real-Time Performance

Engineers can use two new National Instruments RT PXI embedded controllers to increase their real-time control rates and data-streaming throughput. The NI PXI-8196 RT controller is the highest-performance real-time controller available. With a 2.0 GHz Pentium M 760 processor, it delivers an average performance improvement of 18 percent compared to the previous highest-performance real-time controller. The NI PXI-8195 RT controller features a 1.5 GHz Celeron M 370 processor.

The new controllers offer reliable, deterministic operation on a rugged platform and are an execution target for programs written in National Instruments LabVIEW Real-Time. Engineers can use the new controllers for a wide range of applications that require real-time performance including machine control, reliable test and HIL simulation in industries such as industrial control, industrial test, ATE and military/aerospace.

The PXI-8196 RT and PXI-8195 RT controllers incorporate an extensive set of peripherals such as a hard drive, GPIB, serial and Ethernet into a single module to ease system integration. The new embedded controllers operate with a wide range of PXI and CompactPCI devices from both National Instruments and third-party vendors and are shipped with preinstalled NI LabVIEW Real-Time embedded software. For more information on NI real-time software and hardware, readers can visit www.ni.com/realtime.

About PXI
PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) is an open specification governed by the PXI Systems Alliance (www.pxisa.org) that defines a rugged, CompactPCI-based platform for measurement and automation. PXI products are completely compatible with the CompactPCI industrial computer standard supported by 68 member companies and more than 1,000 products. PXI offers additional features, such as environmental specifications, standardized software and built-in timing and triggering.

About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PCI, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,500 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

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