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USB plug-and-play comes to NI LabVIEW RIO architecture

National Instruments (NI) has announced four new R Series boards (USB-7855R, USB-7856R, USB-7855R OEM and USB-7856R OEM) with USB connectivity, which help engineers add FPGA technology to any PC-based system.

10/11/2013 12:48:07

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 dramatically simplify development, which results in higher-quality designs with the ability to incorporate custom design.

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 analoue output rates of up to 1 MHz for closed-loop control tasks, as well as digital I/O (DIO) rates of up to 80 MHz.
Selectable Logic Levels From 1.2 to 3.3 V: Adjust DIO levels to meet specific application requirements.
Selectable Gain for Analog 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.

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