Embedded Systems Show - August 2002

Fast real-time performance with PXI controllers

Engineers can now create high-speed real-time systems capable of executing control loops up to 40kHz with the fastest RT Series PXI embedded controllers to date from National Instruments, the NI 8176 RT and the NI 8175 RT.

The NI 8176 RT controller uses a 1.2GHz processor and runs LabVIEW Real-Time control applications up to 300% faster than other real-time controllers and up to 28% faster than the PXI 8170 RT, previously NI's most powerful real-time controller. The NI 8175 RT is built on the same architecture as the NI 8176 RT and contains an 866MHz processor. Both controllers come ready-to-run with an embedded Lab VIEW Real-Time run-time engine, and feature built-in 100 BaseTX Ethernet for open network connectivity.

As these controllers include built-in support for hardware I/O, engineers can combine them with a variety of PXI plug-in modules.

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