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MODULE TARGETS EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN

Building on its popular FPGA-based PXI (PCI extensions for instrumentation), PC, and Compact- RIO (reconfigurableinput/ output) platforms, National Instruments has announced a new line of single-board RIO modules that offers a lower-cost, integrated-hardware option for embedded control and data-acquisition applications. The RIO- 96xx devices combine a real-time embedded processor, a reconfigurable FPGA, and analog and digital I/O on an 8.2 5.6-in. PCB (printed-circuit board). Designers can use the company’s LabView software to configure the RIO hardware and the application’s embedded firmware.

The modules feature a 266- or 400-MHz Freescale (www.freescale. com) MPC5200 processor, the Wind River (www. windriver.com) VxWorks real-time operating system, and a Xilinx (www. xilinx.com) Spartan-3 FPGA. The onboard analog and digital I/O connects to the FPGA to provide low-level customization of timing- and I/Osignal processing. You can expand the I/O capabilities using three expansion slots for custom hardware or any C-Series I/O module. Prices for the devices start at $1000 (100 or more). Watch a demonstration video at www.ni.com/singleboard.

National Instruments, www.ni.com.