2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad

Real-Time Embedded Controllers for PXI

Overview

National Instruments RT Series PXI embedded controllers deliver a

flexible, rugged platform for your deterministic, real-time measurement

and control applications. The NI PXI-8110 RT controller with its 2.26 GHz

quad-core processor, 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 standard memory, and high-

performance 7200 rpm hard drive offers a high-performance platform

ideal for demanding real-time test and control applications. You develop

your LabVIEW application with the NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module on

Windows and download the program to your PXI-8110 RT controller via

Ethernet. The embedded code executes on a real-time OS. Thus, you use

the powerful and flexible development tools of LabVIEW to build

reliable, real-time solutions.

LabVIEW Real-Time applications running on PXI systems achieve

microsecond loop rates with only 3 to 4 ns of system jitter. These real-

time measurement and control systems capitalize on Intel processors

coupled with the advanced timing, triggering, and I/O synchronization

benefits of PXI. Furthermore, NI measurement services software extends

the timing capabilities of PXI to deliver tight integration with LabVIEW

Real-Time applications through operations such as hardware-timed

software loops.

Run Parallel Tasks on Separate

Processor Cores

The LabVIEW Real-Time Module takes advantage of the available

four cores on the Intel Q9100 processor to increase performance and

determinism for large real-time test and control applications. You can

either explicitly assign certain tasks to run on specific cores of the

processor or let the real-time OS manage this assignment for you.

To fully exercise the available four cores on the PXI-8110 RT, you must

architect applications to create four independent execution threads by

implementing programming strategies such as task parallelism, data

parallelism, and pipelining. As an example of its high performance, the

PXI-8110 RT can process up to 167,000 1K fast Fourier transforms (FFTs)

per second, which is about 45 percent faster than the NI PXI-8108 dual-

core embedded controller. For in-depth multicore programming

Connect to Any I/O

The modularity of PXI and open development environment of LabVIEW

make it easy to integrate a variety of I/O within your application. Create

a custom real-time embedded solution using a PXI-8110 RT embedded

controller with any number and combination of PXI/CompactPCI

plug-in modules.

Built-in LabVIEW libraries help you create applications with data

acquisition, dynamic signal acquisition, motion control, image acquisition,

reconfigurable I/O, and instrumentation. Communicate with peripheral

devices through CAN, GPIB, Ethernet, or serial protocols. Use NI-VISA

to integrate third-party PXI/CompactPCI modules in your application.

In addition, the PXI-8110 RT controller includes an external SMB

connection for use as a trigger input, output, or watchdog timer. Use the

external SMB to pass trigger and timing signals in and out of the PXI

trigger bus in your system.

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100 processor

(2.26 GHz dual core)

• 2 GB (1 x 2 GB MB DIMM) RAM (standard)

• Execution target for LabVIEW

Real-Time applications

• Reliable and deterministic operation

• Ethernet control of PXI

• Watchdog timer

• 129 kHz single PID loop rate, maximum

Development System

Requirements (Windows)

• LabVIEW 8.6.1 or later

• LabVIEW Real-Time Module 8.6.1 or later

Or

• LabWindows/CVI

• LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module

Deployment Software (included)

• LabVIEW Real-Time embedded software

PXI System Configuration

• Complete PXI system configuration

at

ni.com/pxiadvisor

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