National Instruments single-board RIO board-level embedded devices

National Instruments has announced four NI Single-Board RIO board-level embedded devices featuring a real-time processor, Spartan-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA), analog and digital I/O and more built-in peripherals for custom embedded control and monitoring applications. The devices provide engineers with off-the-shelf FPGA and real-time processor technology through NI LabVIEW while maintaining the custom I/O often required for high-volume deployments through the option of a RIO Mezzanine Card connector. The connector provides direct access to FPGA digital I/O lines and certain processor-specific functions for mating custom daughter cards.

The devices also feature built-in analog I/O so engineers can take advantage of analog technology in addition to their application-specific circuitry. The devices’ low-cost, small form factor, built-in I/O, real-time processor and FPGA provide a suitable platform for embedded monitoring and control applications in industries such as medical and energy.

The NI sbRIO-9623 features 256 MB of memory, 128 MB RAM, 16 channels of 12-bit analog input, 4 channels of 12-bit analog output, four DIO and 96 RMC DIO. The NI sbRIO-9626 comes with 512 MB of memory, 256 MB RAM, 16 channels of 16-bit analog input, four channels of 16-bit analog output, four DIO and 96 RMC DIO.

The NI sbRIO-963 contains 256 MB of memory, 128 MB RAM, 16 channels of 12-bit analog input, four channels of 12-bit analog output and 28 DIO, while the NI sbRIO-9636 features 512 MB of memory, 256 MB RAM, 16 channels of 16-bit analog input, four channels of 16-bit analog output and 28 DIO.