NI cDAQ-9185 and cDAQ-9189 multislot Ethernet chassis

NI has released the cDAQ-9185 and cDAQ-9189 multislot Ethernet chassis, introducing time-based synchronisation built on the latest Ethernet standards and furthering NI’s efforts in Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and rugged CompactDAQ hardware for distributed measurements.

The nature of physical systems test is rapidly changing as measurement systems migrate from the control room to closer to the device under test. While this shortens installation time, reduces the cost of sensor wiring and improves measurement accuracy, it creates challenges with synchronisation and systems management, especially using today’s industrial networking technologies. The cDAQ-9185 and cDAQ-9189 provide tight time synchronisation with TSN to simplify and improve the scalability of synchronised, distributed systems.

The 4- and 8-slot chassis make possible precise synchronised timing over the network, which eliminates the need for lengthy, physical timing cables and ensures tightly synchronised measurements for accurate analysis, and are capable of simple daisy chaining through an integrated network switch for quick set-up and expansion in distributed applications. They are also designed to offer reliable operation in harsh environments with -40 to 70°C operating temperature range, shock resistance up to 50g and vibration resistance up to 5g. Software abstraction through the NI-DAQmx driver automatically synchronises multiple chassis for simple programming.

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