New NI Single-Board RIO Platform for OEM

Applications

Davide Palandella
National Instruments Italy
What is NI Single-Board RIO?

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NEW! NI Single-Board RIO Platform
“The power of CompactRIO on a single board.”
Digital I/O
Analog I/O
Real-Time Processor FPGA C Series I/O

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NI Single-Board RIO Embedded Control & Acquisition
Real-Time Processor
Networking/Peripherals 400 MHz processor for floating-point control,
10/100 Ethernet port analysis, and logging
RS232 Serial port
Reconfigurable FPGA
Customized timing and processing of I/O

LabVIEW
• Graphical software for rapid
development Small Size, Low Power
• Program processor, FPGA and 21 x 9 cm. (8.2 x 3.7 in.)
I/O with one tool 19-30 VDC power, (7-10 W typ.)
• Integrate existing C/VHDL -20 to 55 °C operating temp
-20 to 85 °C storage temp

Expansion I/O
Connect up to three C Series modules for
additional I/O (strain, TC, comm., motion, etc…)

Onboard Analog and Digital I/O

110 DIO, Up to 32-ch AI, up to 4-ch AO,
Up to 32-ch of 24 V DIO

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NI Single-Board RIO Platform

Model Processor FPGA 3.3V AI AO 24V DI/DO C Series

Speed Size DIO Channels Channels (NI 9425 & Expansion
(MHz) (Gates) Lines (NI 9205) (NI 9263) NI 9476) (Slots)
sbRIO-9601 266 1M 110 0 0 0 3
sbRIO-9602 400 2M 110 0 0 0 3
sbRIO-9611 266 1M 110 32 0 0 3
sbRIO-9612 400 2M 110 32 0 0 3
sbRIO-9631 266 1M 110 32 4 0 3
sbRIO-9632 400 2M 110 32 4 0 3
sbRIO-9641 266 1M 110 32 4 32/32 3
sbRIO-9642 400 2M 110 32 4 32/32 3

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 Next Point on the NI Deployment Curve

I/O
I/O
I/O
System Flexibility and Price

PXI RIO Processor FPGA

Custom I/O

PCI RIO

CompactRIO

CompactRIO
Integrated LabVIEW
Single-Board
RIO

Number of Systems Deployed

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Just How Easy is the Deployment Curve?
1. Make sure your FPGA I/O names in project match

2. Drag and drop your RT and FPGA VIs to new project

3. Recompile FPGA VI

“The whole process took less than an hour. It just

worked!“
Jeff Stevens, Medical Device Engineer: formerly at Sanarus Medical (Visica 2) ; Currently at
Cabochon Aesthetics

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C Series I/O Expansion for Single-Board
RIO
• Board-only C Series Modules
 Phase 1 (August 15):
• NI 9481 Relay
• NI 9403 32-ch 5V/TTL Digital
• NI 9225 3-ch 300 V Power Quality
 Phase 2 (Q4 2008 – Q1 2009):
• Thermocouple, DSA, CAN, Serial,
Motion, Strain, Simultaneous
Sampling, current input
 Phase 3 (by demand):
• Submit an Engineering Request

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CompactRIO Certifications & Ratings
Descriptionc Standard
Electromagnetic EN 55011 Class A at 10 m
Compatibility FCC Part 15A above 1 GHz
(Emissions, Immunity, Industrial levels per EN 61326-1:1997 + A2:2001, Table A.1
EMC/EMI) CE, C-Tick, and FCC Part 15 (Class A) Compliant
89/336/EEC

Mean Time Before Bellcore Issue 6, Method 1, Case 3

Failure (MTBF) MIL-HDBK-217F
Product Safety 73/23/EEC
EN 61010-1, IEC 61010-1
UL 3111-1, UL 61010B-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 1010.1
Hazardous Locations, Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4; Class I, Zone 2,
Class I, Division 2 AEx nC IIC T4

Shock and Vibration IEC 60068-2-64

IEC 60068-2-27
IEC 60068-2-6

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Single-Board RIO Certifications & Ratings
Descriptionc Standard
Electromagnetic EN 55011 Class A at 10 m
Compatibility FCC Part 15A above 1 GHz
(Emissions, Immunity, Industrial levels per EN 61326-1:1997 + A2:2001, Table A.1
EMC/EMI) CE, C-Tick, and FCC Part 15 (Class A) Compliant
89/336/EEC

Mean Time Before Bellcore Issue 6, Method 1, Case 3

Failure (MTBF) MIL-HDBK-217F
Product Safety 73/23/EEC
EN 61010-1, IEC 61010-1
UL 3111-1, UL 61010B-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 1010.1
UL Recognized
Hazardous Locations, Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4; Class I, Zone 2,
Class I, Division 2 AEx nC IIC T4 UL Reco

Shock and Vibration IEC 60068-2-64

IEC 60068-2-27
IEC 60068-2-6

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Size Comparison of NI Single-Board RIO

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 Customization Options for Single-Board
RIO Customer’s custom
• Custom C Series Module daughter card
 cRIO/sbRIO MDK
 Online resource templates for
schematics and layout
 Opportunity to sell NI Ultiboard
and NI Multisim

• Build a custom daughter card

 110 3.3 V/TTL DIO lines available
on mass termination connectors
Single-Board RIO

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 New Evaluation Kit
• Contents
 Single-Board RIO with DIO, AI, AO
 Signal accessory daughter card
 LabVIEW Evaluation software
• LV, LV RT, LV FPGA
 Getting started guide with
exercises
 Power supply
 Ethernet cable

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Enclosures for Single-Board RIO
• NI has no plans to sell enclosures
• All dimensional drawings can be found online
• EMC whitepaper for single-board online

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Where to find Single-Board RIO Information

• www.ni.com/singleboard
 Datasheet, user manuals, user solutions, FAQ, product
selection guide, EMC whitepaper, dimensional drawings,
embedded displays, services whitepaper

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