New Embedded NI C Series Modules Add Functionality Such As Power Quality, Strain and Communications

March 31, 2009 – National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) has announced a new suite of I/O modules for expanding the measurement communication capabilities of NI Single-Board RIO embedded control and data acquisition devices. Combining an embedded real-time processor, a reconfigurable field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and onboard analogue and digital I/O on a single printed circuit board (PCB), NI Single-Board RIO devices are used for applications that require flexibility, high performance and reliability in a small form factor. Engineers and scientists can plug the 15 new embedded C Series modules into NI Single-Board RIO devices to add capabilities such as high-voltage power monitoring, high-resolution analogue input, strain and communications to their embedded applications.

“NI Single-Board RIO helps lower development time and costs by giving engineers and scientists all the components required for a reliable, high-performance embedded system on a single printed circuit board,” said John Hanks, Vice President of Product Marketing for Data Acquisition and Industrial Control at National Instruments. “By combining NI Single-Board RIO with the wide breadth of new I/O offerings, engineers and scientists can easily expand their custom embedded systems into applications such as power quality monitoring, structure health monitoring and embedded networking.”