NI interfaces improve machine performance
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NI interfaces
Interfaces for Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus and Devicenet from National Instruments make it possible for engineers to connect Labview PACs and embedded systems to their existing industrial networks.
These new interfaces provide industrial control engineers the ability to add high-speed measurements and analysis, advanced control, web connectivity and data logging to existing systems to improve the performance and quality of their machines.
The National Instruments (NI) CompactRio Profibus C series modules connect CompactRio and NI Single-Board Rio to Profibus DP networks as masters or slaves, which add high-performance measurements and custom control to systems that have standardised on Profibus.
In addition, NI has announced a one-port Foundation Fieldbus H1 interface for USB and a pair of Devicenet master boards for PXI and PCI.
The C series modules make it possible to connect CompactRio PACs and NI Single-Board Rio embedded systems to a Profibus industrial network and add high-performance measurements, advanced analysis and custom field-programmable gate array (FPGA) logic to existing systems.
Engineers can now upgrade and retrofit existing machines and systems by using the Profibus modules to quickly add high-performance, flexible NI hardware and Labview graphical software to accomplish high-speed and custom tasks that traditional PLCs are not designed to solve.
The NI USB-8486 is a one-port Foundation Fieldbus H1 interface that provides data logging, configuration and control in human-machine interface (HMI) and distributed control system applications.
The interface connects Foundation Fieldbus devices to standard desktop, industrial and notebook PCs.
The USB-8486 is ideal for portable data logging and in-the-field configuration and maintenance of devices and networks.
The NI PCI-8532 and NI PXI-8532 scanner (master) interfaces are specifically designed for applications that involve managing and controlling other Devicenet devices on the network using Labview graphical programming platform.
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