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Smarter Measurements,
BetterDecisions
When you depend on measurements to make key decisions, you need
not only accurate data but also a solution that provides insight into that
datas meaninga solution that gets you to the right decision faster.
Customizable Hardware and Easy-to-Use Software
NI provides the tools to achieve insight into your application and a solution to customize the acquisition,
analysis, visualization, and management of your data. It offers a smarter DAQ solution with customizable
and easy-to-use measurement software, high-accuracy hardware, and comprehensive global support to
ensure you can quickly meet your application needs and make better decisions.
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Low-Channel-Count Single DAQ Devices
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NI DAQ devices provide a low-cost solution for engineers who need to take accurate, small-scale measurements. Nomatter
which software language you are using, you can rely on customizable solutions with high-accuracy analog designs and
precision timing.
Any Bus, Any Form Factor Do More With a Single Device Accurate Conditioned Measurements
Choose from USB, PCI, PCI Express, Avoid compromise with the right mix Take advantage of over 60 sensor-specific
Ethernet, and wireless options to meetyour ofAI,AO, DIO, and counter functionality modules with integrated signal conditioning
application needs. foryour application. todirectly connect toyour sensor.
Seamless Software Integration Accelerate Your Productivity Embedding DAQ for Production
Use the NI-DAQmx driver to easily configure Program the way you think and achieve true Retain your measurement system components
acquisition timing, triggering, andsynchronization customization using the LabVIEW graphical in the final product to keep development costs
in LabVIEW, C/C++, and.NET languages. programming language. low and measurement quality high.
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Get to the Right Decision Faster
With single DAQ devices, you can configure low-cost options for multifunction or single measurements. Buses include USB,
Ethernet, PCI, PCI Express, and WiFi. By taking advantage of their seamless software integration with the NI-DAQmx driver,
you can easily configure acquisition timing, triggering, and synchronization in LabVIEW, C/C++, and .NET languages.
Multifunction Devices
NI multifunction DAQ devices offer analog input and output, digital input
and output, and counter/timer circuitry. Ranging from low-cost to high
performance, these devices offer exceptional value and ease of use.
Signal Type Analog Channels Sample Rate Max Resolution Digital I/O Counters
Multifunction I/O
8 AI
Low-Cost Voltage, Digital 10 kS/s100 kS/s 1216 413 1
02 AO
1680 AI
Multiplexed Voltage, Digital 250 kS/s2 MS/s 16 2448 24
24 AO
28 AI 250 kS/s/ch
Simultaneous Voltage, Digital 1216 824 24
24 AO 10 MS/s/ch
8 AI 200 kS/s/ch
Multifunction RIO Voltage, Digital 16 48160 4896
8 AO 1 MS/s/ch
Analog Output Voltage 432 AO Static1 MS/s/ch 1216 8 2
8 SSR
Digital I/O Digital 4864 Isolated
2496 TTL
Counter/Timers Counter 3240 8, Isolated
Communication Bus
CAN HS/FD, LS/FT CAN 1, 2 5 Mb/s
LIN LIN 1, 2 20 kb/s
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LabVIEW was chosen as it is regarded by many to be the industry standard in data acquisition.
Once the basics are understood, development and productivity are accelerated rapidly. This is
facilitated by the high level of technical support provided by the engineers at NI both on-site
and via phone and email.
Pascall Galloway, University of Southampton, UK
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Image courtesy of HistoIndex
The third-party hardware components included LabVIEW native drivers or C/C++ DLLs, which
made integration with LabVIEW straightforward, and the NI DAQ hardware offered a reliable,
proven platform.
Victor Leong, HistoIndex Pte Ltd, Singapore
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Medium-Channel-Count Modular
DAQSystems
CompactDAQ is a portable, rugged data acquisition platform that integrates connectivity and signal conditioning into modular
I/O to directly interface with any sensor or signal. The breadth of bus, chassis, and I/O conditioning options, combined with
thetruly customizable nature of LabVIEW, provides the best solution to meet your medium-channel-count application needs.
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Any Bus, Any Form Factor Accurate Conditioned Measurements Precise Timing and Synchronization
Choose from USB, Ethernet, and wireless bus Take advantage of over 60 sensor-specific Easy timing customization for each sensor
options or stand-alone controllers to meet your modules to directly connect to your sensor or or signal with up toseven hardware-timed
application needs in either the lab or the field. signal such as accelerometers, thermocouples, clocks per chassis.
strain gages, and more.
Each CompactDAQ module contains measurement-specific signal conditioning to connect to an array of sensors and signals,
bank and channel-to-channel isolation options, and support for wide temperature ranges to meet a variety of application and
environmental needs.
Max
Max Sample
Signal Type Channels Measurement Types Resolution Signal Conditioning
Rate
(Bits)
Analog Input
200 mV, 500 mV, 1 V, 5 V, 10 V, Ch-ch isolation, high-voltage bank
Voltage 4, 8, 16, 32 24 1 MS/s/ch
60 V,300 Vrms, 400Vrms, 800 Vrms isolation,anti-aliasing filters
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Anti-aliasing filters, ch-ch isolation,
Current 4, 8, 16 20 mA, 5 Arms, 20 Arms, 50 Arms 24 200 kS/s
built-in, shunt resistors
Excitation, bridge completion,
Universal 2, 4 V, mA, TC, RTD, strain, , IEPE 24 51.2 kS/s/ch anti-aliasing, filters, ch-ch isolation,
built-in shunt resistors,amplification
CJC, bank isolation, ch-ch isolation,
Thermocouple 4, 8, 16 J, K, T, E, N, B, R, and S types 24 95 S/s/ch
amplification, filtering
RTD 4, 8 100 , 1000 24 100 S/s/ch 50/60 Hz filtering, bank isolation
Excitation, bridge completion,
Strain/Bridge Based 4, 8 , , full bridge(120 or 350 ) 24 50 kS/s/ch
anti-aliasing filters
Sound and Vibration 2, 3, 4 3 Vrms, 5 V, 30 V 24 102.4 kS/s/ch IEPE, anti-aliasing filters
Analog Output
Voltage 2, 4, 16 3 Vrms, 10 V 24 100 kS/s/ch Bank isolation, ch-ch isolation,filtering
Current 4 0 mA to 20 mA 16 100 kS/s/ch Open-loop detection
Digital I/O
LVTTL, 5 VTTL, 12 V, 24 V, 30 V,
Input 4, 8, 16, 32 55 ns Ch-ch isolation, bank isolation
250 VDC/VAC; sinking andsourcing
LVTTL, 5 VTTL,
12 V, 24 V, 60 V,
Output 4, 8, 16, 32 55 ns Ch-ch isolation, bank isolation
0 V to 50 V and 5 V to 60 V
programmable; sinkingand sourcing
Input/Output 4, 8, 16, 32 LVTTL, 5 VTTL, 12 V, 24 V 55 ns Ch-ch isolation, bank isolation
Relays 4, 8 30 VDC, 60 VDC, 250 VAC; SPSTand SS 1 op/s Ch-ch isolation, bank isolation
Bus
CAN 1, 2 HS/FD, LS/FT CAN 5 Mb/s
LIN 1, 2 LIN 20 kb/s
Counter/Timer
0 V to 5 V differential,
Counter 8 counters 1 MHz Bank isolation
0 V to 24 V single-ended counter
Chassis
Connectivity Slots Temperature Ratings
USB 1, 4, 8, 14 -20 C to 55 C
Ethernet 1, 4, 8 Up to -40 C to 70 C
Wireless (802.11G) 1 0 C to 55 C
Controller
Processor Slots Temperature Ratings Storage Options OS Options
16 GB internal with SD/SDHC Windows Embedded Standard 7
1.33 GHz dual-core Intel Atom 4 or 8 -20 C to 55 C
external expansion orNI Linux Real-Time
32 GB internal with SD/SDHC Windows Embedded Standard 7
1.33 GHz dual-core Intel Atom 4 or 8 -40 C to 70 C
external expansion orNI Linux Real-Time
32 GB internal with SD/SDHC Windows Embedded Standard 7
1.91 GHz quad-core Intel Atom 4 or 8 -20 C to 55 C
external expansion orNI Linux Real-Time
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The CompactDAQ system provides a high-performance and portable system for demanding
in-vehicle test applications. LabVIEW and CompactDAQ allow us to build flexible data-logging
systems more quickly than if using traditional logging systems.
Mark Yeager, Integrated Test & Measurement (ITM), USA
Image courtesy of Delft
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Customized, Scalable, Mixed Measurements
Testing and controlling the fuel cell stack for a university race car
The team at Delft needed a single, flexible platform that could fulfill the measurement and control
prototyping needs for building a hydrogen-powered race car in just one year. Team members used
LabVIEW andCompactDAQ to test and control individual parts of the fuel cell including pumps, valves,
sensors, and fuel flow. They chose LabVIEW to rapidly develop the fuel cell because of both the intuitive
environment and the depth of analysis they could achieve using the PID and fuzzy logic toolkits for
precise valve control. The team built lightweight custom embedded boards and used CompactDAQ
tomaintain communication via CAN bus, which led to the smooth deployment of a race car that
competed across Europe.
The basics of LabVIEW are easy to understand and intuitive. Because nonprogrammers
understood how to make changes to the code, it was easy to make quick changes and
expandthe program when more parts of the plant were assembled.
Matthijs Damen, Forze Hydrogen Racing Team, Delft, Netherlands
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High-Channel-Count
ModularDAQSystems
NI PXI DAQ hardware delivers the highest performance in accuracy, synchronization, signal conditioning, and channel-count
options. The widely adopted, industry-standard PXI hardware architecture, defined using LabVIEW or other software tools,
offers the ideal modular solution to meet the needs of even the most challenging DAQ applications.
Accurate Conditioned Measurements Precise Timing and Synchronization Assured Platform Longevity
Achieve best-in-class measurement accuracy Ensure the integrity of your measurementswith Gain confidence and long-term stability by
with integrated analog signal conditioning and best-in-class timing, triggering, and synchronization choosing an industry-standard platform and
DAQ in the PXI module format. within a single chassis and beyond. vendor that scale to your evolving test needs.
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Latest Specification Plus Flexibility Comprehensive Chassis Options High-Performance to High-Value Options
Use PXI Express chassis to incorporate the Fulfill your application needs with Choose from a wide range of high-performance,
high-performance features of the latest PXI comprehensive chassis options from 4 to 18 mainstream, and high-value controllers all with
specification and work with both PXI and PXI slots with PXI Express and hybrid capabilities. Windows and real-time OS support.
Express modules.
PXI Express Chassis and Controller Options
Max Max Sample
Signal Type Channels Measurement Types Signal Conditioning
Resolution Rate
Analog Input
1 V to 10 V
Voltage 8 16 bits 250 kS/s/ch Ch-ch isolation, lowpass filtering
30 V to 300 V
Bank isolation, built-in CJCs, open TC
Thermocouple 32 J, K, E, T, N, R, S, andB 24 bits 90 S/s/ch
detection, autozero, anti-alias filtering
Built-in excitation, anti-alias filtering, 2- and
RTD 20 PT100 RTD 24 bits 100 S/s/ch
3-wire completion
Anti-alias filtering, excitation, bridge
, , full bridge
Up to completion, shunt calibration, offset nulling,
Bridge 8 (120 , 350 , or 1 k), 24 bits
102.4 kS/s/ch remote sense, per channel wide-bandwidth
10 mV to 10 V
analog output
0.313 mV; 1 V;
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3.13 V; 10 V Up to IEPE, anti-alias filtering, AC/DC coupling,
Sound and Vibration 4, 6, 8, 16 24 bits
acceleration, pressure, 1.25 MS/s/ch charge, DC excitation
sound, voltage
Analog Output
Ch-ch isolation, short circuit protection, open
Current 8 AO: 20 mA 16 bits Up to 1 MS/s/ch
circuit protection
AO: 16 V to 100 mV
Ch-ch isolation, short circuit protection,
Voltage 2 to 64 audio, acoustic, and vibration Up to 24 bits Up to 1 MS/s/ch
anti-imaging filter
signal generation
Multifunction I/O
AI: 0.1 V to 10 V
AO: 10 V
Multiplexed, Voltage, 250 kS/s to
DIO: TTL 16 bits Isolated products available
and Digital 3.86MS/s
CTR: frequency, encoder,
PWM
AI: 0.2 V to 42 V
AO: 10 V
Simultaneous, 250 kS/s/ch to
DIO: TTL 16 bits
Voltage, and Digital 10MS/s/ch
CTR: frequency, encoder,
PWM
AI: 1 V to 10 V
AO: 10 V
750 kS/s/ch to
RIO DIO: 1.2 V to 5 V logic levels 16 bits Onboard targetable FPGA
1MS/s/ch
CTR: frequency, encoder,
PWM
Digital
Digital TTL, 24 V, and 48 V logic levels Static Isolated products available
Counter/Timer
Frequency, encoder,
Counter 8 80 MHz Isolated products available
PWM, delay
Bus
CAN 1 to 6 HS/FD, LS/FT CAN 5 Mb/s
LIN 1 to 6 LIN 20 kb/s
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Courtesy of Jacobs Technology
High-Channel-Count Synchronized
and Conditioned Measurements
Monitoring the thermal properties of large environmental
vacuumchambers at NASAs Johnson Space Center
For NASA, acquiring accurate measurements is key to ensuring the right decisions are made on the
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processes and materials to be used inspace. Jacobs Technology engineers, partnering with NI and
acting as system integrators for NASA, chose a PXI solution for their tightly synchronized, conditioned
measurement capabilities. They deployed 500 distributed thermocouple input channels using multiple
18-slot chassis, all synchronized to within 100 s to ensure trustworthy measurements. For the first
time with these chambers, additional external signal conditioning was not needed because the PXI
architecture achieved NASAs strict 3 F end-to-end accuracy requirements with commercial off-the-
shelf technology, which significantly reduced costs.
The LabVIEW software allows for quick deployment and data access. This configuration forms a
standard architecture for future use on all of NASAs thermal and vacuum testing facilities.
James Dean, Jacobs Technology, USA
Image courtesy of University College London
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datasets from avalanche events without data loss or buffer overflows. The data was then processed,
segmented, and saved to a custom file type using automated scripting within DIAdem software.
Only by choosing a fully customized hardware and software approach did UCL achieve the required
measurement accuracies to produce avalanche models that help keep those on the mountainside safe.
Software development went so smoothly that we saved crucial development time and our
system was up and running for the avalanche season.
Matthew Ash, University College London, UK
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Program the Way You Think
LabVIEW is a graphical programming language that provides the tools to
build custom measurement systems, quickly acquire data, create UIs, and
access a variety of built-in data-logging, storage, and analysis functions.
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SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
Connect to Hardware Analyze Signals and Create Build and Interact With Save Data and
Accommodate all of your I/O Custom Algorithms Custom User Interfaces CreateReports
requirements with LabVIEW. LabVIEW provides nearly Use a drag-and-drop editor Save your data, the most
Achieve seamless integration, 1000 built-in analysis toquickly create professional, important output of your
timing, and synchronization functions to extract meaning highly responsive, and measurement system, in
with NI hardware. Connect from your data both in line intuitive user interfaces to any file format and easily
with over 10,000 third- with acquisition and in control systems and display share results using built-in
party instruments. post-processing. measurements. reporting tools.
The LabVIEW software allows for quick deployment and data access. This configuration forms a standard architecture
forfuture use on all of NASAs thermal and vacuum testing facilities.
James Dean, Jacobs Technology, USA
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Additional NI DAQ Software
Whether you need to create simple or advanced queries to quickly find
data located anywhere on a disk or network, configure a multicore-ready
real-time engine, or enhance your Visual Studio productivity, additional
DAQ software offers a variety of value-added benefits.
Find the Data You Need in Seconds Load Over 1,000 File Formats Analyze and Report Interactively
Create simple and advanced queries for Save time using a single tool to perform Create custom visualizations without
file-based data to quickly find the data you data analysis on any file regardless of its programming to make data-driven decisions
need to analyze. origin or format. toaccelerate your productivity.
VeriStand
VeriStand is a software environment for configuring real-time test applications. It helps you configure a multicore-ready real-
time engine to execute tasks such as real-time stimulus generation, DAQ for high-speed and conditioned measurements, and
calculated channels and custom channel scaling.
Measurement Studio
SOFTWARE
Measurement Studio is the only suite of .NET tools designed for building professional engineering applications in Visual Studio
to acquire, analyze, and display measurement data.
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