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DAQ Devices sample up to 32 channels at up to 625 kS/s.
January 17, 2005 - Multifunction, 18-bit M Series DAQ devices for PCI bus contain two 80 MHz, 32-bit counter/timers and support hardware-timed digital I/O at rates to 10 MHz on 32 lines. PCI-628x devices also measure dc voltages with same accuracy as 5½ digit voltmeter. Channel counts vary from 16 analog input channels and 24 digital I/O lines to 32 analog input channels, 4 analog output channels, and 48 digital I/O lines. Units come with NI-DAQmx measurement services software.
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Release date: January 12, 2005
New NI 18-Bit M Series DAQ Devices for PCI Increase Resolution by 400 Percent
NEWS RELEASE – Jan. 12, 2005 – National Instruments today introduced its highest-resolution multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the PCI bus with four new 18-bit M Series DAQ devices. The new NI PCI-628x devices deliver four times the resolution of 16-bit devices and sample up to 32 channels at rates up to 625 kS/s. The devices also measure DC voltages with accuracy equivalent to 5½-digit voltmeters, improving measurement accuracy of sensors such as thermocouples.
The new PCI-628x devices offer channel counts ranging from 16 analog input channels and 24 digital I/O lines to 32 analog input channels, four analog output channels and 48 digital I/O lines. All devices contain two 80 MHz, 32-bit counter/timers and support hardware-timed digital I/O at rates up to 10 MHz on 32 lines. Engineers can use these devices in test applications to provide instrument capabilities equivalent to a 5½ -digit voltmeter, 2.8 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator and 32-bit logic analyzer. The devices also are compatible with NI signal conditioners and IEEE 1451.4 smart sensors, making them ideal for sensor measurement and data-logging applications.
The four new devices bring the total of M Series multifunction devices to 24 and feature the breakthrough technologies introduced with the new M Series product line, including NI-MCal technology and the NI-STC 2 system controller chip. NI-MCal technology improves measurement accuracy across the entire measurement range by performing a self-calibration at each input range and compensating for nonlinearity error. The NI-STC 2 chip delivers digital I/O and timing capabilities previously unavailable with plug-in DAQ devices, such as timed and correlated digital I/O, 32-bit counter/timers with quadrature encoder inputs and debouncing filters, as well as six DMA channels for dedicated data paths to the PC processor for all I/O operations.
National Instruments includes NI-DAQmx measurement services software with all of its data acquisition devices, offering engineers and scientists control of every aspect of their data acquisition and signal conditioning systems. M Series DAQ devices work with every development environment compatible with NI-DAQmx, including LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI for ANSI C and Measurement Studio for Visual Studio .NET. Engineers can use NI-DAQmx to save substantial configuration time while improving system performance through plug-and-play TEDS sensor technology, DAQ Assistant and LabVIEW Real-Time control.
National Instruments DAQ
By integrating commercial PC-based technologies and investing in innovative research and development, NI continues to lower the cost of measurement and control while improving system performance, accuracy and reliability. Readers can learn more about the new hardware capabilities of M Series DAQ devices in addition to the time-saving features of NI-DAQmx software at www.ni.com/daq.
About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,100 employees and direct operations in 41 countries. In 2003, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.
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