National Instruments, a market leader in PC-based data acquisition, offers the most complete family of data acquisition devices for desktop, portable, and networked applications on several buses, including PCI, PCI Express, PXI, PCMCIA, USB, CompactFlash, Ethernet, and FireWire, and many operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Pocket PC/Windows CE, and RTX.

NI Compact DAQ

NI Compact DAQ is a complete, USB data acquisition system for low- to mid-channel-count electrical, physical, mechanical, and acoustic measurement and control.

SCXI

SCXI is a modular, USB data acquisition system with sensor and signal-specific conditioning designed for portability and high density.

PXI

PXI, built on the Compact PCI specification, combines the high-speed PCI bus with integrated timing and triggering to deliver more than 10 times the performance of older measurement and automation architectures.

Compact Field Point

The National Instruments Compact Field Point PAC offers the flexibility and ease of a PC and the reliability of a PLC in a small, modular package suitable for industrial environments.
Compact RIO

The National Instruments Compact RIO programmable automation controller (PAC) is powered by reconfigurable I/O (RIO) FPGA technology and combines an open, embedded architecture with small size, extreme ruggedness, and hot swappable industrial I/O modules.

NI modular instruments are the building blocks of economical & versatile automated test systems. With modular instruments, engineers can choose from a wide variety of measurement, signal generation, RF, power & switch modules & then configure the instruments in software to meet their specific measurement tasks. Because these instruments are modular & software-defined, they are quickly interchanged & easily repurposed to meet evolving test needs.

Oscilloscopes (High-Speed Digitizers)

High-speed digitizers & oscilloscopes with sampling rates up to 2 GS/s, bandwidth to 300 MHz, 8 to 24-bit resolution, & up to 8 channels in PCI, PXI & PXI Express.

Signal Generators

Function & arbitrary waveform generators with 12 & 16-bit resolution at up to 400 MS/s sample rates for PCI & PXI.

High-Speed Digital I/O & Logic Analyzers

Digital waveform generator/analyzers featuring maximum clock rates up to 200 MHz, data rates as high as 200 MB/s, & flexible single-ended & differential voltage levels for PCI, PCI Express, PXI, & PCMCIA.

RF & High-Frequency Devices

Vector-based signal acquisition, generation, & analysis up to 6.6 GHz with 20 MHz real-time bandwidth.

Digital Multimeters (DMMs & LCR Meters)

5½, 6½, & 7½-digit DMMs with 10 to 26-bit resolution & up to 1.8 MS/s sample rates for PCI and PXI.

Programmable Power Supplies

Programmable DC power supplies with multiple outputs up to 20 W, 16-bit programming and readback resolution, and less than 1 ms programming speeds.

Dynamic Signal Acquisition, Generation, and Analysis

24-bit precision for sound and vibration acquisition and generation.

PXI is the open, PC-based platform for test, measurement, and control. PXI provides the industry's highest bandwidth and lowest latency with modular I/O for high-resolution DC to 6 GHz RF. With more than 1,200 products from more than 70 vendors, PXI is the platform of choice for thousands of companies worldwide.

Shop Individual PXI System Components Chassis

Choose from a wide range of rugged PXI/CompactPCI chassis for portable, benchtop, rack-mount, and embedded applications; 4, 6, 8, 14, and 18-slot 3U and 6U chassis with AC and DC input options are available.

Controllers

Shop Embedded Controllers with Windows, embedded Labview Real-Time controllers, 1U rack-mount controllers, and remote PC and laptop control of PXI/Compact PCI systems.

Modules

Explore data acquisition, modular instrumentation, switching, motion, and vision modules for analog and digital I/O on a variety of buses.

Where Is PXI Used?

• Aerospace, Military, and Government
• Automotive
• Communications
• Consumer Electronics
• Industrial Measurement and Automation
• Life Sciences
• Semiconductor

National Instruments real-time products combine the NI Labview graphical development environment with Labview Embedded Technology to achieve the deterministic performance of dedicated real-time and FPGA targets. Deliver applications that run predictably in time with increased reliability and offer stand-alone operation.

Real-Time Software

Labview Real-Time Module

The Labview Real-Time Module extends Labview Embedded Technology to NI hardware running real-time operating systems. The Labview Real-Time Module can interface directly to reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware for deterministic floating-point analysis and I/O integration.

Labview FPGA Module

Use Labview Embedded Technology to create custom hardware by downloading Labview graphical code to the FPGA on NI RIO devices for custom timing, triggering, synchronization, and control.

Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit 2.0

The Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit offers low-level visibility into applications running on Labview Real-Time targets through the visualization of real-time execution. Optimize performance by analyzing threads and identifying memory allocation, sleep spans, and resource contention.

Lab Windows™/CVI Real-Time Module

The Lab Windows/CVI Real-Time Module extends the NI Lab Windows/CVI development environment to create reliable and deterministic ANSI applications that can easily reuse existing signal analysis and control algorithms and run on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) PXI or PC hardware.

Real-Time Hardware

NI PXI Real-Time Controllers

Real-Time PXI controllers offer a high-performance platform for test and control applications, including compatibility for synchronization and triggering and a wide array of I/O.

• NI Compact Field Point
• NI Compact RIO
• NI Compact Vision System
• Desktop or Industrial PCs

To serve expanding machine and industrial control system development needs, leading automation companies have created a new class of industrial controllers known as PACs. PACs combine programmable logic controller (PLC) ruggedness with PC functionality under an open, flexible software architecture. With these controllers, you can build advanced systems incorporating software capabilities such as advanced control, communication, data logging, and signal processing with rugged hardware performing logic, motion, process control, and vision.

Labview

National Instruments Labview is designed for engineers and scientists who need to create flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications rapidly and at minimal cost. The intuitive graphical development environment combines the ease of use of configuration-based tools with the flexibility of a powerful programming language.

PXI/Compact PCI

PXI, built on the Compact PCI specification, combines the high-speed PCI bus with integrated timing and triggering to deliver more than 10 times the performance of older measurement and automation architectures.

NI Compact Field Point

National Instruments Compact Field Point offers the flexibility and ease of a PC and the reliability of a PLC in a small, modular package suitable for industrial environments.

NI Compact RIO

National Instruments Compact RIO is powered by reconfigurable I/O (RIO) FPGA technology and combines an open, embedded architecture with small size, extreme ruggedness, and hot-swappable industrial I/O modules.

NI Compact Vision System

Add machine vision and inspection capabilities to your Labview application and embedded PACs.

Industrial PCs

National Instruments offers open PC-based hardware and software that support both NI and third-party hardware platforms.

National Instruments offers an extensive assortment of instrument control hardware & software tools to help save you time & money throughout the life of your instrument control system. You can rely on bus hardware for GPIB, USB, Ethernet, & serial & software tools including National Instruments LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI & instrument drivers that offer improved performance, high reliability, & increased productivity.

Instrument Control System Components

Instrument Control Bus Hardware

GPIB

Plug-in & external controllers, industry-standard development software, custom ASICs, support products, cables & accessories for GPIB applications.

Serial Interfaces

Complete family of serial interfaces & driver software for communication with industrial devices using RS232, RS422 & RS485 serial buses.

USB

Family of converter products to control GPIB or serial devices from the USB port of your desktop or laptop PC. 

Ethernet/LAN

Family of converter products to control GPIB or serial devices on an Ethernet/LAN based network from your desktop or laptop PC.

Instrument Control Software

Software development environments optimized for instrument control including Labview, Lab Windows/CVI & Measurement Studio.

Instrument Drivers

More than 5,000 FREE instrument drivers available for download to simplify & reduce the cost of instrument control test program development.

I/O Software

Comprehensive I/O software packages for configuring, troubleshooting & controlling instrumentation hardware systems.

Instruments

• Modular Instruments
• PXI
• Stand-Alone Instruments

Third Party Partners

Labview, Signal Express and Tektronix National Instruments Alliance Partner Directory.

NI motion control software and hardware including high-performance motion controllers, drives and motors, simplify the development of all your motion control applications and deliver easy integration with NI data acquisition and vision products. From automating test equipment and research labs to controlling biomedical, packaging, and manufacturing machines, engineers and scientists use NI motion to solve a diverse set of application challenges, faster and at a lower cost.

NI Motion Control Product Family

NI PCI and PXI Motion Controllers

Choose from 2-stepper to 8-stepper or servo motion control axes.

Labview Soft Motion Development Module

Create your custom motion controller using the Labview Real-Time and Labview FPGA modules.

NI SoftMotion Controller

Use the NI SoftMotion Controller to program Copley CANopen and ORMEC IEEE 1394 intelligent drives with the NI-Motion API in Labview, C, or Visual Basic.

NI Power Drives and Motors

Select a range of stepper motors as well as flexible stepper and servo power drives designed for motion controllers based on PCI, PXI, and NI Compact RIO.

Motion Assistant

Use an intuitive 3D environment for prototyping single and multiaxis motion control systems, import motion profiles from CAD files, and automatically generate Labview or C code.

NI-Motion Driver Software

Keep your motion control system current with the latest driver software.

National Instruments is a leading machine vision and scientific imaging hardware and software tools provider. From inspecting automotive parts to researching advanced medicines, engineers and scientists use NI vision software and hardware to solve a diverse set of application challenges, faster and at a lower cost.

Image Acquisition Hardware

Camera Link

Acquire from base-configuration, medium-configuration and full-configuration Camera Link cameras.

IEEE 1394

Use any DCAM-compliant IEEE 1394 camera with standard IEEE 1394 hardware and software.

Gig E-Vision

Use any Gig E-Vision compliant camera with standard Gigabit Ethernet hardware and software.

Analog

Acquire from standard and nonstandard analog cameras.

Parallel Digital

Connect parallel digital cameras to NI hardware with dozens of customized cables.

Related Products

Programmable Automation Controllers

See the platform for industrial measurement and control based on Labview.

Data Acquisition

Learn about a complete family of data acquisition devices for desktop, portable, and networked applications on several buses including PCI, PXI, PCMCIA, USB, and IEEE 1394.

Motion Control and Motion Devices

Find motion controllers, motion control software and power drives that readily integrate with data acquisition and machine vision products.

RF and Wireless Communications Systems require a flexible platform for software design, hardware prototyping, and implementation. National Instruments RF tools deliver a high-performance platform for hands-on learning and pioneering research.

Classroom Resources

Discover tools to enhance your RF and wireless communications course using National Instruments Labview software.

Labs, Exercises and Tutorials

Explore RF and wireless communications concepts with example code and multimedia tutorials.

Recommended Hardware and Software

NI PXI-5660 - 2.7 GHz RF Vector Signal Analyzer

The National Instruments PXI-5660 signal analyzer, based on the latest advances in communications and software-defined radio technologies, provides RF measurements up to 2.7 GHz.

Academic Site License - RF and Signal Processing Option

Get unlimited seats of NI Labview, the Modulation Tool kit, Spectral Measurement Tool kit, DSP Module and more for your classrooms, labs, and research.

Evaluation and Demonstration Software

Choose from evaluation software, demonstration software and beta software to help you choose which solution is right for you. Existing customers can download and activate software they have already purchased. Download Labview, CVI, DIADEM or Test Stand and get started today.

Drivers and Updates

This software library contains the latest drivers, updates, patches, and utilities for every National Instruments product line.

Example Code

The Product Resource Library in the NI Developer Zone contains shipping examples, examples from our Applications Engineers (these examples were formerly stored in our Example Programs Database) and customer-submitted examples.

Instrument Drivers

The Instrument Driver Network contains VISA-based and IVI-based instrument drivers for traditional stand-alone instruments and for National Instruments computer-based instruments.

For more than 20 years, NI Labview graphical development has revolutionized the development of scalable test, measurement, and control applications. Regardless of experience, engineers and scientists can rapidly and cost-effectively interface with measurement and control hardware, analyze data, share results, and distribute systems.

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• Graphical Programming


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• Multiplatform and Embedded Devices


• High-Level Development Tools

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• Data Visualization and Management

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