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Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: PCI-6230 and PCI-7390
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2006
Acquisition module takes industrial
sensor signals
The NI PCI-6230 isolated M Series DAQ board features analogue and digital I/O lines with built-in digital isolation for direct connectivity to industrial sensors.
National Instruments is extending its offering for industrial applications with new PCI data acquisition (DAQ) and motion control devices The NI PCI-6230 isolated M Series DAQ board features analogue and digital I/O lines with built-in digital isolation for direct connectivity to industrial sensors
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"With the new NI product offerings of the PCI-6230 and the PCI-7390, engineers can safely obtain measurements and control actuators or motors in most environments".
The PCI-6230 M Series DAQ board features eight 16bit analogue inputs with a 250Ksample/s sampling rate, four 16bit analogue outputs with a 500Ksample/s maximum output rate, six digital inputs and four digital outputs.
The board uses digital isolation technology based on chip-scale transformers for increased signal bandwidth and features 1950V DC/1400V RMS of channel-to-bus isolation withstand for up to 5s and 60V DC continuous bank isolation.
In addition, the NI-STC 2 system timing controller, NI-PGIA 2 amplifiers and NI-MCal self-calibration circuitry work together to improve performance and accuracy while keeping costs low.
Engineers can use the PCI-6230 M Series board for industrial data acquisition, monitoring and control applications such as reading from encoders, flow meters and proximity sensors and controlling valves, pumps and relays.
The board works with NI-DAQmx driver software, which reduces application development time with programmatic configuration and automatic code generation.
It also integrates seamlessly with the NI LabView graphical development platform, and engineers can configure it using NI measurement services software on a variety of operating systems, including NI LabView Real-Time, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
The PCI-7390 motion controller, which features built-in isolation technology, multi-axis co-ordination and I/O synchronisation, provides direct connectivity to popular industry drives, including Yaskawa Sigma II, Mitsubishi MR-J2S and Panasonic Minas A.
The PCI-7390 controller is a four-axis position (pulse) command motion controller that offers fully programmable motion control for up to four independent or co-ordinated axes of motion.
Equipped with built-in optical isolation, the PCI-7390 controller also features dedicated motion I/O for limit and home switches and additional I/O for general-purpose functions including "in-position", "inhibit input/drive alarm" and "servo ready".
The PCI-7390 is shipped with the NI-Motion driver that includes motion controller configuration and test utilities; a VI library for LabView; and functions for the NI LabWindows/CVI ANSI C development environment, C and Visual Basic.
In addition, the controller integrates seamlessly with NI Motion Assistant to generate LabView or C code for rapid application development.
Engineers can use the powerful motion capabilities of the PCI-7390 controller to improve performance and perform point-to-point or straight-line vector moves, as well as arbitrary and complex motion trajectories through circular, spherical or helical interpolation.
The PCI-7390 controller also offers high-performance features such as position capture triggers and position compare breakpoints for high-speed synchronisation of motion with data acquisition and vision hardware in the system. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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