CompactDAQ controller cuts system cost and complexity

By integrating the processor, signal conditioning and I/O into a single CompactDAQ system, the company says engineers can use the device to reduce overall system cost and complexity while increasing measurement accuracy. "We designed this next generation CompactDAQ controller based on customer feedback, making it smaller, less expensive and more rugged," said Stefanie Breyer, director of data acquisition R&D at NI. "By leveraging the latest Intel Atom 3800 processor within the controller, our customers can deploy powerful processing paired with high accuracy measurements anywhere." The Intel Atom dual core processor can run either industry standard Windows Embedded 7 or NI Linux Real-Time. By pairing industry standard OS options with LabVIEW system design software, are able to port LabVIEW code from existing measurement systems to the new CompactDAQ controllers. In addition, NI says engineers can combine LabVIEW and over 60 sensor specific I/O modules for CompactDAQ to quickly customise data acquisition systems to meet their specific application needs.