New series cuts per-channel acquisition costs

National Instruments has released a new generation of multifunction data acquisition products based on the newly designed NI-STC 2 system controller chip and NI-PGIA 2 amplifier technology.

National Instruments has released a new generation of multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) products based on the newly designed NI-STC 2 system controller chip and NI-PGIA 2 amplifier technology.

The new NI M Series multifunction DAQ devices offer breakthroughs in accuracy as well as faster sampling rates, more I/O channels and a broad set of expanded features previously not available in multifunction DAQ devices.

The new M Series devices not only lower the cost per I/O channel by more than 30%, but they also reduce overall system costs by minimising setup time through advanced development tools included in NI-DAQmx measurement services driver software.

These 20 devices address low-cost, high-performance and high-accuracy applications.

"In the 10 years since the introduction of the industry-leading NI E Series multifunction DAQ devices, we have collected feedback from thousands of data acquisition customers".

"The result is our new M Series product line, offering significant enhancements compared to E Series and other multifunction devices", said Tim Dehne, NI Senior Vice President of R and D.

"The NI-STC 2 consolidates several discrete chips into a single ASIC for more performance in a smaller space, and NI-PGIA 2 amplifier technology improves accuracy while lowering the price for our customers".

M Series multifunction DAQ devices deliver an extensive set of features that makes them ideal for test, control and sensor measurement applications.

The core of each M Series device is the new NI-STC 2 synchronisation and timing controller, which allows up to six operations to execute simultaneously at throughput rates up to five times faster than previous DAQ devices.

The M Series also offers a revolutionary design for calibration at every input range, improving measurement accuracy by up to five times in addition to extending the recommended calibration interval on most M Series devices to two years.

The redesigned NI-PGIA 2 family of programmable gain instrumentation amplifiers dramatically reduces settling time to ensure accurate measurements even at the fastest scanning rates.

In addition, M Series DAQ devices offer up to 32 18bit analogue input channels, four 16bit analogue outputs, two 32bit counter/timers and 48 digital I/O lines.

Engineers can use the new devices to hardware-time up to 32 of the digital lines up to 10MHz.

Each M Series device includes the latest version of NI-DAQmx measurement services driver software, which delivers easy configuration and a flexible programming interface for NI LabView, Visual Studio.NET and NI LabWindows/CVI.

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.

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