Benefits of NI VXI Products
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VXI Control Leadership
As a VXI controller and software leader, National Instruments offers a variety of VXI control solutions. NI VXI controllers take advantage of off-the-shelf PC technologies to deliver industry benefits directly to you. National Instruments provides a thorough offering of VXI controllers, from two-slot and single-slot embedded controllers to remote controllers using various interfaces. National Instruments comprehensive software is key to your VXI development success – from the NI-VXI/NI-VISA I/O software to NI LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio for Microsoft Visual Studio application development tools. This combination of hardware and software sets NI VXI controllers apart from the competition.
Merging VXI and PC Technologies
NI VXI controllers incorporate the latest PC technologies such as PCI, Intel microprocessors, and USB 2.0 technology. When developing a VXI system, it is important to choose system components that also take advantage of these advances so you can stay ahead of your competition.
High-Performance ASICs
To achieve performance, manufacturability, and reliability, NI invested substantial resources to develop two very important ASICs – the MITE and MANTIS. These ASICs serve as a foundation for all NI VXI products and continue to be fundamental components for future generations.
NI VXI Software
NI VXI software includes a broad range of tools from bus interface software to application development environments. National Instruments offers NI-VXI/NI-VISA bus interface software, a comprehensive software package for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting VXI and VME systems. With NI-VXI/NI-VISA, you can develop systems that are portable across a variety of controllers, such as embedded controllers or external computers that interface to VXI with MXI-2, MXI-3, IEEE 1394, and IEEE 488 technologies. In addition, the LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio application development environments are designed for instrument control and feature graphical programming paradigms to accelerate your development.
VXI Benefits
VXI, an open, multivendor standard, offers improvements over stand-alone, proprietary box instrument systems because it:
• Maximizes flexibility
• Increases system throughput and reduces test time
• Reduces floor space, enhances mobility, and gives close proximity to device(s) under test or control with its high-density products
• Improves measurement capability with more precise timing and synchronization
• Simplifies system configuration, programming, and integration with standardized VXIplug&play software
• Improves reliability, increases mean time between failures, and decreases mean time to repair with its modular, rugged design
NI VXI Innovation, Support, and Longevity
National Instruments is committed to making you successful by providing innovative products, world-class support, and the ability to maximize your system longevity. As a consistent innovator in the VXI market, NI takes advantage of the latest PC processors and interfaces. With online resources, discussion forums, and technical support, National Instruments offers various support methods for NI VXI customers. Because getting the most out of investments is important to customers, National Instruments maximizes NI product life spans and offers ways to extend VXI system longevity through hybrid test systems.
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