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new products Single board RIOs expand FPGA-based platform National Instruments has announced a range of single-board RIO devices that provide an integrated hardware option for deploying embedded control and data acquisition applications. The eight sbRIO-96xx devices combine an embedded real-time processor, reconﬁgurable ﬁeld-programmable gate array (FPGA) and analogue and digital I/O on a single printed circuit board, making them suitable for applications that require ﬂexibility, high performance and reliability in a small form factor. The LabVIEW graphical system design platform to customise the singleboard RIO hardware as well as develop all aspects of their embedded systems for increased productivity and shorter time to market. NI Single-Board RIO devices expand the NI FPGA-based deployment platform offering which includes PXI, PC and the NI CompactRIO embedded control and data acquisition system that share the NI reconﬁgurable I/O (RIO) architecture. The NI RIO architecture is composed of a real-time processor, FPGA and I/O modules. Using this standard architecture and LabVIEW, engineers and scientists can rapidly design and prototype advanced control and embedded devices on hardware such as CompactRIO and deploy their systems to the lower-cost CompactRIO integrated systems or the new NI Single-Board RIO devices to reduce deployment costs. Because engineers and scientists can program all NI RIO technology platforms with LabVIEW, no recoding is needed when transitioning from prototype to deployment, which increases system reliability and shortens development time. The devices feature an industrial 266 MHz or 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200 processor built on Power Architecture technology, the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system and Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA. The onboard analog and digital I/O connects directly to the FPGA to provide low-level customization of timing and I/O signal processing. Engineers and scientists can also expand the I/O capabilities using the devices’ three expansion slots for connecting any NI C-Series I/O module or custom modules that they develop. There are more than 40 C Series modules for I/O and communication such as acceleration, temperature, power quality, controller-area network (CAN) and motion. Additionally, the devices offer an operating temperature of -20 to 55 °C for use in thermally rugged applications as well as an integrated 19 to 30 VDC power supply input and real-time clock with battery backup for increased reliability. All the NI Single-Board RIO products are Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) compliant, demonstrating the NI commitment to eliminating certain hazardous substances from products to beneﬁt the environment. www.ni.com/singleboard EuroTech low power SBC is based on Intel Atom processor Eurotech has been working with Intel Corp. as an early adopter of Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) devices and as a result of this work have released the ISIS single board computer. ISIS is a PC/104+ format device offering levels of functionality and performance traditionally requiring a high performance x86 board, but at a signiﬁcantly reduced power consumption of less that 5 watts. This fan-less x86 compatibility is achieved by harnessing the low power capabilities of the next generation embedded Intel Atom chipset. The Intel Atom Z500 series processor is matched with an Intel system controller hub US15W which is a highly integrated device combining a graphics memory controller and I/O controller into a single package. 40 A full range of on board peripherals are provided including 8 x USB 2.0 ports, VGA, LVDS, HD-Audio, RS232/422/485, Ethernet, GPIO and IDE. Expansion requirements are well covered by a combination of PC/104 (ISA), PC/104+ (PCI) and PCI-Express Mini Card, so interfacing to real-world I/O or the latest wireless technology is eased. The ISIS offers a choice of 1.1 and 1.6GHz processor parts and comes with up to 1GB of DDR2 RAM and up to 4GB of soldered-down Flash for security and durability. Further solid-state Flash expansion is available via an SDIO socket. An optional ITrax300 GPS receiver with full position/velocity/time functionality is also available. The ISIS suitable for applications such as infotainment, interactive kiosks, access control, HMI, medical and industrial control. The board is compatibile with a range of desktop and pre-installed, ready to run, embedded operating systems including Windows XP, XP Embedded, CE 6.0 and Linux. www.eurotech.com AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2008 | embedded systems design europe | www.embedded.com/europe 040_ESDE.indd 40 28/08/08 13:56:27 http://www.ni.com/singleboard http://www.eurotech.com http://www.embedded.com/europe

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Embedded Systems Design Europe - August/September 2008 Contents TI Overhauls DSP Lineup, Adds 15 Processors QNX Publishes Source Code for File System Congatec to Take on Proprietary Market Swiss Multicore Project Wins Microsoft Grant OpenCores Bundles Development Tool ARM Compiler Boosts Freescale i.MX31 LabVIEW Updated for Multicore and Wireless Cover Feature: Interactive Tool Supports Multiprocessor SoC Design Wanted: Benchmaking for Embedded VMM Hypervisors Graphical Design Empowers Spider Robots Building a Power Supply for Discontinuous Transmission Wireless Networks RTOS Selection & Best Practices Achieving Cache Coherence in a MIPS32 Multicore Design New Products Advertising Contacts

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