National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) expands the PXI platform with the NI RMC-8355 rackmount controller and NI PXIe-PCIe8381 PXI Express remote controller. The rugged RMC-8355 1U rackmount controller for PXI and PXI Express systems offers up to two high-performance quad-core Intel® Xeon® E5620 processors, which is ideal for high-performance test and measurement applications and mission-critical test and check. The NI PXI-PCIe8381 PXI Express Remote Controller is a high-performance MXI link offering PCI Express Gen2 x8 wired communication that connects a PXI Express chassis to a desktop PC with a transparent, high-bandwidth connection.
Product Features NIRMC-8355
• Up to two Intel Xeon E5620 quad-core processors to get the computing power of eight cores with a 2,4GHz clock rate and a 2,66GHz “turbo” rate on a single core.
• High availability features such as hot-swappable fans and redundant hard drives and power supplies to maximize system uptime.
NI PXI-PCIe8381
• Sustained data transfer of 3,2 GB/s per direction and a maximum cable length of 5m with robust latching connectors.
• NI MXI-Express BIOS compatibility software ensures easy connection to a variety of PCs dedicated to direct control of PXI Express systems.
Readers interested in learning more about the PXI platform, visit http://www.ni.com/pxi/esa/.
