National Instruments PXI-8119 PXI Embedded Controller

The PXI-8119 (Part Numbers: 782555-33, 782557-00, 782554-04, 782555-04, 782556-04, 782556-33, 782558-00, 782553-04, 154166A-912L) is an Intel Core i7 Controller for PXI, which is utilized for the measured instrumentation of exceptional processing and data acquisition. The NI PXI-8119 incorporates two Ethernet ports (Gigabit) 10/100/1000BASE-TX and six Hi-Speed USB ports, an integrated 250 GB hard disk, a serial port, a IEEE 488 controller, 1 parallel port, an ExpressCard/34 slot, and other peripheral I/O.

The PXI-8119 has different part numbers for different operating systems and conditions. Part numbers with no OS: 782557-00 and 782558-00 (Ext. temp). Part numbers with Real-Time SW: 782555-33 and 782556-33 (Ext. Temp). Part numbers with Windows 7 (32 Bit): 782553-04 and 782554-04 (Ext. Temp). Part Numbers with Windows 7 (64 Bit): 782555-04 and 782556-04 (Ext. Temp). 

The NI PXI 8119 incorporates the quad-core Intel Core i7-3610QE processor. Quad-core processors contain four cores, or computing engines, in one physical package. They can execute four computer assignments at the same time, which is beneficial in multitasking situations, such as Windows Vista or Windows XP, where numerous applications run at the same time. Multithreaded framework improvement conditions, including NI LabVIEW, can take full favorable position of the accessible four processing cores on the PXI-8119 by automatically isolating their tasks into autonomous threads. With its quad-core processor, this controller can all the while execute four of these threads. The device has a frequency of 2.3 GHz base or 3.3 GHz in Turbo Boost Mode, and has a bandwidth of 132 MB/s. It is run using the NI-DAQmx driver software in conjunction with software packages such as NI-VISA, NI’s Modular Instruments, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, or Measurement Studio.

To completely exercise the four cores on the NI PXI-8119 Controller, applications must be architected to make four free execution threads by actualizing programming methodologies, such as task parallelism, information parallelism, and pipelining. As an example of its high performance, the NI PXI-8119 can process up to 389,000 1K quick Fourier transforms (FFTs) per second. Already, the user could accomplish this kind of execution just by utilizing a massive workstation. The NI PXI-8119 Controller gives this same capacity in a minimal, 3U frame factor. 

PXI-8119 Maintenance Status has been announced by National Instruments, but the controller will still be available for purchase and repairs by Apex Waves.