National Instruments (NI, Austin, TX), in collaboration with Freescale Semiconductor and Wind River, has developed the NI cRIO-9012 real-time controller based on Freescale's MPC5200 processor built on Power Architecture™ technology, and Wind River's VxWorks realtime operating system (RTOS). Embedded graphical system design combines open software and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) programmable hardware in one unifying platform to design, prototype, and deploy embedded systems. Freescale's 400- MHz MPC5200 processor contains an integrated floating-point unit that is suited for networking, media, industrial control, and automotive applications. The MPC5200, which is programmed with NI's LabVIEW Real-Time Module, gives the cRIO-9012 controller up to four times the processing performance. Running on the MPC5200, the Wind River VxWorks RTOS delivers a fault-tolerant file system that provides data-logging, allowing engineers to operate the controller for long periods of time in remote applications using a battery or solar power.

The NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module provides shared variable technology for simplified network communication between distributed systems, as well as the LabVIEW Project, which streamlines code control and application deployment to multiple CompactRIO systems. The cRIO-9012 is suitable for applications such as machine control and monitoring, in-vehicle logging and embedded system prototyping, and for a variety of automotive, military, and industrial equipment..

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