{"id":2560,"date":"2019-04-26T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35.94.173.37\/blog\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2024-11-05T08:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:14:38","slug":"national-instruments-pxi-for-academics-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/national-instruments-pxi-for-academics-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"National Instruments PXI for Academics and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academic study and research go hand in hand; it\u2019s an area that is continuously pushing the boundaries and experimenting. The speed of innovation and progress, particularly over the past 100 years, has been phenomenal and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Offering students the ability to complete their studies while using\u00a0up-to-date equipment<\/strong>\u00a0is a challenge which requires educational institutions to invest continually in updating. Research attracts funding and this helps financially, but there is still a cost in time and effort.<\/p>\n

Using modular systems such as\u00a0National Instruments PXI systems<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0provides a Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) solution that is easily adaptable and offers simple upgrade options.<\/p>\n

Take 5G NR as an example. The technology is introducing new bands, wider bandwidth, and a new beamforming technology that all require design and test facilities. This is a new and developing technology that requires testing facilities to be adaptable. When using a National Instruments PXI Chassis, changing modules is simple and allows additional or updated modules to be easily fitted. Combined with the\u00a0National Instruments LabVIEW application<\/strong>\u00a0software and drivers, PXI modules can easily be configured to generate complex testing schemes.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0PXIe-1066DC chassis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0achieves an excellent mean time to repair (MTTR) through built-in redundancy. The power supplies and front-accessible cooling fans can be hot-swapped if required, allowing uninterrupted operation. Eighteen\u00a0PXI modules<\/strong>\u00a0can be fitted to the\u00a0PXIe-1066DC<\/strong>, providing ample space to create an automated test system that also features remote monitoring.<\/p>\n

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Flexibility is essential in research and the\u00a0National Instruments PXI platform<\/strong>\u00a0of modules and software provide the ability to design sophisticated, high-performance automated test and measurement systems.<\/p>\n

If you need an embedded computer solution for your PXI system, then\u00a0National Instruments<\/strong>\u00a0PXI Controllers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are available, providing a hard drive, RAM, CPU, and numerous I\/O facilities. The\u00a0PXI-8110<\/a>\u00a0PXI Controller<\/strong>, for example, uses an\u00a0Intel Core 2 Quad Core CPU<\/strong>, with 2 GB DDR2 RAM (4 GB max) and at least a 120 GB hard drive. Connections include a 10\/100\/100 Ethernet, serial port and 4 USB ports.<\/p>\n

Research is useless without recording results and analyzing the data and the onboard storage of the PXI Controller may not be sufficient. To make data capture seamless,\u00a0National Instruments<\/strong>\u00a0produces PXI module-based data storage units, such as the\u00a0NI\u00a0PXIe-8267<\/a>\u00a0Data Storage Module<\/strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0This unit contains four 1TB Samsung Pro SSD drives, has a sustained data throughput of 5 GB\/s, and is supported by Windows 7 SP1 upwards for easy configuration. This module requires a high-power cooling slot, so it is only suitable for certain chassis.<\/p>\n

The lower specification\u00a0NI-8260<\/a>\u00a0PXI Data Storage Module<\/strong>\u00a0may be more suitable for some users. It is now listed as\u00a0obsolete stock by National Instruments<\/strong>, but Apex Waves specializes in the supply and repair of these types of units. The module offers four 2.5 inch SATA slots, allowing for a total storage capacity of 1TB. The drives can be configured as RAID-0 or JBOD depending on your requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Academic study and research go hand in hand; it\u2019s an area that is continuously pushing the boundaries and experimenting. The speed of innovation and progress, particularly over the past 100 years, has been phenomenal and shows no signs of slowing down.   Offering students the ability to complete their studies while using\u00a0up-to-date equipment\u00a0is a challenge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[393,503,577],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-instruments","tag-national-instruments","tag-obsolete-pxi","tag-pxi-for-academics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}