National Instruments sbRIO-9636 CompactRIO Single-Board Controller

Featured with digital and analog I/O, the NI sbRIO-9636 (Part Number: 782128-01) is an embedded Single-Board Real-Time Controller for CompactRIO systems. This Controller comes with 512 megabytes of internal storage, 256 megabytes of dynamic RAM, and a 400 MHz industrial-grade processor. The digital lines provided on this Controller are controlled directly through an integrated field-programmable gate array (FPGA). In addition to commonly found communication interfaces, the sbRIO 9636 comes with an SDHC standard compatible SD port. 

This CompactRIO Single-Board Controller has sixteen 16-bit analog input channels, four 16-bit analog output channels, and twenty-eight bidirectional digital I/O channels. The NI sbRIO-9636 allows you to program each analog input channel separately. Thus, you can operate different analog input channels over differing input ranges. The provision of programmable input ranges is a function of the programmable gain instrumentation amplifier incorporated in this Controller, since it amplifies the analog input signal as per the user-desired input range. Therefore, you can operate the sbRIO-9636 over different analog input ranges, such as –10 V to 10 V, –5 V to 5 V, –1 V to 1 V, etc. with 16-bit resolution. The device has a power consumption value of 24.7 W max.

The National Instruments NI sbRIO 9636 CompactRIO Single-Board Controller has two RS-232 serial ports and one RS-485 serial port. The embedded CAN port has an NXP PCA82C251T transceiver and can operate with up to 1 Mbps baud rate. This CompactRIO Single-Board Controller fully supports connectivity through a universal serial bus (USB). Thus, you can add storage by using USB enabled flash drives or thumb drives.

The sbRIO 9636 is run using the NI-RIO driver software (version 4.1 or later) which can be programmed with software packages or application development environments (ADEs) such as LabVIEW 2011 SPI or later, LabVIEW Real-Time Module 2011 SPI or later, or LabVIEW FPGA Module 2011 SPI or later. The NI device weighs 4.66 oz, and has a recommended operating temperature range of -40 to 85 °C.

sbRIO-9636 Obsolete Status has been announced by National Instruments, but the CompactRIO Single-Board Controller will still be available for purchase and repairs by Apex Waves.