Monitoring controllers

National Instruments has released three Compact FieldPoint controllers that deliver increased performance, higher processor speed and improved ethernet throughput.

The NI cFP-2220, cFP-2210 and cFP-2200 include a 400 MHz PowerPC processor and Wind River Vxworks real-time operating system for greater processing power and faster data analysis.

The cFP-2200 features up to 128 MB of SDRAM and onboard storage and the cFP-2210 delivers up to 256 MB of SDRAMM and up to 128 MB of onboard storage. The cFP-2220 has dual ethernet ports for connectivity to enterprise and dedicated I/O networks as well as three RS232 ports and one RS485 port for serial devices.

For logging and transferring data on external memory, the controller includes an additional USB port and a removable CompactFlash slot.

The cFP-2220 also has twice the onboard storage and SDRAM, up to 256 MB, for storing more data on the controller itself.

Engineers can create standalone embedded systems with these controllers by using LabVIEW Real-Time to deploy custom applications for data logging and monitoring, real-time analysis and intelligent control.

The controllers also feature a 10-fold increase in ethernet throughput and they include Reliance file system support to protect data integrity.

The company has also released two connector blocks for wiring and troubleshooting. The NI cFP-CB-2 and cFP-CB-4 offer removable connectors for front-panel access to the terminals for wiring sensors.

The controllers are the first release of fully RoHS-compliant products for the Compact FieldPoint product by the company.