Five Trends to Help Embedded Systems Engineers Innovate Faster

Building Next Generation Control & Monitoring Systems

Massimiliano Banfi Systems Engineering Manager – Mediterranean Region

Challenges in Embedded System Innovation

Integrating Signal Processing & Advanced Control

Profitability & Time to Market

Differentiating from Competition

30,000+ Customers

Agenda Latest Trends and Technologies for Embedded Control and Monitoring

Technology & Architecture Trends 1. Embedded Platforms 2. Reconfigurable Computing 3. Mobile Devices & The Cloud

Business & Process Trends 4. Innovating with Small Teams 5. Future Proofing Through Software

Embedded Platforms

Integrated HW/SW Extensive Ecosystem Standard HW/SW Platform

“To do for embedded what the PC did for the

desktop.”

1

NI RIO Hardware & LabVIEW

NI Single-Board RIO NI CompactRIO PC RIO/R Series PXI RIO/FlexRIO

Processor

Energy Transportation Life Sciences Industrial Control

FPGA

I/O

I/O

I/O

I/O

1

NI RIO Hardware & LabVIEW

NI Embedded Technology Partners

FPGA Processor

I/O

I/O

I/O

1

“LabVIEW enables someone do in six months what would typically take 2-3 years if they were to go hand write their own code.”

Michelle Tinsley, General Manager, Intel

“NI clearly is leading in the progress of combining the two key programmable platforms in one solution which is the combination of a processor and FPGA.”

Ivo Bolsens, CTO, Xilinx

1

Digital Control for Steam Turbines

Leonardo Fusi - CCI

“NI CompactRIO within ProMistic® optimizes the control process in order to prevent electric power and steam loss of production and to prevent possible damages to the plant itself, reducing maintenance costs. The optimal control algorithms, implemented in LabVIEW, are executed in real time with deterministic response for critical applications”

1

Reconfigurable Computing

Programmable Logic Advanced Control Advanced Signal Processing

Processor

I/O

I/O FPGA I/O

2

Synchrophasor Measurements for ‘Smart Metering’

“Using LabVIEW to program the FPGA allows for tight time-synchronization with GPS-time references while using the LabVIEW Real-Time Module allows us to implement accurate synchrophasor estimation algorithms.”

Prof. Mario Paolone - Università di Bologna

2

NI RIO Hardware Architecture

Processor FPGA I/O

I/O

Custom I/O

I/O

PC RIO / R Series

CompactRIO

Multicore CompactRIO

Single-Board RIO

NEW

PXI / FlexRIO

2

NEW Four NI Single-Board RIO Devices

Processor Speed

CAN, USB, SDHC

FPGA Digital

I/O Analogue

Input Analogue

Output RMC

Operating Temp

sbRIO-9623 400 MHz - LX25 100 16 ch, 12-bit 4 ch, 12-bit -40 to 70°C

sbRIO-9626 400 MHz LX45 100 16 ch, 16-bit 4 ch, 16-bit -40 to 70°C

sbRIO-9633 400 MHz LX25 28 16 ch, 12-bit 4 ch, 12-bit - -40 to 70°C

sbRIO-9636 400 MHz LX45 28 16 ch, 16-bit 4 ch, 16-bit - -40 to 70°C

• NI RIO architecture on single board

• Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA

• RIO mezzanine card (RMC) connector

• Cost optimised for OEM applications

Half the Size, Half the Cost, with More I/O

2

Mobile Devices and The Cloud

Embedded System Security Market Fragmentation Remote Data Access

3

Innovating with Smaller Teams

Domain Expertise Customer Intimacy More Efficient

Software Designers FPGA

Designers Custom IC Designers

ASIC Designers

Mechanical Designers

Domain Experts

Do

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Exp

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Sy

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D

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A Single Platform for All Environments

RoboQUADRO RoboVESSEL RoboTRACK

RoboCORE One Programming

Language

Mission

Control

Communications

Sensor

Acquisition

Motion

Control

Navigation

Mission Data

Managements

NI sbRIO-9606

+

RX-Daughter board

4

Future Proofing Through Software

Software Defined Hardware Long-Term Support In-Field Updates

5

NEW LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite

• LabVIEW, LabVIEW Real-Time, and LabVIEW FPGA – CompactRIO, Single-Board RIO, PXI

• Power Quality and Energy Measurement

– IEC 61000-4-7 (harmonics)

– IEC 61000-4-15 (flicker)

– IEC 61000-4-30 (Event Measurement Class A) • Sag/Swell/Interruption (standard or custom levels)

• Rapid Voltage Change (standard or custom levels)

– EN 50160 (Data Aggregation)

• File Format

– COMTRADE IEEE C37.111

– TDMS (high-performance, open source binary)

– ASCII Text

Announced Today at SPS/IPC/Drives

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1. Embedded Platforms 2. Reconfigurable Computing

3. Mobile Devices & The Cloud 4. Innovating with Small Teams

5. Future Proofing Through Software

Five Trends to Help Embedded Systems Engineers Innovate Faster