Introduction to PXI. Jacques Cilliers. Applications Engineer National Instruments ni.com

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3 Introduction to PXI Jacques Cilliers Applications Engineer National Instruments

4 Traditional Instrumentation 4

5 The Expectations More Functionality Reduced Cost Smaller Footprint Accelerated Delivery Image courtesy of Wade Lowdermilk, BAE Systems 5

6 Issues with Traditional Instruments Vendor-Defined measurements Poor software integration Large footprint High Power consumption Poor Inter-device Synchronization 6

7 The Solution PXI Organized in 1997 Founded in 1998 PXISA goals: Maintain the PXI specification Ensure interoperability Promote the PXI standard 70+ members comprise the PXISA PXISA website ( Specifications Tutorials, application notes, and white papers Locate member companies and products News and announcements 7

8 PXI The de facto standard for Instrumentation 8

9 PXI - The Industry-leading Platform for Test, Measurement and Control PXI Modules >1,500 options from over 70 PXI vendors Software Flexible driver APIs, example code, soft front panels and configuration PXI Controllers Performance embedded - Windows or RT OS Remote control via desktop or laptop 9 PXI Chassis Options ranging from low-cost, 4-slot desktop to high-performance 18-slot rack-mount

10 Modular Capability for Every Application DAQ and Control Multifunction I/O FPGA Digital I/O Analog Input / Output Vision and Motion Counter / Timer / Clock Sensor Measurements Reconfigurable I/O Signal Conditioning Instruments Oscilloscopes High-Speed Digital I/O Digital Multimeters Signal Generators Switching RF Analyzers & Generators Power Supplies Dynamic Signal Analyzers Source Measurement Units Interfaces GPIB, USB, LAN RS232 / RS485 CAN, LIN, FlexRay Avionics Buses I2C/SPI Boundary Scan / JTAG DeviceNet, PROFIBUS SCSI, Ethernet VXI - VME NI Offers 600+ PXI Products And there are over 1500 PXI modules from 70+ vendors in the market today 10

11 PXI Specification PXI = PCI extensions for Instrumentation Mechanical High-performance connectors Eurocard mechanical packaging Forced-air cooling by chassis Optional module shielding Environmental testing Electromagnetic testing Completely Interoperable Electrical Industry-standard PC buses System reference clocks Star trigger buses PXI trigger bus Software Microsoft Windows software frameworks Software components that define HW configuration and capabilities Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) implementation 11

12 Architecture

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14 PXI Chassis High-Bandwidth & Performance High-Availability Low-Noise & Footprint, Portable System bandwidth up to 12 GB/s 8-slot and18-slot versions in 5U of 19 rack-space Hot-swappable, redundant (available) DC power supplies Hot-swappable, frontaccessible, redundant cooling fans Ideal for desktop use Integrated MXI control option available 4-slot and 5-slot versions 14

15 The PXI Express Backplane System Controller Slot System Timing Slot Peripheral Slots (Hybrid Compatible) 15

16 PXI Express - Very High Data Throughput 16

17 PXIe Link Architecture x8 PCIe Gen2 Link (4GB/s/direction) PXI Express Controller Slot 1 x8 x4 x16 x4 x16 PCIe Gen2 Link (8GB/s/direction) System BW 12GB/s x8 Gen2 Link (4 GB/s) PCIe Switch PCIe Switch x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x PCIe to PCI PCIe to PCI Slot Color Legend PXIe Hybrid Slot PXIe System Timing Slot 17

18 PXI System Controllers Embedded Controllers Rack-Mount Controllers Remote Controllers Complete system within a single chassis Ability to run both standard and RT OSs Integrated peripherals High-performance multicore processors RAID 0 HD configurations for high-speed streaming to disk 1U form factor Use the latest, high-performance PCs Extend existing PCI or PCI Express bus Take advantage of laptop control for portable solutions 18

19 PXI Embedded Controllers Best-in-Industry Performance & Widest Range Leverage the latest Intel Processors Easily upgrade system performance Wide range of offering: Best performance to Best value Runs Operating System and Application software I/O Connectivity Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Super Speed USB 3.0, Serial, Parallel, GPIB Display ports with multi-monitor support 19

20 PXI Embedded Controllers Range of OS Options 20

21 GFLOPs Modular Architecture Upgrade Performance NI PXI Traditional Instruments

22 PXI Modules Based on Eurocard form factor (IEC and IEC and IEEE ) 2 form factors :3U & 6U Dimensions: 160mm (6.3 ) W, 100mm (4 ) H Cooling direction bottom to top of the card 22

23 PXI, PXI Hybrid and PXI Express Slots Standard PXI Slot PXI Express Slot PXI Hybrid Slot Power Trigger Bus Star Trigger Clk. 10 Reserved Pins 64/66 PCI Local Bus (typically unused) Gen2 x8 PCIe (up to 4 GB/s) Differential Clk. 100 & Star Triggers 32/33 PCI (132 MB/s per system) 23

24 Compatibility of PXI and Hybrid Slots NI PXIe-5162 NI PXI-4071 High Digital Speed Multimeter Oscilloscope/Digitizer 24

25 NI PXI Platform - Modular Instruments Digital Multimeters/LCR 5½, 6½, 7½-digits sampling up to 1.8 MS/s Reconfigurable I/O LV FPGA based Analog, Digital and diverse I/O RF Generators/Analyzers Generate up to 6.6 GHz, Analyze up to 26.5 GHz Function Generators/Arbs Up to 16-bits, 400 MS/s Power Supplies Up to 16-bits, 120 W High-Speed Digital I/O Up to 1Gb/s, Programmable voltage Digitizers/Oscilloscopes Up to 24-bits, 12.5 GS/s SMUs/PMUs 4-quadrant outputs 100 fa or 100nV resolution Switches, Matrices, Relays >150 configurations Dynamic Signal Analyzer Up to 16 Channels, 24-bit, KS/s High-Speed Serial Upto 8 ch, 12.5 GS/s 25

26 PXI Express System Timing Slot PXI_Trig0..PXI_Trig7 connectivity System Timing Module or PXIe Peripheral PXI-1 and PXI Express Timing and Triggering 1 Star trigger and 3 pairs of Differential Star triggers per slot Optional for PXIe Chassis 26

27 Easily integrate 100s of measurement channels PXI Traditional Instruments 27

28 PXI Timing and Synchronization 28

29 Multiple Synchronization Options 29

30 Extending PXI with RASM Maximizing Hardware Availability & Serviceability NI PXIe-1066DC Chassis NI RMC-8355 Rackmount Controller Redundant Hard-Drives Redundant & Hot-Swappable Fans & Power Supplies Removable Hard Drives 30

31 Products Applications Technology Evolve with PXI Balancing Innovation & Customer's Investment Protection Desktop PCs Windows PC DAQ PCI Bus Triggering Desktop CPUs Real-Time OS ADC & DAC MultiCore CPUs PCI Express FPGAs Advanced Timing & Synchronization PCI Express Gen2 NTB (PXImc) RASM RIO Architectures, PXImc, High Speed Serial PXI Chassis, Pentium Controllers, Multi-channel A/Ds, GPIB/Serial, Motion/Vision 2 GHz Pentium 4 Cntrl, Arbs, Digitizer DSA, DMMs, High-Speed DIO, RF up to 2.7GHz Quad-Core Cntrls, High BW Chassis, Raid Arrays, FlexRIO, RF GHz, Digitizers (12.5 GS/s) 12 GB/s System BW, Redundant System Power & Cooling Software Designed Instruments, PXImc Controller Audio Test Data Acquisition Instrument Control Static Optical Inspection General Purpose Test HIL Simulation Real-time Test High speed Video SIGINT Wireless Test 2G, 3G, LTE, WIFI Real-time Video Analysis Semiconductor Test Mission Critical, High Throughput Production Test, Wide Scale Deployments Mission Critical,Semiconductor Production Test, Wide Scale Deployments 31

32 Developing Applications with PXI

33 HARDWARE SOFTWARE Components of an Automated Test System NI TestStand Test Management, Test Deployment NI LabVIEW LabWindows /CVI Other Software Measurement Studio, Visual Studio.NET, IVI, VISA, NI-DAQ, NI-DMM, NI-SCOPE, NI-FGEN, NI-HSDIO, PC or Embedded Controller PXI Chassis Switching Signal Generation RF Measurements Bus Interfaces (GPIB/LXI/Serial) Fixturing/ Mass Interconnects Unit/Device Under Test 33

34 Quick system set-up and first measurements Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) NI-SCOPE and NI-FGEN Soft Front Panels 34

35 Begin customizing your system with sample projects and LV Examples Recommended starting points for common LabVIEW applications Clearly indicates where to add or change functionality Shows best practices for code design, documentation, and organization Add custom templates and sample projects 35

36 NI TestStand Ready-to-Run Test Management Software Graphical sequence editor environment Ability to automate tests written in any language Multithreaded sequence execution ASCII, HTML/Web, XML, and ATML report generation Access, Oracle, SQL Server database connectivity Ability to completely customize 36

37 Case Studies

38 Qualcomm Atheros Improves WLAN Test Speed and Coverage The Challenge Keeping WLAN test costs low and test accuracy high while reducing characterization times as device complexity grows. The Solution Reducing test time by 200X using a custom, flexible WLAN test system developed on the NI PXI platform with the NI VST and the NI LabVIEW FPGA Module. Learn more about how NI helped Qualcomm. Visit /case-study/qualcomm 38

39 Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Minimizes Damage to Healthy Tissue The Challenge Maximizing destruction of cancerous tumor cells while minimizing healthy tissue damage in patients. The Solution Using NI PXI Platform to advance a unique, more accurate form of cancer treatment where accelerated particle beams precisely target deep-seated cancer cells. Learn more about how NI helped CNAO. Visit /cancertherapy 39

40 Customer Impact Across Industries Microsoft Consumer Electronics Test Harris RF & Communications Test Siemens Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Sony Multimedia Test ON Semiconductor Semiconductor Test Lockheed Martin Military Electronics Test Test engineers in every industry are challenged to simultaneously increase system performance while decreasing system size and cost. NI has helped more than 35,000 companies around the world improve their automated test and measurement strategies 40

41 Visit /pxi Learn about the products PXI, LabVIEW, TestStand and more Read case studies Explore business and technology impact Access test development resources System design templates Reference guides Optimization strategies 41

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