National Instruments (NI) has extended the PXI platform with the NI RMC-8355 rack-mount controller and the NI PXIe-PCIe8381 PXI Express remote controller. The RMC-8355 1U is a rugged rack-mount controller for PXI and PXI Express systems features up to two high-performance quad-core Intel Xeon E5620 processors, making it ideal for high-performance test and measurement applications, and mission critical test and control. The NI PXIe-PCIe8381 PXI Express remote controller is a high-performance MXI link featuring a x8 Gen 2 cabled PCI Express link to connect a PXI Express chassis to desktop PCs with a fully transparent, high-bandwidth link.
NI RMC-8355 features up to two quad-core Intel Xeon E5620 processors for eight cores of computing performance with 2.4 GHz base clock frequency and 2.66 GHz single-core turbo frequency. It has hot-swappable fans and redundant hard-drives and power supplies, maximize system uptime.
NI PXIe-PCIe8381 sustained throughput of 3.2 GB/s per direction and 5 m maximum cable length with rugged latching connectors. NI MXI-Express BIOS Compatibility Software ensures easy connection with a variety of PCs for direct control of PXI Express systems
