NI adds more processing power to FPGA-based FlexRIO

The first products based on this architecture will include two digitisers, three coprocessor modules and a module development kit that helps with custom front-end development.

The PXIe-5763 and PXIe-5764 digitiser modules provide 500MS/s and 1GS/s sampling rates, respectively. Both modules offer 16-bit resolution and up to 400MHz of bandwidth on all four channels.

FlexRIO based processing instruments combine customisable I/O and user-programmable FPGAs which can be programmed with the LabVIEW FPGA Module.

The integration of the  Kintex UltraScale FPGAs offers more programmable resources than previous Kintex-7-based FlexRIO modules.

The new mezzanine architecture fits both the I/O module and the FPGA back end within a single, integrated 3U PXI module. For high-speed communication with other modules in the chassis, the new FlexRIO modules feature PCI Express Gen 3 x8 connectivity for up to 7Gbyte/s of streaming bandwidth.