• Single-board computer (SBC) with an integrated and fully validated middleware solution saves
sbRIO-9607, sbRIO-9627, and sbRIO-9637
design time and risk
• Deployment-ready Linux Real-Time OS with a large set of validated drivers
• Industrial-grade Zynq-7020 All Programmable SoC with 220 DSP blocks
• Rugged design for long-term deployment in harsh, high temperature, high EMC environments
• Backed by NI’s 15-year hardware product lifecycle
• Graphical development platform eliminates the need for HDL expertise to use reconfigurable
FPGA hardware
Built for Accelerated Custom Embedded Design
The CompactRIO Single-Board Controller is an embedded control system for rapid commercial
development and deployment.
It is designed for high-volume and OEM embedded control and analysis applications that require high
performance and reliability. Featuring an open embedded architecture and compact size, this flexible,
customizable, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware device is part of an accelerated custom design
platform that can help you get your custom embedded control system to market quickly.
With the CompactRIO platform, you can take advantage of FPGA performance, real-time determinism,
and reliability with relatively low nonrecurring engineering compared with custom hardware design.
CompactRIO Single-Board Controllers are shipped with a complete and validated middleware solution,
including the NI Linux Real-Time OS, drivers, and support for multiple programming languages. The
complete solution provides out-of-the-box support for peripherals such as USB or Ethernet, the
communication interface between the processor and FPGA, and drivers to onboard and modular I/O. The
complete integrated software solution reduces the time and risk of a new project, and gives your team the
ability to focus on the application development.
CompactRIO Single-Board Controllers feature an All-Programmable System on Chip (SoC) that contains
two processing units: (1) a real-time processor for communication and signal processing and (2) an FPGA
for implementing high-speed control and custom timing and triggering directly in hardware.
Figure 2. Use the heterogeneous architecture of CompactRIO to meet your processing needs.
Processor
The Zynq-7020 contains a 667 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor for high performance with lower
power consumption.
FPGA
The Artix-7 FPGA fabric (Zynq-7000 SoC) contains 85,000 logic cells and 220 DSP slices. With FPGA
technology, you can implement more advanced control, signal processing, filtering, advanced timing, and
other logic than ever before.
Define—and redefine—the functionality of your CompactRIO system with intuitive software, and use a
single toolchain for every phase of your design cycle: from modeling and simulation, to prototyping and
validation, to deployment and beyond. NI software reduces risk, enhances productivity, and eliminates the
need to create and maintain I/O drivers, OSs, and other middleware.
Figure 3. Intuitive and Cohesive Software Programming Environment
Reduced Development Time
Focus on solving problems, not low-level
programming tasks, with built-in constructs to
manage timing and memory in an intuitive
programming environment
Open Software Interoperability
Leverage other programming approaches
alongside or within LabVIEW to reuse IP and
take advantage of existing expertise.
Built-In Libraries
LabVIEW contains nearly 1,000 built-in signal
processing, analysis, control, and mathematics
functions to accelerate the development of
embedded control and monitoring systems.
Implement high-speed signal and image
processing, custom timing and triggering, and
control algorithms directly in hardware
to maximize reliability and determinism.
Remote System Management
Transfer data between systems or remotely
update hundreds of controllers at once with builtin system management utilities.
LabVIEW Tools Network
Extend the capabilities of your system with a
vast ecosystem of certified, application-specific
add-ons.
Leverage the Openness of NI Linux Real-Time: A Prebuilt, Validated RTOS
Development Tool Options
Program the real-time processor with LabVIEW, C/C++, or textural math and reuse code from past
projects to save development time.
Linux Ecosystem
Access thousands of open-source applications, IP, and examples and collaborate with an active
community of users and developers.
Security
Boost security and reliability with native support for Security-Enhanced Linux, which delivers mandatory
access control through custom policy creation.
Figure 4. NI Linux Real-Time targets allow you to develop, deploy, and debug C/C++ code using Eclipse or your IDE
of choice
Customize Programmable Hardware With LabVIEW FPGA
Take advantage of the graphical LabVIEW environment to program the onboard FPGA and unlock the
incredible power of these devices—even without any knowledge of hardware description languages
(HDLs) like VHDL or Verilog. The LabVIEW FPGA Module not only removes the requirement for HDL
programming, but also eliminates the need to think through timing constraints, I/O configuration, and
place and route settings, which are notoriously complex tasks.
•Built-in language constructs to manage
clocks/timing, memory, I/O, and data
transfer (DMA)
•Cycle-accurate simulation and
debugging capabilities
mathematics, high-speed control, image
processing, signal analysis, and more in
the FPGA IPNet community
Deployment-Ready Hardware
Standards
Safety Standards
North America
No. 61010-1
Europe
International
EMC Standards
North America
ICES-001
Europe
Australia/New Zealand
Certifications
KCC: Korean EMC Certification
RoHS: Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances
Modern, high-end embedded design is challenging. When you consider high clock-rate CPUs, FPGAs,
complex DRAM interfacing, and high-density chips with high-speed analog and digital I/O, getting a
product out the door that is certified for real-world, harsh industrial environments becomes more
complicated.
NI embraces a demanding approach to how it designs, develops, validates, qualifies and certifies its
products. By leveraging and re-using NI products, customers increase their efficiency while reducing
costs, time, and risk and retain the capability to customize and innovate to differentiate themselves in the
marketplace.
Table 1. Best-in-Class Quality for Industrial Embedded Applications
UL: North American Product Safety Certification
UL 61010-1 and CSA-C22.2
FCC Part15-Class A and
EN 61010-1
EN 61326-1
IEC 61010-1
AS/NZS CISPR 11
NI uses industry standards to validate, qualify, and certify its products. Its New Product Introduction
process is certified for the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, and its CompactRIO Single-Board
Controllers are certified as shown in Table 1.
In addition, all NI board-level controllers undergo the same test procedures as NI’s packaged controllers
for shock and vibration, temperature, EMC, safety, and hazardous locations. Many of these certifications
require an appropriate enclosure to obtain, but CompactRIO Single-Board Controllers have been tested
to comply with these standards. Therefore, when you integrate CompactRIO Single-Board Controllers
appropriately in your design, you can be confident that your end product is certifiable.
The RMC connector is a high-density, high-throughput connector that features 96 single-ended DIO lines
directly connected to the FPGA.
Board-Only C Series Modules
Save time by integrating high-quality off-the-shelf I/O using C Series modules. CompactRIO Single-Board
Controllers that feature an RMC connector can integrate up to two C Series modules with the 2-slot C
Series RMC.
C Series modules provide measurement-specific signal conditioning, bank or channel-to-channel
isolation, and support for wide temperature ranges to meet a variety of application and environmental
needs. With more than 100 C Series modules available for measurement, control, and communication,
you can connect your application to any sensor or bus.
RIO Mezzanine Card
Digital I/O Breakout RMC
NI 9694
The sbRIO-9607 and sbRIO-9627 controllers
include a high-density, high-throughput RMC
connector that features 96 single-ended digital
I/O (DIO) lines directly connected to the FPGA
with the ability to add up to two C Series modules
and more peripherals.
Analog and Digital I/O RMC
NI 9684, NI 9683
These RMCs come bundled with the sbRIO-9607
as part of the CompactRIO General Purpose
Inverter Controller (GPIC),but you can purchase
is separately as well.
They contain 16 high-speed simultaneous analog
inputs, 8 low-speed analog inputs and outputs, 14
high-speed digital outputs, 32 LVTTL digital I/O
channels, and, 28 sinking digital output channels.
Developing Custom RMCs
If the off-the-shelf options do not meet your application requirements, you can develop a custom RMC to
integrate your own specific analog I/O, DIO, communication capabilities, and signal conditioning.
See the RIO Mezzanine Card Design Guide for custom design recommendations.
Hi-Speed USB host-to-host bridge for target discovery and development, 2 m
Standoffs
153166-12
9.65 mm standoff for RIO Mezzanine Cards (qty. 12)
Thermal Kit
153901-02
Thermal kit for sbRIO-9607/27/37, heat spreader, gap pad, standoff (qty. 6), screw (qty. 4)
I/O Breakout
784507-01
Onboard I/O breakout for 50-pos 2 mm IDC header (includes qty. 2, 6 in. 2 mm IDC ribbon cables)
In addition to OEM kits for high volume orders, NI offers development kits, which include cables, power
supplies, and other accessories for quicker development.
Development Kit
Development Kit
Development Kit
Accessories
Cables
Desktop power supply
NI 9694 digital I/O breakout RMC
Hi-Speed USB host-to-host bridge cable
Desktop power supply
NI 9694 digital I/O breakout RMC
2mm IDC connector breakout for Single-Board RIO
Hi-Speed USB host-to-host bridge cable
Desktop power supply
2mm IDC connector breakout for Single-Board RIO
Hi-Speed USB host-to-host bridge cable
Every CompactRIO device is built on three pillars: productive software, reconfigurable hardware, and an
expansive ecosystem. This results in a hardware platform that allows your business to standardize,
customize, and accelerate productivity.
NI’s integrated run-time software, development environments, IP libraries, drivers, middleware, and
enterprise and systems management tools, along with high-quality hardware and global services and
support, provide the capabilities to meet your business needs.
Monetize Your Efforts
Focus on the core expertise of your business while leaving the foundational elements of your embedded
design to NI. Spend time delivering innovation, competitive differentiation, and value add features to your
customers by customizing a pre-built, pre-validated embedded system from NI. Get your equipment or
machines shipping faster, with less engineering expense and risk, and more features
NI restores your device’s functionality and includes firmware updates and
factory calibration.
System
Assembly, and Test1
Advanced
Replacement2
NI stocks replacement hardware that can be shipped immediately if a repair
is needed.
System Return
Authorization (RMA)1
All NI hardware includes a one-year warranty for basic repair coverage, and calibration in adherence to NI
specifications prior to shipment. PXI systems also include basic assembly and a functional test. NI offers
additional entitlements to improve uptime and lower maintenance costs with service programs for
hardware. Learn more at ni.com/services/hardware.
Program Duration
Configuration,
Material
Calibration Plan
(Optional)
1
This option is only available for PXI, CompactRIO, and CompactDAQ systems.
2
This option is not available for all products in all countries. Contact your local NI sales engineer to confirm availability.
3
Expedited calibration only includes traceable levels.
years
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● ●
●
●
Standard Expedited3
years
Length of service program
NI technicians assemble, install software in, and test your system per your
custom configuration prior to shipment.
NI accepts the delivery of fully assembled systems when performing repair
services.
NI performs the requested level of calibration at the specified calibration
interval for the duration of the service program.
PremiumPlus Service Program
NI can customize the offerings listed above, or offer additional entitlements such as on-site calibration,
custom sparing, and life-cycle services through a PremiumPlus Service Program. Contact your NI sales
representative to learn more.
Technical Support
Every NI system includes a 30-day trial for phone and e-mail support from NI engineers, which can be
extended through a Software Service Program (SSP)membership. NI has more than 400 support
engineers available around the globe to provide local support in more than 30 languages. Additionally,
take advantage of NI’s award winning online resources and communities.