More DAQ devices from NI

National Instruments (NI) expanded its USB-9000 series of high-performance USB data acquisition (DAQ) line-up with the release of eight new USB 2.0 DAQ devices.

With sampling rates up to 800kS/s, these new products not only offer the fastest DAQ speeds currently available for USB-compatible devices, but also simplify system setup and programming with powerful measurement services software, said the press release. In addition, the USB 2.0 devices include free interactive data-logging software (valued at $295) for analysis that can log data and export it to spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel.

The USB-9000 family, most of which include 250Vrms channel-to-earth ground isolation for safety, noise immunity and high-common-mode voltage range, features bus-powered, plug-and-play connectivity. This family now includes the USB-9211A, a 4-channel, 24-bit thermocouple input module; the USB-9215A, a 4-channel, 16-bit simultaneous-sampling analog input at 100kS/s per channel; the USB-9201, an 8-channel, 12-bit analog voltage input at 500kS/s; the USB-9221, and 8-channel, 12-bit high-voltage analog input at 800kS/s; the USB-9233, a 4-channel, 24-bit IEPE analog input module; the USB-9421, and 8-channel, 24V digital input module; the USB-9472, and 8-channel, 24V digital output module; and the USB-9481, a 4-channel, high-current/high-voltage relay module.

By using the new devices with the included NI-DAQmx driver software, engineers and scientists can develop applications more efficiently using the company's measurement tools for hardware configuration and testing, take advantage of easier application programming with the step-by-step DAQ Assistant, and use automatic code generation and custom channel scaling.