Chapter 1
Introduction to NI-Motion
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Software and Hardware Interaction
Figure 1-1.
NI Motion Control Hardware and Software Interaction
Note
The last block in Figure 1-1 is not applicable to the NI SoftMotion Controller.
NI Motion Controller Architecture
This section includes information about the architecture for both the 73
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family of NI motion controllers and the NI SoftMotion Controller.
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Architecture
NI 73
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controllers use a dual-processor architecture. The two processors,
a central processing unit (CPU) and a digital signal processor (DSP), form
the backbone of the NI motion controller. The controller plugs into a
variety of slots, including PCI slots, or to a PC using a high-speed serial
interface, such as IEEE 1394 (FireWire
®
).
NI Motion Assistant
Graphical Prototyping Tool
Creates ADE
Code
Application Development Environments:
LabVIEW, Visual Basic, and C++
Measurement and
Automation Explorer
Configuration Utility
NI-Motion Driver Software
NI Motion Controller
