National Instruments has announced two new products that extend the communication and measurement capabilities of the NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. The NI 9792 is a programmable WSN gateway that can communicate with NI WSN measurement nodes as well as other hardware through a open communication standards. The gateway combines an NI LabVIEW Real-Time controller and an integrated WSN radio so LabVIEW Real-Time applications can run locally on the gateway to aggregate data from NI WSN devices. The NI 9792 suits embedded, wireless data-logging applications.
The new NI WSN-3226 voltage/resistance temperature detector (RTD) combination node extends the measurement capabilities of the NI WSN platform to include support for resistance-based measurements such as RTDs and potentiometers so engineers and scientists can combine voltage and temperature measurements on a single NI WSN device.The WSN-3226 measurement node adds resistance-based measurements to the NI WSN platform and features four analogue input channels that can be configured on a per-channel basis for ±10V measurements or resistive measurements. The new measurement node is said to offer engineers and scientists the flexibility to choose between high-speed and high-resolution analogue input modes on the device, optimising the power and performance trade-offs for their applications.
