National Instrument sbRIO boxes/boxbuilt

[k-waris]

Is there a case available or does it fit in standard ATX cases? Any recommendations for box-build services for this product? Many thanks for help. 

King Regards

K Waris

[edjones93]

Hello,

I am Ed from National Instruments Applications Engineering. From the research I have performed I believe this question has been asked in the past (linked below) to which, we do not provide any enclosures for sbRIO's (also found from my research on our website), but you can use externally provided enclosures.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Real-Time-Measurement-and/SBRIO-Enclosure/td-p/858272

In the sbRIO FAQ Page, linked below, in section six it is stated that a variety of third party companies offer enclosures suitable for sbRIO's, specifically referencing Hoffman enclosures.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7490#toc5

What environmental conditions do you plan to use the sbRIO in and what specific sbRIO model number is this?

I hope that this is helpful and you are successful in your application.

Best regards,

Ed

[Spex]

Hi K Waris,

It would be remiss of me to fail to mention that NI sells a range of Single-Board RIO controllers with enclosures and modular, plug-in IO and signal conditioning.  These systems have already been tested for thermal performance and have rugged specifications.  The entry point to that set of products (CompactRIO) is the cRIO-9063.

I would encourage you to check one out. The cRIO-9063 uses the exact same Zynq-7020 processor and FPGA, so you can acheive the same performance as the Single-Board RIO devices.

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/213090

If you are not building a large volume of systems or have specific mechanical requirements, it often doesn't make sense to invest in a custom enclosure or the testing needed to validate the mechanical design around a Single-Board RIO.  In those cases, this CompactRIO line of controllers is very high quality and can be a great time saver.

Regards,