From Friday, April 19th (11:00 PM CDT) through Saturday, April 20th (2:00 PM CDT), 2024, ni.com will undergo system upgrades that may result in temporary service interruption.
We appreciate your patience as we improve our online experience.
I'm looking for (as much details as possible) a comparisons between compact Fieldpoint and compact DAQ hardware. I'm trying to decide which hardware platforms to use.
Compact Fieldpoint is for installed, industrial type applications. It has a realtime operating system. The controller runs code to read inputs and operate outputs. The application can be distributed on an ethernet network. There are different modules available for different types of inputs and ouputs.
Compact DAQ also has numerous input and output modules. It is more intended for portable applications. It connects to your PC through a USB port. So the code would need to run on the PC