National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) introduces the NI cRIO-9068 software-designed controller. It includes Xilinx's Zynq-7020 all-programmable SoC technology, which combines a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a Xilinx-7 FPGA. It maintains full compatibility with NI LabView and the I/Os of the NI CompactRIO platform. Based on the LabView RIO (reconfigurable I/O) architecture, the CompactRIO controller helps users accomplish embedded control and monitoring tasks without unnecessary development time or cost.

Thanks to a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor from ARM with 667 MHz and Artix-7 FPGA from Xilinx, it is four times faster than previous generations. A Linux-based real-time operating system enables development with LabView Real-Time and C/C++. The operating temperature range extends from -40 to 70 °C. The NI cRIO-9068 LabView programmable controller enables a single graphical development environment to take advantage of the increased hardware performance.