09-18-2016 11:09 AM
09-18-2016 11:20 AM
09-18-2016 02:19 PM
The myRIO is an example of a Real-Time machine, something that does not have a Windows architecture that "needs to be in charge", so it can use the power of its FPGA to do some very "tight" Real-Time (deterministic) processing of data at impressive rates. The "downside" is that the Platform is not ideal for doing "Office" stuff, such as interacting with DataBases, Word, Excel, etc. However, the LabVIEW Project lets you develop applications that have a "Host" (usually Windows on a PC) side and a "Target" (myRIO) side, with a variety of communication protocols for tying the two together (I personally recommend Network Streams).
Bob Schor