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Does RT ETS support dual-processors, dual-core, or HT?

I have a specific question regarding the RT ETS operating system.  I need to know if it will take advantage of dual 
processors, dual-core technology, or hyper-threading technology. I am trying to build a vision computer as powerful
as possible, but I won't spend the money to get a dual-processor computer if the OS will not utilize it.
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Hello Carlson,

Currently, ETS does not take advantage of any type of dual CPU system, whether it be dual-core or dual processor. Therefore, while ETS should work on these systems, it will not use both cores/processors.

NI is always researching new technologies such as dual cores/processors and how they can be integrated into the real-time platform.

Best regards,

Gerardo Garcia
LabVIEW Real-Time Product Manager
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As a follow up question:

Can the RTX operating system utilize dual-core or dual-processors since it is running in Windows and prempting Windows tasks with RT tasks?

My goal here is to do image processing (centroiding of a spot) at 1 kHz.  I forsee the need for a great deal of processing power.  Perhaps a single Pentium 4 chip will do the job, but I would like to be on the overkill side.  This is why I am trying to utilize dual-proc and dual-core technologies for my RT application.

Thanks,
Lane Carlson
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When using Windows and RTX, you can assign RTX to one processor and Windows to the other. Currently, NI doesn't support image acquisition hardware or software on RTX.

Gerardo
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Saludos mi nombre es Johana y leí un mensaje tuyo de hace mucho tiempo en el que le aclarabas una duda a alguien acerca de la adquisición de datos por medio de la tarjeta de sonido usando el Labview, ya yo tengo el VI de adquisición de datos, y logro graficar las señales, lo que me ocurre es que solo me grafica por la entrada del MIC y además de esto mezcla los dos canales. Yo necesito utilizar la entrada de línea (line-in), pero no sé si deba efectuar algún tipo de configuración adicional para poder hacerlo o que mi VI debería hacerlo automáticamente y sin  problemas????

Agradecería que me respondieras, de antemano gracias!!!. Espero una respuesta positiva


Johana Navarro.
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Hola Johana,
 
El VI que utilizas es un ejemplo o escrito por ti? Qué versión de LabVIEW utilizas?
 
Saludos,
 
Fernando
Fernando D.
National Instruments

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