National Instruments 781729-04 PXIe-8115 Embedded Controller

Part Number 781729-04 is the identifying part number for the National Instruments PXIe-8115 Embedded Controller. The 781729-04 features an Intel® Core™ i5 2510E (2.50 GHz dual-core processor) CPU and an on-die L2 cache of 3 MB. Likewise, it comes with 2 GB (standard) of single-channel DDR3 RAM and supports up to a maximum of 8 GB. Furthermore, it has a Serial ATA hard drive with a minimum size of 250 GB. 

The 781729-04 also features a 10/100/1000 BaseT ethernet interface, an RS-232 serial port, a parallel port, 6 hi-speed USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard/34 slot, PXI trigger bus I/O, and comes with a Windows 7 Professional or the Windows XP FES OS installed. Furthermore, it also supports PXI Express 4 Link and 2 Link configuration. Note that the device does not have a PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector. 

The 781729-04 draws 2.0 (typical) to 2.1 A (maximum) current at +3.3 V. Likewise, it draws between 1.5 A and 3.7 A at +5 VDC, 3.4 A to 4.9 A at +12 V and 0 A at -12 V. It has board dimensions of a four-wide 3U PXI Express module and a weight of 1.32 kg. The embedded controller requires one system slot plus three controller expansion slots. It is fully compatible with PXI Express Specification 1.0. 

The 781729-04 has an operating environment with an ambient temperature of 5 to 50 °C and a relative humidity of 10% to 90%. However, it can also be operated with an extended temperature option of 0 to 55 °C. Note that the extended-temperature option also provides an option of a hard drive of 80 GB minimum size compared to 250 GB minimum. On the other hand, the device can be stored at temperatures between –40 to 65 °C at a relative humidity of 5% to 95%. Furthermore, the device is to be operated indoors only and within a maximum altitude of 2000 m. Moreover, the device should be cleaned with a soft nonmetallic brush and dried and freed from contamination before being put into use.